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At the beginning of the seventeenth century James I of England, with the view of converting Ireland to Protestantism, formulated the plan of transplanting to that country Protestant colonies from the south of Scot- land and the north of England. He commenced carrying out his scheme about the year 1611, the settlement being made in the Province of Ulster. The settlers were selected men and women of the most excellent sort. They were intelligent farmers and artisans. As an evidence of their intel- ligence, it is stated that in a document signed in the year 1718 by a miscel- laneous group of 319 men, 306 wrote their names in full, only 13 making marks. Nothing like that could have happened in any other part of the British Empire. These people were Presbyterians. They and the Irish were very bitter toward each other; nevertheless there were frequent
*The facts here given regarding the ancestors of Edward Jackson, and consequently of Stonewall Jackson, are derived from original sources, and some of them are here pub- lished for the first time.
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intermarriages. Their offspring, and in fact, all of the people from that section, were in course of time designated as Scotch-Irish .*
Of one of these families there was born, about the year 1719, in the parish of Londonderry, John Jackson, the great-grandfather of Stonewall. While yet a boy, his father, with two of his uncles, emigrated to London, England, where his father, after a year or two, died. The boy, John Jack- son, learned the builder's trade. After arriving at manhood he contracted with a gentleman emigrating to Maryland to go with him and build him a house, with all the materials prepared in London and shipped to Maryland. In accordance with this arrangement, John Jackson went to Maryland in the year 1748 and settled in Cecil County, and there erected the house. While in Cecil County he met with and married Elizabeth Cummins, a young woman who was born in England, and with her orphan sister, had been raised by her maiden aunt. Her sister married and emigrated to New York. Elizabeth was prevailed upon to remain with her aunt who promised that she would, at her death, leave Elizabeth a considerable part of her estate, viz., £1000 ($5000). The aunt died in two or three years. Elizabeth, after obtaining her money, went to New York in search of her sister. After her arrival and diligent search, she ascertained that her sister, husband and their two children had died of yellow fever the year preceding. She then went to Maryland where she had some acquaintances from England, with whom she made her home until 1755, in which year she was married to John Jackson. From an old letter we quote: "She often assured my sister, and felt proud of it, that the land patented in her name, including the site of the present town of Buckhannon, [W. Va. ] was paid for in gold which she had brought from England; and still retained to the day of her death, a few English guineas."
Some time after the birth of their first son, George, they removed from Cecil County to what is now Moorefield, Hardy County, W. Va. After a short residence there they removed to what is now Pendleton County; thence, crossing the Alleghany mountains they settled upon the Buckhan- non River near the site of the present town of Buckhannon, and with other settlers erected a fort which was long known as Jackson's Fort. They reared a family of eight children. He was a member of the first court of Randolph and assisted in organizing the county. Years afterwards, at the instance of their eldest son, George, they removed to Clarksburg, where John Jackson died in 1804, in the 85th year of his age. Elizabeth survived him until 1825, still residing at Clarksburg, where she died after attaining the age of 101 years.
When the Revolutionary War came on, John Jackson and his two eldest sons, George and Edward, bore an active part in it as soldiers to the con- clusion of peace, both sons having received commissions as officers. It is
*See "Old Virginia and IIer Neighbors," by Prof. John Fiske.
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worthy of note that the father of Andrew Jackson, former President of the United States, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, was born in the same parish of Londonderry as John Jackson.
EDWARD JACKSON, son of John and Elizabeth Jackson, was a Justice of the Peace in 1787, and with his associate justices organized the county of Randolph in that year. He was the first surveyor of Randolph County; was one of the assessors for the county in 1791; was sheriff 1792. After- wards, and subsequent to the year 1800 he settled on West Fork River, about five miles below Weston, then Harrison, now Lewis County, where he resided until he died in the year 1827. He at one time represented Harri- son County in the Virginia Legislature at Richmond. He married Mary, daughter of David Haddan, who resided near where Huttonsville now stands." By this marriage he had three sons, George, David and Jonathan.
JONATHAN JACKSON, son of Edward and Mary (Haddan) Jackson, was born about 1790. He was educated in the law and located at Clarksburg, where he practiced his profession and where he continued to reside until his death in 1827. He married Julia Beckweth, daughter of Thomas Neale, a merchant of Parkersburg. Of this marriage four children were born in the order named: Elizabeth, who died in childhood; Warren, who died in early life unmarried; Thomas Jonathan, born July 21, 1824, afterwards General Stonewall Jackson, and Laura Ann, who married Jonathan Arnold of Beverly.
