Husband John C. Kelley 1
AKA: John C. Kelly 2 3
Born: 13 Feb 1840 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 3
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Father: Samuel Kelley (1800-1880/1881) 1
Mother: Eliza McKee (1814-1880/1881) 4 5
Marriage: 1865 3 6
• Residence: : Butler, Butler Co, PA.
Wife Nancy C. Gillespie 2 3 6
Born: Sep 1844 6
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Died: 12 Dec 1905 6
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Father: Capt. Alexander Gillespie (Abt 1820-1879) 2
Mother: Minerva Stoolfier ( -Aft 1883) 7
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1 F Olive Josephine Kelley 6
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Spouse: George McCormick ( - ) 3
Spouse: C. D. Bole ( - ) 6
2 M Alexander G. Kelley 6
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3 F Minerva E. Kelley 6
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Spouse: Clinton D. Bole ( - ) 3 6
4 F Mary I. Kelley 8
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Spouse: [Unk] Kenneth ( - ) 8
5 F Nancy R. Kelley 8
AKA: Nan Kelley,9 Nannie G. R. Kelly 3
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Spouse: Ernest H. Cronenwett ( - ) 8 9
6 M Clarence H. Kelley 8
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General Notes: Husband - John C. Kelley
He spent his boyhood in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. After complet-ing his school attendance, he learned the carpenter and millwright trades and fol-lowed these until 1865, when he went to Adams Township, where he bought a farm on which he settled in 1867. He resided on that farm until in the spring of 1885, when he purchased another farm of 100 acres. He engaged prac-tical men to do his farming and to look after his oil interests, having thirteen producing wells on his estate. He owned four other farms in Adams Town-ship, and both his farm and oil interests were large.
He was always an active citizen. During the Civil War he was out with the militia during the Morgan raid and suffered loss and hardship at that time. He was reared a Democrat was a consistent supporter of the policies, principles and candidates of that party. He served in the offices of school di-rector, auditor, assessor, collector, justice of the peace (four successive terms), and two terms as county commissioner, being elected first in 1884 and re-elected in 1887. During this period the new court house was built in Butler County and other needed public improvements were made, without any undue tax being levied on the citizens. He was a very loyal supporter of his party and contributed liberally for campaign purposes and at the same time did effective work. He attended a num-ber of the National conventions and was on the electoral ticket. For twenty years prior to 1908, he served as a justice of the peace in But-ler Township, and settled many dif-ficult cases by the exercise of his good judgment, in this way often promoting peace in the family and neighborhood. [TCHBC, 688]