BIO:  JOHN KELLEY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 547-548
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    JOHN KELLEY, a highly respected citizen of Mifflin township, Cumberland
  county, and formerly of Newville, Pa., was born Dec. 30, 1837, near Green
  Springs, Newton township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.

    Little is known of the family beyond his father, but it is probable that
  his grandfather was of Scotch-Irish descent. William Kelley, his father, came
  to Cumberland county in boyhood and lived in Newton township, near Green
  Springs. Later he removed to Newville, and there learned the painting trade.
  There he married Jane Stewart, who was born in 1804 in Scotland, and after
  his marriage he located in Newton, then Hopewell township, along the
  Conedoguinet creek, and followed distilling for fifteen years. Later he
  removed to Newville, where he met with an accident on a trip to Johnstown,
  which caused the breaking of his leg and ultimately his death, at the age of
  sixty-three years. He was a worthy member of Bethel Church. His burial took
  place in Johnstown, and his widow died Jan. 1, 1846, in Newville, where she
  was interred. Their children were: Alexander married Susan Linn, of
  Huntsdale, where he died and is buried; Mary A. married Abraham Reeder, and
  was accidentally burned to death April 17, 1902, and was buried in the Zion
  cemetery; Emmeline married William Sanderson, and died and is buried at
  Stoughstown; William married Caroline Cox, and both died and are buried in
  Harrisburg; Sarah Jane died unmarried at Mansfield, Ohio; Samuel married
  Sarah Duffey and died in West Pennsboro township, and was buried in Prospect
  cemetery; Margaret married George Yocum, and died and is buried at Newville;
  John is the subject of this sketch; Joseph left Cumberland county at the age
  of seventeen years and later was killed in Arizona, where he was in the
  mining and cattle business; and Elizabeth died at the age of two years.

    John Kelley attended the schools at Newville until he was about seventeen,
  and then learned the shoemaking trade, which he followed there until he
  enlisted for service in the Civil war. Mr. Kelley is an active Republican and
  he has held several local offices, among them having been judge of elections.
  He is a member of the Reformed Church at Zion.

    On Jan. 31, 1860, Mr. Kelley married Elizabeth Carl, who was born May 15,
  1838, daughter of George and Margaret Carl, of Philadelphia. In 1882 Mr.
  Kelley settled in Mifflin township, buying a snug little place of four acres
  on which he has built a fine home. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kelley are:
  (1) Annie, who married Solomon Gotshal, resides in Mifflin township. (2) John
  Alexander, born Dec. 13, 1862. died March 14, 1864. (3) James Tracy married
  Elizabeth Gabel, and after a residence at Peoria, Ill., located at
  Hummelstown, Dauphin Co., Pa. (4) Joseph Alfred, born May 10, 1869, died Feb.
  12, 1871. (5) Ida married William Smith and they reside near Shippensburg. 
  (6) Nora B. married John C. Coover, and they live at Peoria, Ill. 
  (7) Bertha Jane, born

    548  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

  March 24, 1875, died March 3, 1876. (8) Albert F., who married Mary Hamacker, is
  a farmer in York county. (9) Clarence C., unmarried, is a farmer in Illinois.
  (10) Vernon Heberlig is a resident of Peoria, Illinois.

    Mr. Kelley served as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting Sept. 15, 1862
  in Company F, 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, for three years or during
  the war. The regiment formed part of the 2d Brigade, 1st Division Cavalry,
  and took part in some of the operations of the Army of the Potomac. Mr.
  Kelley was discharged on June 26, 1865. His health is in a shattered
  condition, but his memory is as bright and retentive as ever, and often
  recalls to his mind many of the sad and sickening scenes and incidents that
  he witnessed during his army life. But nevertheless he rejoices to know that
  he lived at a time when he was permitted to help uphold civil and religious
  liberty, and to help continue free government on the face of the earth.