Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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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, PA
         Spouse: 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.

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Sources


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.

15 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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