James Ashley Kelley & Landon Zenell Wilson

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Family Group Record                 0115
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Husband's Name   James Ashley Kelley
 Born:    01 Jan 1845    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
 Died:    14 Oct 1927    Place: Delight, Pike, Arkansas
 Married: 08 Feb 1866    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
 Father:         Elijah Kelley
 Mother:         Elizabeth Sherfield (Sheffield-Shurfield)
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Wife's Name      Landon Zenell Wilson
 Born:    01 Aug 1846    Place: Laurens County, South Carolina
 Died:    02 Aug 1916    Place: Delight, Pike, Arkansas
 Father:         Young Thomas Strong Wilson
 Mother:         Mary Ann Caroline Dean
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Children
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 1. Sex Name
     M  A. Young Kelley
        Born:    02 Dec 1866    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:    20 Jan 1869    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
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 2. Sex Name
     M  Elijah Kelley
        Born:    29 Nov 1868    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:    26 Nov 1954    Place: Delight, Pike, Arkansas
        Married: 15 Aug 1901    Place: Pike County, Arkansas (B-219)
        Spouse:  Mary Worner Davenport
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 3. Sex Name
     F  Lillie Kelley
        Born:    05 Nov 1870    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  George W. Clingan
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 4. Sex Name
     F  Mary Elizabeth Kelley
        Born:    06 Sep 1873    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:    23 Jan 1909    Place: buried ... Delight, Pike, Arkansas
        Married:        1892    Place: Pike County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Dennis Houston Parsons
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 5. Sex Name
     M  John Boyd Kelley
        Born:    24 Dec 1882    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:    18 Nov 1963    Place: Red Bluff, Tehama, California
        Married: 23 Dec 1906    Place: Pike County, Arkansas (C-259)
        Spouse:  Docia Ann (Tomlin) Owens
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 6. Sex Name
     M  William Hile Kelley
        Born:    13 Oct 1884    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married: 10 May 1908    Place: Pike County, Arkansas (C-430)
        Spouse:  Crochie Williams
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 7. Sex Name
     F  Susie Pearl Kelley
        Born:    03 Sep 1887    Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place: 
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  J. Lantis Ballew
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Sources of Information: James Ashley Kelley family record, births & deaths,
Odell Hughes, Delight, Arkansas; Pike County Courier, Murfreesboro,
Arkansas, October 21, 1927: Volume 39, Number 42, page 1, column 3; Pike
County Tribune, Delight, Arkansas, October 21, 1927: Volume 6, Number 35,
page 1, column 6; Tombstones, inscriptions of: Delight Cemetery, Delight,
Arkansas (James Ashley Kelley, Landon Zenell Kelley, Elijah Kelley, Mary E.
Parsons); Census Records: Pike County, Arkansas 1870, 1880, 1900; Pike
County, Arkansas Marriage Records; Donald Kelley, Klamath Falls, Oregon
email (07 Apr 2000).
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                     Pike County Arkansas Census 1870
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State
of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of August, 1870. Wm. J. Reid,
Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Wolf Creek

128-xxx   James A. Kelley            25  m  w                Arkansas
          Landon C. Kelley           24  f  w                South Carolina
          Elijah Kelley               1  m  w                Arkansas
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                     Pike County Arkansas Census 1880
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Wolf Creek Township in the County of Pike, State
of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the ---- day of ---------, 1880. ---------
---------, Ass't Marshal. Post Office: x

 91-xx    James A. Kelley            35  m  w                Ark  Ten  Ten
          Landon C. Kelley           31  f  w  Wife          SCa  SCa  SCa
          Elijah Kelley              11  m  w  Son           Ark  Ark  SCa
          Lillie Kelley               9  f  w  Daughter      Ark  Ark  SCa
          Mary A. Kelley              6  f  w  Daughter      Ark  Ark  SCa
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                  Ashley Kelley, 82 Died Last Saturday.

Ashley Kelley, aged 82, died at Delight Saturday, where he has resided many
years. He is survived by three sons and two daughters, Mrs. Geo. W. Clingan
being one of the daughters. Funeral services were held at Delight Sunday by
Rev. Cagle.

Pike County Courier, Murfreesboro, Arkansas, October 21, 1927: Volume 39,
Number 42, page 1, column 3.
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                         Uncle Ashley Kelley Dead

                     Dies After Several Months Illness
                       At the Home of E. Kelley Here.