ADONIJAH N. JORDAN, born 1847, son of William and Elizabeth (Carr) Jordan; Irish ancestry. In 1870, in Pendleton County, he married Amanda, daughter of Isaac J. and Susan (Porter) Nelson. Children, Isaac Patrick, H., Fleet, Okey, Baxter, Brannon, Tallehassie, Blanche Hella, Jesse Lee, Heltzel, Clintwood, Caddie Susan, William, Zan, Silva and Hysel May. Has lived in Tucker, Randolph and Pendleton Counties; farmer; owns 200 acres, 150 improved. One-half the town of Job is built on land formerly belong- ing to him. His land was granted to Thomas B. Summerfield 114 years ago; later, part of it belonged to Soldier White. Mr. Jordan was postmas- ter under Harrison.
ALBERT FREELING JORDAN, born 1852, son of William Jordan, was married in 1884 to Martha, daughter of Harvey and Martha (Lambert) White. Children, Victoria, Darlot Paris, Jared L. and Pearly Chlorinda. He was in the mercantile business several years at Job, and was postmaster under Cleveland and assistant under Harrison, when Mordecai Summerfield was postmaster. He is a champion marksman, and never was beaten at a shooting match. Usually he shoots with an old-fashioned rifle. He is an artist, and for twenty-five years has followed the picture business in Pen- dleton, Grant, Mineral, Tucker, Randolph and other counties.
* See sketch of the Haddan family.
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WILLIAM A. JORDAN, born 1858, son of William. In 1889 he married Hester Nelson. Children, Maxie, Thaddeus, Arbella, Belva, Mana, Ethel and Flossie.
GEORGE MOSSINE JORDAN, M. D., son of James E. H. and Mary (Lutz) Jordan; married in 1884, in Virginia, Lucy, daughter of C. V. and Frances (Huffman) Horn. Children, Clara H., Clarence O'Dessa Paul, Evaline and Mary. He has been editor of several papers, beginning with the Pendle- ton News, at Franklin, which he founded in 1871, and the next year founded the Highland Recorder, and eight years later was again editor of the News. In 1898 he was instrumental in founding the Central Alleghanian at Whitmer. He attended the Georgetown Medical School in 1896, and passed the exam- ination of the West Virginia Medical Board, and is now practicing his pro- fession at Whitmer.
MORTIMER JOHNSTON, born near Doe Hill, Va., 1816, son of John and Mary Wilfong Johnston. In 1837 he married Catherine Ann, daughter of John Henry Will. Children, John Henry, Washington Milton, Norval Luther, Markwood Stickley, James William, Sampson Reuben, Eliza Cath- erine, Mary Ellen, Alice Caroline, Charity Elizabeth, Laura Caroline, Cecil, Arbelia, Lucy, Solomon Yancey. His father was born in Ireland, but came to this country while a boy. Mr. Johnston's wife died in 1845 and he mar- ried Caroline, daughter of Sampson Pennington, of Pendleton County. He was in the Southern army under Jones, and acted as a scout and mail car -. rier; lost a leg in the battle of the Wilderness; was at Gettysburg; he was formerly Captain of State militia; was Constable, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public.
JOHN JOHNSON, born 1851, son of Joseph Marsh and Mary Catherine Johnson; English parentage. In 1874, in Tucker County, he married Vir- ginia Catherine, daughter of Henry and Ruth Dumire. Children, Dora Ann, Charles Wesley, Civilla Jane, William Howard, Nettie Belle and Baby. Mr. Johnson has lived in Tucker, Lewis and Randolph Counties; is a farmer, merchant, blacksmith, shoemaker and wagon-maker. Owns 23 acres, 10 improved.
JOHN MIDDLETON JOHNSON, son of David Johnson of Virginia, born 1837; mother's maiden Fannie Huff; English ancestry; married in Missouri, 1857, to Sarah, daughter of Garrett Yates. Children, Henry, Missouri, Emma, Sammy Henry, Charles Pickett and Fannie. He is a farmer; mar- ried second time 1891 to Eliza E., daughter of George W. Beahm. Chil- dren, Nancy, Etta, Belle, Gilbert Bibee and Ira Clay. He was in the Con- federate Army under Pickett; fought at First Manassas, Gettysburg, Seven Days, Cold Harbor, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg and Cedar Mountain; was first sergeant; spent two years in California.
