John M. Kelso and Caroline R. Imbrie

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Husband John M. Kelso ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Aug 1843 - Noblestown, North Fayette Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Mark Kelso (1802-1865) 2
         Mother: Mary Borland (Abt 1808-1889) 2

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Wife Caroline R. Imbrie ¹

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            AKA: Caroline H. Imbrie 3
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         Father: Rev. David Reed Imbrie (1812-1872/1878) 1 4
         Mother: Nancy R. Johnston (      -Aft 1895) 1

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1 M Frederick L. Kelso ³

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2 M George N. Kelso ³

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3 M Joseph A. Kelso ³

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4 F Nannie I. Kelso ³

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General Notes: Husband - John M. Kelso

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He received his mental training in the public schools of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was engaged as a teacher until 1883, when he moved to the borough of New Galilee. It was a very small place at that time, there being but three stores located there, but, in partnership with his brother, Joseph A. Kelso, he bought out the store of A. F. Reed. There they did business for five years, at the end of which time they bought a building of Mr. Porter. In a very short time they acquired a large and lucrative trade, and eventually became the leading merchant of the town. The building in which he was located consisted of one story, a basement and a stock room, and carried a full line of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, clothing, notions, hardware, crockery, house furnishings, jewelry, drugs, confectionery, tobacco and cigars.
Fired with patriotism, he enlisted, in 1864, in Company I, 112th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., near Pittsburgh. After doing garrison duty around Washington, D. C., he was sent to the seat of war and took part in some of the hardest-fought battles, such as the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, and Chapin's Farm. He was taken prisoner, and was forced to endure the tortures of Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Salisbury, being confined in these notorious places for about six months. He was then exchanged, but the harsh treatment to which he had been subjected, and the lack of proper food, had undermined his robust constitution, and he was stricken with typhoid fever, from which he did not recover until after the close of the war.
Religiously, he was a member of the U. P. church and was an elder beginning in 1888. He was a Republican in politics, and held the office of school director for six years.

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General Notes: Wife - Caroline R. Imbrie

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She attended the public schools at Ottawa, Kansas, and Bridgewater Academy, Pennsylvania. She taught school for three years before her marriage.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1236.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 168.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 170.

4 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 495.