--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name F Lillie Kelley Born: 05 Nov 1870 Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: Place: Married: Place: Spouse: George W. Clingan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Sex Name F Susie Pearl Kelley Born: 03 Sep 1887 Place: Wolf Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: Place: Married: Place: Spouse: J. Lantis Ballew --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County Arkansas Census 1870 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pike County Arkansas Census 1880 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 04.07.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0115.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------