MARKWOOD S. JOHNSON, born 1848 in Pendleton County, son of Mor-
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timer Johnston; Irish ancestry. In 1870 he married Sarah E., daughter of Henry Bennett, and she dying, he married her sister Jennette in 1886. Children, Henry, Maudie, Edward, Mortimer, Floyd, Rosetta, Florence, Milton, Ervin, Vancey, Elizabeth and Flossie May; by trade he is a black- smith.
HERMAN GORDON JOHNSON, born near Meadowville, Barbour County, 1875, son of Levi and Helen A. (Poling) Johnson; English and German par- entage; educated in the common schools, the Fairmont Normal School, the Peabody Normal College of Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Nash- ville. He taught school; served on the reportorial and editorial staff of the Nashville American; came to Elkins in 1898 and purchased the Inter- Mountain, and is its editor, he being the youngest editor in West Virginia having entire charge of a newspaper.
WILLIAM JOYCE, born 1828 in Ireland, son of Thomas and Margaret Joyce: married Hannah Flynn in 1865. Children, Margaret, Thomas and Patrick J .; farmer, 100 acres; was a Federal soldier.
PATRICK JOYCE, born 1843, in Ireland, son of Thomas and Margaret Joyce. In 1870 he married Mary T., daughter of Michael and Margaret Joyce. Children, Michael. P., Margaret A., Ella C., Thomas, Maria and John. He says that Father O'Conner was the first preacher in that neigh- borhood. Mr. Joyce went from Ireland to England, where he mined coal, He came to West Virginia in 1870 and bought 117 acres near Laurel, which he farmed till his death in 1889. His son Michael operates the home farm. Of his children, Maggie lives in Pittsburg and Ella is one of Randolph County's best school teachers. John lives at the old home.
T. H. JOYCE, born in Ireland 1832; married at Nashville, Tenn., 1861, Anna O'Maly. Children, Mary, Stephen, Sarah, Anna, John, Thomas, Patrick, Martin and William.
THOMAS JOYCE, born in Ireland 1833, married in England 1850 to Mary Naughton. Children, John, William, Mary A., Patrick, Bridget and Kate.
EDWARD JOYCE, born 1833, son of John; married Bridget Joyce. Children, John T., James, Miles, Martin, Patrick, William, Mary A., Michael, Edward, Peter, Stephen, Isaac, Anna and Joseph.
ALBERT REES JONES, born 1866 in Preston County, son of John M. and Rebecca (Funk) Jones; he married, 1887, in Preston, to Emma J., daughter of Rev. B. T. Rader. Children Emma and Maud. He followed the lumber business at Rowlesburg five years. Came to Elkins 1889 and engaged in the same business, and was elected to the town council, and Mayor; for a time was in the mercantile business. He is State Commander of the Sons of Veterans of West Virginia. His father, who was born in Virginia in 1846, entered the Federal army at the age of 16.
M. W. JOYCE, born in Ireland 1844, son of Walter, was married in 1865
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to Mary, daughter of Patrick McCarty, Children, William H., Walter T., Isaac J., Michael J., Patrick V., James H., Edward S., Margaret A., Mar- quis, Robert E .; farmer, merchant, miner and stonecutter.
ISAAC HERVEY JUDY, born 1856 in Grant County, son of Zebulon and Cyntha (Graham) Judy; married 1879 in Pendleton County to Hannah, daughter of Moab and Elizabeth (Lough) Harmon. Children, Louellen, Cyntha Elizabeth, Zebulon Moab, Mary Jane, Cora Magdalene, Sarah Alice, Florence, Cena Elva, and Charles Daniel; farmer, with 50 acres un- der cultivation.
ADAM FLETCHER JUDY, born 1860, son of Zebulon. In 1881 he mar- ried Sarah E., daughter of Archibald Bonner. Children, Mary Susan, Enoch Lawrence, Harley Delbert, Letcher Daniel and Bertha Gustava; farmer.
