Person

William B. Kelly (Harlan and Clay County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1819-12-10 d. 1915-12-19

Harlan and Clay County, Kentucky, farmer. Harlan County, Kentucky, native. Married to Jane Cope Kelly in Harlan County on January 12, 1849. Father of Benjamin F. Kelly, Elizabeth Kelly, Drucilla Kelly, Joseph Kelly, William Kelly, John Kelly, Wright Kelly, Martha Kelly, and Sarah Kelly. Farmer in Harlan County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1, p. 14B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 96.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 4, p. 26A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harlan County Marriages, Film 000834238.

"William B. Kelly," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 25, 1916, p. 5.

"William B. Kelly (1819-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5574373, accessed November 14, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5574373.

Citation

Kelly, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201677 (November 12, 2026).

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