U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelley, Jefferson Jackson (1863-1933) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Page 743, JEFFERSON JACKSON KELLEY. The proprietor of the Meadow Brook Farm has been a farmer and a man of public affairs all his life. His father, Zar Hagans Kelley, born June 19, 1819, was a farmer also, who achieved some considerable degree of success as an agriculturist, and a reputation besides as a Justice of the Peace. He died in 1889. Mr. Jefferson Jackson Kelley was born June 9, 1863. He was reared on the farm, and still follows farming, having a liking for pursuits in rural life, notwithstanding, his attainments are such he could have succeeded in the professions, especially that of an instructor in the higher branches of learning. He was educated in the common schools, and then completed a Commercial Course at Lexington, Kentucky, graduating from that college on June 5, 1885. Following natural inclinations, Mr. Kelley began teaching school when seventeen years old. and has taught in all twenty-one years. He was a merchant at Zar, this county, six years, and was field agent for the North Preston Coal Company three years. In the meantime, he was a member of the School Book Board twelve years, and has been a Notary Public since 1889, an office which he has held acceptably to the general public for twenty-four years. Fraternally, Mr. Kelley is a member of the Odd Fellows; Encampment of same; and is a Knight of the Golden Eagles. He is a Democrat. Zar Hagans Kelley, father of J. J. Kelley, married Sarah Anne Herring; born November 26, 1820. Their children were: Joseph Newton, born in 1849; George Allen, 1851; William Brandon, 1852; John Quitman, 1854; Mary Jane, 1856; Samuel Franklin, 1865. The mother is still living. On December 9, 1902, Mr. Kelley was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Smith at her home. She was born March 11, 1877. Her father, William Henry Smith, born, 1843, was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion. His wife was Susan Rebecca Freeland, born in 1840. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kelley are as follows: Rebecca Mae, born in 1903; Zar William, 1904; Sarah Hazel, 1906; Lucie Eleanor, 1909; Ivie Jane, 1911. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #7793 FULL-NAME: Jackson J. Kelley BIRTH-DATE: June 9, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: June 12, 1933 DEATH-PLACE: Pleasant District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Mary Smith Kelley) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Zar Kelley (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Sarah Herring (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of the Right Kidney and Peritoneum INFORMANT: Mrs. J. J. Kelley (of Brandonville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Locus Grove Cemetery --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------