Archibald Kelly and Margaret Dunseth

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Husband Archibald Kelly ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Kelley
           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: Apr 1839 - ? Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Kelly (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Pennsylvania

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Wife Margaret Dunseth ²

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Children

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1 M Thomas Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Born: 20 Nov 1789 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Nov 1868 - Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Donelly (      -      ) 2

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2 M James Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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3 F Hannah Kelly ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: John Jameson (      -      ) 2

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4 F Martha Kelly ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Kelley
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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Thomas Martin (Abt 1786-Aft 1883) 2 3

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5 M John Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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6 F Sarah Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Daniel Cannon (      -      ) 2 3

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7 M David Kelly ^{3 4 5}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1800 - Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
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           Died: 21 Sep 1874 - Butler Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Jane Tweedy (1805-1877) 4 5
           Marr: 1824 4

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8 F Esther Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Hugh Fleming (      -      ) 2 3

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9 F Margaret Kelly ^{3 6}

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           Born: 17 Jun 1803 - Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 7
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           Died: 28 May 1874 - ? Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Edward Fleming (1798-1847) 3 6
           Marr: 1820 - ? Butler Co, PA 7

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10 F Betsey Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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11 M William Kelly ^{2 3}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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12 M Andrew Kelly ^{2 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Archibald Kelly

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He moved from Westmoreland County, PA, to Butler County, with his family in 1796. He first made a shanty in Washington Township, proposing to settle there; but while away from it, a man named Hindman took possession. Hindman had previously erected a hut on the Storey farm, but Mr. Storey arrived in his absence and took up his abode there. The cabin into which Kelly moved his family was situated northwest of the site of the village of Martinsburg. Mr. Kelly brought his fam­ily and his goods in a wagon, cutting a road before him a great part of the way. When they arrived, they found the cabin already occupied. It appeared that John Jamison, who had settled one tract and located one of his sons on another, had concluded that he wanted Kelly's tract, and accordingly had placed his wife and a son in the cabin to hold possession. Mr. Kelly was a resolute man, and did not propose to be deprived of his rights in this way; therefore, halting his wagon with his wife and baby sitting in it, before the cabin, he took his ax and proceeded to a large tree that stood near by, threatening to cut it down at once and thus annihilate the cabin and the Jamisons if they did not leave. At first they made no stir. Kelly wielded his ax vigorously and soon had made an incision all around the tree. His wife pleaded with him: “Archie, stop; you'll kill the people!” “Don't care! let 'em get out then.” And the Jamisons got out. Afterward the two families became very inti­mate.
Archibald Kelly was the first school teacher in that part of Butler county. He taught in many neighbor­hoods, and was well remembered by many prominent citizens and others who were his pupils. He used an instrument known as the “cat-o'-nine-tails,” and was severe but well-intentioned in his treatment of refractory pupils. [HBC 1883, 404]

He was reared in his native land, there received a good education, and immigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1785, where he taught school for several years. In 1796 he came to Butler County and located a claim in what is now Washington township, erected a cabin thereon, and then went back to Westmoreland county for provisions. Returning to Butler County, he found his claim had been taken possession of during his absence, and he selected another one, this time in Parker township, and then returned to Westmoreland for his wife and family. Some years previously he had married and had several children prior to removal to Butler County. They made the journey on pack-horses through the trackless forest, being com­pelled to cut a pathway much of the distance. On arriving at his second cabin in Parker township, he found it occupied by John Jameson's family, who, after some forcible persuasion, vacated the property to the rightful owner. Mr. Kelly began at once the work of clearing and improving his farm, upon which he and wife resided the remainder of their lives. He was one of the first school teachers in that section of the state, and for many years wrote the deeds and articles of agreement for the early settlers. He was an elder in the United Presbyterian church. [HBC 1895, 1324]

He came from one of the oldest settlements east of the Alleghanies, and settled in what became Parker Township, as early as 1795. He was of Scotch ancestry, a rigid, yet honest man, and a school teacher. [HBC 1909, 412]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 404, 412.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1324.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 404.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1325.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 978.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 998, 1324.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 998.