Hugh A. Kelly
1813 - 1891 (77 years)-
Name Hugh A. Kelly Birth 26 Feb 1813 Bath Co., VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 16 Feb 1891 Cedar Township, Knox Co., IL [3, 4] Cause: senile gangrene Burial 18 Feb 1891 Cherry Grove Cemetery, Abingdon, Knox Co., IL [3, 4] Person ID I41533 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father James Kelly, Sr., b. Abt 1785 d. 1819, Bath Co., VA (Age 34 years) Mother Jane "Jenny" Hulett, b. Abt 1790, VA d. 1843, VA (Age 53 years) Marriage 18 Feb 1808 Bath Co., VA [5] - Witnesses: David Wuhn & Charles Hansell
Permission signed by Jenny & Elizabeth Hulled.
Promissory note signed by James Kelly (could not sign name) and John Lewis.
Family ID F593 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Catharine Castle, b. 6 Oct 1804, VA d. 24 Mar 1881, Knox Co., IL (Age 76 years) Marriage 13 Dec 1832 Greenbrier Co., VA [6] Family ID F15045 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2013
Family 2 Martha Hanthorn, b. Jul 1844, Chester Co., PA d. 1909, Knox Co., IL (Age 64 years) Marriage 8 Nov 1888 Abingdon, Knox Co., IL [7] Family ID F17354 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 May 2020
- Witnesses: David Wuhn & Charles Hansell
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Marriage - 13 Dec 1832 - Greenbrier Co., VA 
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Notes - Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and Presidents of the United States. (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Company, 1886), pp. 407-408.
Hugh A. Kelly, a farmer residing on section 15, Cedar Township, is a native of Augusta County, W. Va., and reared in Greenbrier County, Feb. 26, 1813. He came to Fulton County, IL., in 1833, where he remained from November until the following April, when he moved to Cedar Township. His father, James, was a native of Virginia, and his parents were from Ireland. James Kelly, the father, died in 1819. He married Miss Jane (Hulit) Kelly, also of Irish extraction. This lady died in 1843, but had become the mother of 4 children - Hugh A., Nancy, Sarah and James. The gentleman whose name heads this biography married Miss Catherine Castle, Dec. 13, 1832, and her death took place Mar 24, 1881. They had no children. Mrs. Kelly's parents were of German & Irish extraction, and of her family there is one sister living.
Mr. Kelly may be counted as one among the oldest pioneers of this township. Altogether he has been Supervisor of the township for three terms, as well as school director for the last twenty years. He is one among the foremost members of his lodge in the ancient craft of Masonry. He was first a Mason in 1861, in Abingdon Lodge 185. Mr. Kelly has 240 acres of improved land, on which he erected a fine dwelling in 1865. He is one among the prominent breeders of short-horn cattle and his horses are all good grades. He has devoted his life to farming and stock-raising and has been quite successful in the accumulation of property. He is regarded as one of Cedar Township's most thrifty and enterprising farmers. His farm ranks high among the many excellent ones of this splendid county. He is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife, who took an active part in the good of that Christian organization. In politics he favors Democracy and by that party is considered one of its best friends.
- Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and Presidents of the United States. (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Company, 1886), pp. 407-408.
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Sources - [S1571] Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Company, 1886.), 17 Jan 2013, p. 407. (Reliability: 3).
Hugh A. Kelly, a farmer residing on section 15, Cedar Township, is a native of Augusta County, W. Va., and reared in Greenbrier County, Feb. 26, 1813. - [S2120] Illinois State Board of Health, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999, (http://www.familysearch.org :2020.), 2 May 2020, Knox County, Return of Death to County Clerk," death certificate (1891), Hugh A. Kelly, accessed 2 May 2020. (Reliability: 3).
lists age at time of death as 79 years, 11 months, 20 days. - [S1241] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, ((http://www.findagrave.com/)), 17 Jan 2013, accessed 17 Jan 2013), Hugh A. Kelly (Memorial #5433683); Recorded by Florence Banks (Member #42523322). (Reliability: 3).
- [S2120] Illinois State Board of Health, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999, (http://www.familysearch.org :2020.), 2 May 2020, Knox County, Return of Death to County Clerk," death certificate (1891), Hugh A. Kelly, accessed 2 May 2020. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1204] Bath Co., VA Marriage Record.
- [S1571] Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Company, 1886.), p. 407. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1617] Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, ((http://familysearch.org : 2012)), accessed 2 May 2020), Kelly-Frease, 1888, Knox County; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB2L-9CJJ?i=1726&cc=1803970. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1571] Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Company, 1886.), 17 Jan 2013, p. 407. (Reliability: 3).