U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelly, John McH. (1824-1873) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Pages 398-399 John McH. Kelly, son of Robert and Margaret (Hamilton) Kelly, was born Feb. 14, 1824, in Nicholas county. He made his home in Braxton county in 1850, and was married Oct. 23, 1860, to Allie V. Hamman who was born Oct. 23, 1860, at New Castle, Va., and her parents were Jacob and Amma (Ferrier) Hamman. Four children were born: Fanny F., Margaret, Sallie C., and Leonidas H. On March 9, 1863, Mr. Kelly was shot by bushwhackers while on his road as a private citizen, from Braxton to Nicholas, the dastardly deed occurring on Powells mountain. He died Nov. 27, 1873, and is interred in the Sutton cemetery. Leonidas H. Kelly L. H. Kelly, son of John McH. Kelly, was born in Sutton, June 28th, 1871. After attending the public, schools, he read law in local office in Sutton, and was Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Braxton from 1890 to 1892. At the expiration of his Deputy Clerkship, he attended the Washington & Lee University at Lexington, Va., taking the law course, graduating in 1893, at the head of his class. He was admitted to the bar in that year. Mr. Kelly has been exceptionally successful in his profession. He formed a partnership with Wm. E. Hines, early in his professional career, that still exists. Mr. Kelly served his town as Mayor and his county as Prosecuting Attorney, and his party as Chairman of the Executive Committee, and also as a member of the State Executive Committee, and in 1918 he was appointed by President Wilson as District Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. He married for his former wife, Miss Bertha Gorrell, by whom he had two children, Robert and Janet. She died in March, 1904. For a latter wife he married Miss Nell Kiddy, of Buckhannon, W. Va. Their home is in North Sutton, on a beautiful eminence overlooking the Elk. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Register of Deaths, Braxton County, WV (Year 1872, Page 27, Line Numbered 26) FULL-NAME: John McH. Kelly BIRTH-PLACE: Nicholas DEATH-DATE: Nov. 25th, 1872 at 48 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Braxton County MARITAL-STATUS: Husband OCCUPATION: Private Entertainment & Farmer PARENTS: Robert & Margrett Kelly CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Consumption INFORMANT: Alla V. Kelly, wife From Death Certificate, Kanawha County, WV #16203 FULL-NAME: Leonidas Hamman Kelly BIRTH-DATE: January 28th, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Sutton, West Virginia DEATH-DATE: December 23rd, 1938 DEATH-PLACE: Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. USUAL-RESIDENCE: 1416 Quarrier St., Charleston, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Nellie K. Kelly) OCCUPATION: Lawyer FATHER: J. McH. Kelly (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Alzira Virginia Hamman (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Recurrent Carcinoma Prostate INFORMANT: Robert Kelly, 1416 Quarrier St., Charleston, W.Va. BURIAL: Sunset Memorial Park ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------