Joseph Virgil Kelly

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Ceylon, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Joseph W. V. Kelly, son, in the household of Henry Kelly
• Census: 1920, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Joseph V. Kelly, son, in the household of Henry Kelly

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Henry Kelly, in the household of James Kelly
• Census: 1870, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Henry Kelly, farm laborer, in the household of James Kelly
• Census: 1880, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Henry Kelley, laborer, head of household
• Census: 1910, Ceylon, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Henry Kelly, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1920, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Henry Kelly, farmer, head of household

Henry married Barbara Ella Christman on 25 Jun 1904 in Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, United States. Barbara was born on 15 Dec 1881 in Adams County, Indiana, United States; died in 1960 in Indiana, United States; was buried in 1960 in Adams County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Ceylon, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Barbara E. Kelly, wife, 2 children/1 living, in the household of Henry Kelly
• Census: 1920, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Ella Kelly, wife, in the household of Henry Kelly
• Residence: 1935, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States
• Census: 1940, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Barbara Beck, wife, in the household of Frank C. Beck, same residence in 1935

Other Events:

• Name: Robert James Kelly
• Land Patent: 15 Feb 1836, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; received Land Patent OH0670_283 for 80 acres; Address:
  1st PM, East half of the South East quarter, Section 33, Townshi
• Census: 1840, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as James Kelly
• Property: 27 Feb 1845, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 80 acres for $200.00 to David Kelly; Address:
  (the East half of the South East Quarter of Section 33 in Townsh
• Property: 5 Oct 1847, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; signed a Quit Claim for 157.80 acres for $1.00 to Nathan VanMeter; Address:
  (South West quarter of Section 31 in Township 2 of Range 7 East,
• Census: 1850, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as James Kelly, farmer, head of household
• Property: 5 Jul 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; purchased 80 acres for $1000.00 from Cornelius Kelly; Address:
  (West half of the South West quarter of Section 3, Township 7 So
• Property: 21 Nov 1859, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 80 acres for $1200 to Samuel Boyer, (the West 1/2 of the South West 1/4, Section 3, Township 7, Range 6)
• Census: 1860, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as James Kelly, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1870, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as James Kelly, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as James Kelley, farmer, head of household

Notes:

Land Patent:

Deed: United States to James Kelly
80 acres, Cash Entry
Certificate: #3833
Location: (the East half of the South East Quarter of Section 33 in Township 6 South, of Range 6 East)
Dated: 15 February 1836
vMp129

Property:

Signed: James Kelly and Elizabeth (her mark) Kelly
Witness: W M Smith and Daniel A Haynes
vM, p129

Property:

Signed: James Kelly and E. W. Kelly
Witness: John Hopkins, Jr. and John John Hopkins
vN, p296

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: William Agaii and Elam Cottrill
vW, p298

Property:

Signed: James (his mark) Kelly and Elizabeth (her mark) Kelly
Witness: Eliakim Ludlum and Daniel Boyer
vZ, p351

James married Elizabeth Sigler on 13 Apr 1837 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Sigler and Lydia Martin) was born in 1819 in Maryland, United States; died about 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Kelly, in the household of James Kelly
• Census: 1860, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Elizabeth Kelly, in the household of James Kelly
• Census: 1870, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Elizabeth Kelly, in the household of James Kelly
• Census: 1880, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States; as Elizabeth Kelley, wife, in the household of James Kelley

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1812; hunter at the time of his enlistment
• Physical Description: 20 Jul 1812; height 5' 9", sandy hair, light complexion, blue eyes
• Military: From 20 Jul 1812 to 20 Apr 1813; served as a Private in William Perry's Rangers during the War of 1812
• Census: 1830, Clinton Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as Cornelius Kelly
• Census: 1840, Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as Cornelius Kelly
• Beneficiary: 1 Mar 1845; in the will of his father, Nathan Kelly
• Property: 22 Aug 1846, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; purchased 80 acres for $250.00 from John P. Coleman; Address:
  (West half of the South West quarter of Section 3, Township 7 So
• Property: 20 Oct 1847, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; signed a Quit Claim Deed for 157.80 acres for $100.00 to Nathan Van Meter previously willed to Nathan by his grandfather; Address:
  (South West Quarter, Section 31, Township 2, Range 7 East)
• Census: 1850, Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; as Cornelius Kelly, farmer, head of household
• Property: 5 Jul 1856, Dinsmore Townhip, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 80 acres for $1000.00 to James Kelly; Address:
  (West half of the South West quarter of Section 3, Township 7 So
• Property: 12 Jul 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 100.14 acres for $1500 to Emaline Kelly; Address:
  (part of the North West quarter of Section 13, Township 8, Range
• Property: 12 Jul 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 32.5 acres for $500.00 to Effa Buckey; Address:
  (part of the North half of Section 13, Township 8, Range 6 East)
• Property: 12 Jul 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 32.5 acres for $500.00 to Henry Harps; Address:
  (part of the North West quarter of Section 13, Township 8, Range
• Property: 12 Jul 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; sold 32.5 acres for $500.00 to Susan Blue; Address:
  (part of the North East quarter of Section 13, Township 8, Range
• Will: 6 Oct 1856, Shelby County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 15 Oct 1859, Shelby County, Ohio, United States
• Property: 9 Mar 1861, Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States; George Clancy, Executor sold 80 acres for $2005 to George Ginn, (the North West 1/4, Section 13, Township 8, Range 6)