LELAND KITTLE, son of Eli Kittle, was born in 1846, of German ances- try; was married in 1873 to Mary Margaret, daughter of James Moyers; maiden name of wife's mother Rachel Davis. They have one child, Ruth. He owns 1400 acres, half improved. He was clerk of the circuit court six years, and was licensed in 1879 to practice law. The exact date of the com- ing of the Kittles to Randolph is not certainly known, but they were here in the spring of 1781, as they are mentioned in the "Border Warfare" as taking part in Indian fighting at that time. When the settlers on Lead- ing Creek were massacred or carried into captivity, Colonel Benjamin Wil- son raised a company of settlers and pursued them. But the men became uneasy, fearing that during their absence another party of Indians would enter the settlement and murder their families. They clamored to return, but Colonel Wilson urged them to continue the pursuit. He then called upon all who were willing to go ahead to step forward. He stepped for- ward himself and only three others did likewise. One of them was Rich- ard Kittle; the other two were Alexander West and Joseph Friend, who lived at Friend's Fort, at the mouth of Leading Creek. It being use- less to follow the Indians with only four men, Colonel Wilson returned. However, the settlers about Clarksburg discovered the Indians retreating, and pursued them into Doddridge County and killed several and rescued the prisoners. There is a tradition in the family that Richard Kittle was in this part of West Virginia (possibly in Lewis County) as early as 1772, and that he was with Hughes, Hacker, Cutright and others when the In- dians at Bulltown, in Braxton County, were destroyed, in time of peace. This is on the authority of Mrs. Jolin K. Scott, who is still living in Ran- dolph, and is the grand-niece of Richard Kittle. She says he always denied that any Indians were killed at Bulltown, but said the Indians ran away.
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However, in his death bed confession one of the Cutrights, who died at the age of 105, said that the Indians were killed, men, women and children.
The ancestor of all the Kittles in Randolph was Abraham, born in New Jersey, 1731, and died in Randolph, 1816. His sons were Richard (the In- dian fighter), Jacob, Abraham, George, John, and a daughter who married Henry Petro (or Pedro). Abraham Kittle, jr., was the father of Eli and grandfather of Leland. It is believed that Richard was the oldest of Abra- ham's sons and 25 or 30 years older than Abraham, Jr., who married Margaret Marteney. Eli Kittle, father of Leland, was born January 6, 1800, died 1863. In 1828 he married Rebecca, daughter of George Wees. Her moth- er's maiden name was Ruth Morgan, daughter of Zedekiah Morgan. Eli Kittle's children were Caleb, Lydia Ann, Dama Rebecca, Morgan and Le- land. Morgan was killed in the Confederate Army; Lydia Ann married W. S. Booth, and lives at Albany, Ill .; Dama Rebecca married Dr. Edwin Parsons of Meadowville, Barbour County; Morgan married Sallie Long.
IRA C. KITTLE was born in 1815, died 1896, son of Benjamin and Nancy (Stalnaker) Kittle. In 1852 he married Maria C. daughter of Jesse and Diana (Woolwine) Stalnaker. Children, Louise, Paul, Nancy V., Lena, Mary F., Emma, Harriet, George L., Thomas, Margaret E., Harrison and Sophonia.
SQUIRE B. KITTLE, born 1842, son of Benjamin, married in 1867 M. Shiflitt. Children, Marshall, Nancy A., Simeon, Tip and Lucy.
ALBY KITTLE, son of Smith and Mary E. Kittle, born 1852, was mar- ried to Mary, daughter of Andrew Kittle, and their children are Lloyd V. and Harmon B. He is a farmer.
JOHN BURLIN KITTLE, son of John Kittle, born 1854; married, 1882, to Laverna, daughter of John R. Wilmoth. Children, Burtis and Clay.
JOHN EDMOND KILDOW, son of Michael V. and Mary (Root) Kildow, born 1862; German ancestry; married 1886 at Kingwood, W. Va., to Minnie, daughter of Benoni Jordan. Children, Edna, William Lavelle, Eunice and Beulah. He is a newspaper man by profession, having learned the mechan- ical part at Oakland, Kingwood and elsewhere, and later he bought the Argus, a Democratic paper at Kingwood. That party, in Preston County, was in a hopeless minority, but Mr. Kildow so managed the paper that it grew in circulation and influence; and instead of its leading a precarious existence, as when he bought it, he made it the equal of any paper in that part of the State. When he had placed it on a paying basis, he sold it and intended to enter the ministry; but the way not seeming clear for doing so, he again entered upon newspaper work, this time in Grafton, where he remained until 1894, when he took charge of the Enterprise at Beverly, and has remained there since. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and holds views broad and liberal, believing that the true essence
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of religion is a spiritual condition rather than a compliance with outward forms. Through his efforts, to a large extent, the new Methodist Protest- ant Church at Beverly was built.
