Maxie Jane Hunter b. 22 Sep 1894 Greenbrier Co., WV d. 30 Apr 1946 Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1894 - 1946 (51 years)

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Name	Maxie Jane Hunter
Birth	22 Sep 1894	Greenbrier Co., WV [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Death	30 Apr 1946	Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV [3]
Death	Cause: compound fracture of skull (homicide - struck by ax or bar)
Burial	1 May 1946	Kelly Cemetery, Fort Spring, Greenbrier Co., WV [3]
Person ID	I10045	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	12 Jul 2014

Father	Matthew Arthur Hunter, b. 11 Feb 1858, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 18 Jan 1934, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 75 years)
Mother	Lucinda Zimmerman, b. Dec 1855, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 19 Dec 1922, Dawson, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 67 years)
Marriage	17 Jan 1878	Muddy Creek Mountain, Greenbrier Co., WV [4, 5]
	Staunton Spectator, Staunton, VA, Tuesday, 29 Jan 1878, p.3, col.6 MARRIAGES HUNTER-ZIMMERMAN - On the 17th inst., at the residence of Mr. Wm. A. Kelly, on Muddy Creek, by Rev. A. M. Cooper, Mr. Arthur Hunter and Miss Lucinda Zimmerman - all of Greenbrier co., W.Va.
Family ID	F4354	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Samuel Sanders Kelley, Sr., b. 30 Nov 1883, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 6 Aug 1926, Muddy Creek Mountain, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 42 years)

Marriage 29 Dec 1912 Greenbrier Co., WV [6]

Children

	1. Cora Lucinda Kelley, b. 27 Aug 1914, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 6 Mar 1991, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 76 years)
	2. Cela Leslie "Arch" Kelly, b. 14 Oct 1916, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 18 Apr 1972, Salem, VA (Age 55 years)
	3. Charles Kelly, b. Abt 1918 d. Abt 1918 (Age 0 years)
	4. Nannie Kelly, b. Abt 1918 d. Abt 1918 (Age 0 years)
	5. Samuel Sanders Kelly, Jr., b. 25 May 1920, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 18 Jul 2013, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 93 years)
	6. Margaret Mae Kelly, b. 31 Dec 1922, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 30 Sep 2004, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 81 years)

Family ID F4356 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Nov 2009

Event Map

	Birth - 22 Sep 1894 - Greenbrier Co., WV
	Marriage - 29 Dec 1912 - Greenbrier Co., WV

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Notes

Beckley Post-Herald, 1 May 1946

Assault Fatal To Greenbrier Lady

LEWISBURG, April 30 - Mrs. Maxie Jane Kelly, of Muddy Creek Mountain, widow of the late Sam Kelly, died at a Ronceverte hospital this afternoon at 1:45 of a compound skull fracture.

The woman's injury allegedly was the result of an attack made on her last Wednesday night between 8:30 and 9 o'clock by Fred Lewis and his sister, Edith Young, Negroes, of Leslie.

Mrs. Kelly was taken to the hospital last Wednesday night in an unconscious condition. She never regained consciousness to give an account of the assault made on her.

Her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Kelly, who made her home with her mother, went to the office of Prosecuting Attorney Nickell Kramer here the next morning and swore out a warrant for Lewis and his sister for an assault and battery charge. She told the prosecuting attorney that the Negroes has come to the home Wednesday night. Mrs. Young, she said, knocked at the door and asked for some liniment, and that while her mother was standing in the doorway Lewis struck her over the head.

The pair was arrested and placed in jail, and when Mrs. Kelly's condition became worse her daughter obtained warrants against the pair for assault with intent to kill. They are being held in the county jail to await grand jury action.

Prosecuting Attorney Kramer and State Troopers Shirley Clinton and W. M. Shanklin are investigating the case to determine if the alleged assault resulted in Mrs. Kelly's death.

She was born at Lewisburg on September 22, 1894.

Surviving are two daughters, Margaret and Cora, at home; two sons, Colie, of Muddy Creek Mountain, and Sam, of White Sulphur Springs; five brothers, John Hunter, Lewisburg; George and Hubert, Dawson; Renick, Goshen, Va., and Charles, White Sulphur Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Lilly Walton, White Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Harvey Arbaugh, Lewisburg; and Mrs. Lula Jones, Lawton.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete tonight.

Sources

[S242] Federal Census Record: Greenbrier Co., WV 1900.
[S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #6763, Dist. No. 130, Serial No. 116 (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as 22 September 1892
[S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #6763, Dist. No. 130, Serial No. 116 (Reliability: 3).
[S2230] Virginia. Staunton., Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, "MARRIAGES," 29 Jan 1878, p. 3, col. 6; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 Feb 2024). (Reliability: 3).
[S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1B: 73, line 4, Hunter-Zimmerman, 1878; accessed 29 Feb 2024. (Reliability: 3).
[S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B, page 202, line 17 (Reliability: 3).