Notes:

Military:

The Battle of Tippecanoe
CHAPTER XI.
ROLL OF COMPANIES.
The following are the rolls of the various companies under the command of Gen. William Henry Harrison in his campaign against the Indians in the autumn of 1811, which terminated in the overthrow of the Confederacy and the destruction of the Prophets' Town. The names were taken from the official records at Washington: Roll of Capt. Norris' Company of Infantry of the Indiana Militia, from September 11 to November 24 1811
Privates:
James Kelly
Cornelius Kelly

Property:

Signed: John P Coleman
Witness: I F. Frazer and William R. Persinger
vM, p454

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly, Belora Kelly, Daniel (his mark) Kelly and Emeline (her mark) Kelly
Witness: George Clancy and Wm. McMaunary
vN, p296

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: William Agaii and Elam Cottrill
vW, p298

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: J. Robinson and Ima Coats
vW, p276

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: J. Robinson and Ina Coats
vW, p274

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: J. Robinson and Ima Coats
vW, p275

Property:

Signed: Cornelius Kelly
Witness: F. Robinson
vW, p277

Will:


WILL
Dated October 6, 1856
Transcript of Probate Records, Shelby County, Ohio
Will Book 1, pg. 140-141
Filed October 15, 1859
—In the name of the Benevolent Father of all I Cornelius Kelly do make and publish this my last will and testament.
Item 1st - I give and devise to my youngest son Winfield S. Kelly and to his heirs and assigns this farm on which I now reside, exclusive of what I have conveyed to my other children by deeds to them, it being about one hundred and twenty nine acres, more or less in Section thirteen Township Number eight Range Six the North half of said section. Item 2nd - I further devise and bequeath to my said youngest son all the personal estate whether moneys or claims due me or personal property which I may be possessed of at my decease after my just debts are paid.
Item I nominate and appoint George Clancy Executor of this my last will and testament hereby authorizing and empowering him to compromise adjust release and discharge in such manner as he may deem best and proper the debts and claims due me and to manage the farm for my said second son until he arrives at the age of fourteen years Receiving and disposing of the Rents accruing leaving with my said youngest son the privilege of choosing at the age of fourteen years, one to manage for him till he arrives at twenty one years of age the Rents to be placed at interest until he arrives at twenty one years of age except what may be necessary for repairs and any necessary expense for him in case of Sickness or for boarding or clothing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of October A.D. 1856.
Cornelius (his mark) Kelly (seal)

Signed and acknowledged by said Cornelius Kelly as his last will and Testament in our presence and signed By us in his presence.
Dennis Yinger
Fielding Bell

Property:

Signed: George Clancey, Executor of Cornelius Kelley deceased
Witness: J. H. Mathers and J. S. Conklin
vA2, p553

Cornelius married Nancy _____ about 1805. Nancy was born about 1785; died on 3 Apr 1845; was buried in Apr 1845 in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: served in the War of 1812
• Name: Nancy Kelly

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Peter Siglar, farmer
• Census: 1850, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Peter Seigler, farmer, head of household
• Probate: 1858

Notes:

Known variations of name: Sigler, Siglar, Seigler

Mr. Moneysmith was next married, April 29, 1880. to Vilindia B. Sigler, daughter of David and Martha (Gilbert) Sigler, natives of Ohio, the former being born near Troy and the latter near Dayton. Her grandfather, Peter Sigler, was born in Germany and his wife, Lydia Martin, was a native of England and both were early settlers of Noble township, where they both died. (B. F. Bowen Company, Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana., p740 David Sigler.)

Peter married Lydia Martin on 24 Apr 1812 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Lydia (daughter of Living) was born on 19 Jul 1789 in Maryland, United States; died on 24 Oct 1876; was buried in Oct 1876 in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Lydia Seigler, in the household of Peter Seigler
• Census: 1860, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Lydia Sigler, in the household of William Sigler
• Census: 1870, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States; as Lydia Sigler, in the household of son Henson Sigler