JOHN KARLEN, born 1845, married Katy Karland, 1869. Children, Katy, John, Bertha, William and Clara.
HANSON FRIEND KISNER was born in 1863, in Pendleton County, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Simpson) Kisner; German ancestry. In 1889 he married Priscilla Jane, daughter of Solomon C. and Jane (Wyatt) Penning- ton. Children, Elizabeth Hester, Cynthia Jane, John Ad and Mary Martha. He is a farmer, owns 110 acres, 30 improved; has lived 10 years in Randolph.
SOLOMON J. KNOX, born in 1830, in Maryland; son of Benjamin. Mar- ried Anna E. Edmonds in 1863. Children, Samuel M., Edward S., Anna R., Harry M., Charles G., Kingsley S .; is a shoemaker; came to West Vir- ginia in 1881; was in the Confederate army under Imboden; was Justice of the Peace in Maryland.
JOHN H. KISAMORE was born in Pendleton County, 1870; son of Jonas and Hannah (Harper) Kisamore. In 1896, in Pendleton County, he married Sallie A., daughter of Amos and Mary (Barthey) Morral. They have one child, Florence.
C. C. KERNS, born 1854, son of John S. Kerns, married, 1875, in Tucker County, Jemima, daughter of Enos Carr. Children, Ida Jane, Adam Har- ness, Florence May, Charlotte, Flodie Alice, John Smith, Walter, Luther, Enos, Wilbert, Emmet Clyde, Eliza, Maudie and Baby. Farmer, 269 acres, 100 improved, on Middle Mountain.
JOHN SELBY KISSINGER married Addie Stalnaker. Children, William and Carrie.
DANIEL KELLISON, born 1832, son of James and Susan Kellison; mar- ried, 1860, to Martha A., daughter of Augustus and Mary Wood. One child, Florence.
HERMAN KOERNER, born 1847, married Fannie Drummer, 1865. Chil- dren. Frieda, Anna, Martha, Ida, Alfred, Clara. Owns 340 acres.
A. E. KIUMBIEGLE was born in 1854, married Maggie Dryburgh. Chil- dren, Belle and Allie.
WILLIAM HAY KEIM, born in Pennsylvania in 1869, son of Silas C. and Anna (Arnold) Keim; German ancestry; was married in 1895 at Pittsburg to Eva, daughter of John and Winifred (Powell) Rees. Children, Bess and Vera. He was educated in the common schools and in Bridgewater College, Virginia. For two years he was employed as conductor on a Pittsburg cable car line. In 1897 he came to Randolph and accepted a position in the store of N. G. Keim. He has traveled extensively in the West.
STEPHEN KING, born in Ireland 1805, died 1893, son of Stephen and Margaret King; married Catherine, daughter of John Connolly. Children,
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John, Patrick S., Stephen, Michael, Mary, Margaret, Martin, Andrew, Bernard and Joseph, He was a farmer with 324 acres, 175 improved. He came to America in 1863 and to Randolph five years later. The children all live on the home place and deal extensively in stock.
MICHAEL H. KING, born 1814 in Ireland, son of Owen and Anna King; married, in Ireland, Bridget Morgan. Children, John A. and Owen; farmer; was elected township treasurer 1865 and served four years.
PATRICK M. KING, born in Ireland 1834, son of Owen and Bridget (Morgan) King. In 1861 he was married in Harrison County to Anna, daughter of Miles and Mary King. Children, Mathew, Mary A., Patrick F., Michael H., Delia, Owen W., Catherine, Martin J. and John F .; farmer, owns 200 acres. The daughters, Delia and Catherine, are teachers.
MILES KING, born in Ireland, 1835, son of John and Margaret King. In 1858 he married at Weston, Martha J., daughter of W. E. and Louise Corley. Children, Mary A., Kate, Eliza, Margaret, Ellen, William, Sarah, Terese, Bridget, Paul, Helen; railroader and farmer, and is a leading poli- tician of Roaring Creek District.