Uncle Ashley Kelley, aged 83 years, died at the home of his son, E. Kelley,
here early Saturday morning, after several months of illness.

Mr. Kelley is survived by five children, E. Kelley, of this place, William
Kelley, of near Gurdon, Boyd Kelley, of Graysonia, Mrs. G.W. Clingan, of
Nashville, and Mrs. J.L. Ballew, of Antoine, and one brother and sister,
John Kelley and Mrs. John Lamb, both of this place (Delight).

Funeral services were conducted at Antioch Sunday evening by Rev. G.L.
Cagle, of Murfreesboro. Burial was in the old cemetery here.

Pike County Tribune, Delight, Arkansas, October 21, 1927: Volume 6, Number
35, page 1, column 6.
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Dennis Houston Parsons, b. 8 Jan. 1872, near Wolf Creek P.O., between
Delight and Pike City, Pike Co., Ark., d. 11 Aug. 1949; m1. Mary Elizabeth
Kelley, 1892, b. Sept. 1873, d. 23 Jan. 1909. Children: 1. William Fletcher
Parsons, b. 23 Oct. 1893, Pike Co., Ark., d. 1967; m. Maggie Dodson, 4 Feb.
1913, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., Okla., b. 14 July 1895, d. May 1992. 2.
Noah Cleveland Parsons, b. 29 May 1895, Pike Co., Ark., d. 29 Sept. 1936;
m. Minnie Carr, May 1914, b. 1890. 3. _elley Parsons, b.15 Apr. 1897, d. 21
Aug. 1899. 4. Nannie Dewey Parsons, b. 24 July 1898, Pike Co., Ark., m1.
Albert Carr, 14 June 1914, div. 14 June 1940; m2. Henry Colwell, 27 July
1940, b. 10 Jan. 1892. 5. Ernest Elijah Parsons, b. 3 June 1900, Pike Co.,
Ark., m. Hattie Clary Ralls, 24 Oct. 1924, Blytheville, Mississippi Co.,
Ark., b. 10 July 1908, Sevier Co., Ark. 6. John Daley Parsons, b. 24 July
1902, Pike Co., Ark., m. Lela Head, 1938-1939, Pike Co., Ark. 7. Steva
(sic) Parsons, b. Nov. 1904, Pike Co., Ark., d. Sept. 1905. 8. Landon
Gladys Parsons, b. 22 Sept. 1905, Pike Co., Ark., m. John N. Dewbre, 20
Nov. 1923, b. 1 May 1902. 9. Susie Elese Parsons, b. 1 March 1907, Pike
Co., Ark., m. Norvel Lollace Barr, 24 July 1926, b.1 Oct. 1905.

Dennis Houston Parsons, m2. Mary Ann Legate nee Lee, 20 Nov. 1913, Pike
Co., Ark., mother of Homer and Joe Legate, b. 9 Mar. 1878, d. 15 Sept.
1946. Children: 10. Irene Parsons, b. 25 Sept. 1914, Pike Co., Ark., m.
Willie Monroe Jackson, 16 Mar. 1931, b. 16 June 1909. 11. Jessie Thomas
Parsons, b. 15 April 1917, Pike Co., Ark., m. Marie Aline Finney, b. 19
Jan. 1920, Graysonia, Clark Co., Ark. 12. Baby girl, b. 21 July 1920,
stillborn.

Parsons and Related families of Pike County, Arkansas, Clyde Thomas
Parsons, Universal City, Texas. Email: parsonc@netxpress.com
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Williams Family. Alexander S. Williams and his wife Mary Margaret Barksdale
... along with their four small children and thirty-five slaves ... (moved)
from North Carolina to Clark County, (Arkansas) ca. 1846/48 ... Alexander's
son, Archibald McDiarmid Williams ... was born 7 December 1845. On 30
December 1863 ... (he) joined the Confederate Army. In 1869 he married
Sarah Elizabeth Box (and) ... raised a large family of ten children: Lewis,
Temperance, Isaac B., Archie, Mary, Margaret, Celon H., Rachel E., Willis,
Mattie and Crochie. Illustration: Picture of "Crochie Williams Kelley and
William Hile Kelley - 1918". Clark County, Arkansas: Past and Present,
Clark County Historical Association, Wendy Richter, editor, 1992, page 778.
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Update 04.07.00               David Kelley 2000                FGR-0115.HTM
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