Meek Kelly and Jane Moorhead
Husband Meek Kelly 1 2 3 4
AKA: Hon. Meek Kelley 5 Born: 1770 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 6 Christened: Died: 14 May 1843 1 3 Buried:
Father: James Kelly ( -1803) 2 3 4 7 8 Mother: Sarah Meek ( -1803) 3 7
Marriage: 1809 6
Wife Jane Moorhead 2 5 6 9 10
AKA: [Unk] Moorehead 4 Born: - Indiana Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Fergus Moorhead ( - ) 9 10 Mother:
Children
1 M James Kelly 6
AKA: James M. Kelley 5 7 Born: Christened: Died: 21 Aug 1847 or 1848 - Mexico City, Mexico 7 Buried:Spouse: Eliza Taylor ( - ) 6
2 M Pliny Kelley 1 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 Buried:
3 M Fergus M. Kelly 1
Born: Christened: Died: Dec 1850 - Utah 7 Buried:
4 F Jane Kelly 1 4 9
Born: - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA Christened: Died: 10 Feb 1863 6 9 Buried: - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PASpouse: Zachariah Leard (1823-1900) 4 9 Marr: 8 Apr 1850 or 1852 6 9
5 F Sarah Kelly 1
Born: Christened: Died: 1856 6 Buried:
6 F Margaret Kelly 11 12
Born: 1815 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 6 Christened: Died: 1884 2 Buried:Spouse: Capt. James M. Sloan (1813-1878) 12 13 Marr: 31 Aug 1837 2 6
7 F Euphemia Kelly 6
AKA: Effie Kelly 7 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Barge ( - ) 1 Marr: 1844 6
8 F Louisa M. Kelly 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F Pauline Kelly 1
AKA: Pauline Kelley 5 14 Born: Mar 1819 5 15 Christened: Died: 18 Jul 1881 15 Buried:Spouse: Joseph Clark (1813-1885) 1 5 14 Marr: 1839 6
10 F Ann Kelly 6
Born: Christened: Died: 1859 6 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Meek Kelly
The same source [pg. 413] states that he died at age sixty, which would make the year of his birth about 1783. The same is given in [BHCIAC, 146]
He was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [BHCIAC, 146]
He was appointed deputy surveyor of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1833, by surveyor general, Jacob Spangler.
He was a surveyor of high reputation, and it was he who ran the boundary lines and laid out the counties of Potter and McKean (Pennsylvania) into townships.
He was a state senator from Indiana County, Pennsylvania, from 1834 to 1838, and elected associate judge of the county in 1842.
1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 522.
2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 146.
3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 265.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 566.
5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 971.
6 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 522.
7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413.
8 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 698.
9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 823.
10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 266.
11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 522, 523.
12 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 145.
13 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 523.
14 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 342.
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Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 343.
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