MICHAEL KING, born 1839 in Ireland, son of Owen King. In 1865 he married Delia Joyce. Children, Eugene, Anna, Mary C., Joseph M., Katie B., Eddie M., William M., Maggie J., Walter and Lily.
JOHN A. KING, born 1844 in Ireland, son of Michael. In 1867 he mar- ried Mary O'Conner. Children, Maria, Michael W., Owen J., Anna T., Patrick F., John T., Alice B., Frances G., Stephen, James, Winifred, Oscar B., William V., Alfred G. and Mary A .; was a teamster in the Fed- eral army, and is now a farmer.
OWEN J. KING, born 1872, son of John A. and Mary (O'Connor) King, educated in the common schools of Randolph, and began business as a stonecutter, working in Wheeling, Charleston, on the Court-Houses at Mar- linton and Addison. Later he went into the saloon business at Laurel, Lick and Beverly. His father and his grandfather, Michael King, were born in Ireland, his father in 1849. Six years later they came to America and settled at Kingsville, Randolph County. His father was Constable in Roaring Creek, and was in the Confederate army.
REV. WAYNE KENNEDY, born 1813, died 1883; Irish parentage; was married in 1870 to Mrs. Lenox Camden, daughter of William and Anna (McLean) Foggy. Children, Hanning, Wayne Camden, Camden Wayne, Lenox Martin Camden. He owned 266 acres, 75 improved; began preaching when nineteen, was stationed eight years at Parkersburg, and became presid- ing elder of the M. E. Church, South.
CAMDEN WAYNE KENNEDY, born 1877, son of Rev. Wayne and Mary A. (Foggy) Kennedy. He attended the Buckhannon seminary one year,
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has taught three years in Randolph and is among the county's most pro- gressive teachers.
HARRISON KELLEY, born 1822, son of Abel W. and Jermah (Kittle) Kelley; German and English ancestry. In 1878 he married Louise, daughter of Ira C. and Maria Kittle. Children, Arthur, Er M. Walter, Saphronia, Sterling, Guy and Cecil H. He is a carpenter and farmer.
C. S. KELLEY, son of Benjamin and Margaret (White) Kelley; married Elizabeth C., daughter of Hamilton Stalnaker, 1865. Children Annetta F., Bertie U., Davis L. J., Guy W. B., Newton B. L. ; farmer on Becca's Creek.
DRAPER CAMDEN KELLEY, born in Barbour County, son of Dyre and Malinda Kelley, was married in 1889 to Anza, daughter of Alfred and Mary Poling. Children, Raymond H., Arley G., Clarence C., and four infants that died unnamed. He lives in Elkins and is a carpenter.
ALBA CHENOWETH KELLEY, son of Dolbeare and Margaret Kelley, born 1860, married, 1885, to Nancy A., daughter of Elam D. and Dorothy A. Murphy. Children, Ethel May, Harold Ray, Lelia Pearl, Lorena Beryl and Elam Howard. He is a farmer near Montrose. William Kelley, his grandfather, was the first settler on Kelley Mountain, and his great-grand- father came from Ireland.
WILLIAM FLOYD KELLEY, born 1861, son of Dolbeare Kelley, was mar- ried in 1886 to Rosa A., daughter of Henry T. and Rebecca Lawson. Chil- dren, Farla, Nora J., Minta M. and Edgar L. He owns 75 acres near Mon- trose; has been member of the Board of Education and belongs to the M. P. Church.
ANDREW ADDISON KILE, born 1842, at Upper Tract, W. Va .; son of Absalom and Mary (Currence) Kile; German descent. In 1870 he married Rebecca, daughter of Valentine and Ellen (Rexroad) Bowers. Children, Elihu, Nettie Virginia, Annie R., Louemma, Mary L., Lemuel R., Lora J., Willie C., Roy Brocket and Loy Burton. He has lived in Pendleton and Randolph Counties, and Ohio and Texas; was in the Confederate army under Colonel Pegram, at Rich Mountain; was with Imboden till the close of the war; took part in many skirmishes and the following battles: Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Bunker Hill, Williamsport, Gettysburg, Turkey Ridge, Lynch- burg; had four brothers in the Sourthern army, all of whom were wounded; he was not hurt, although several bullets passed through his clothes.
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