THORNTON, Phoebe

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2 SOUR S008430
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Dec 14, 2004

Phoebe married KLINCK, John Abt 1774, Probably New York. John (son of KLINCK, Johann Jacob and FICHTER, Margaretha) was born Between 1755 and 1758, Germany Or Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

David was born and raised in New York where he met and married Ruth Smith.
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David Klink purchased land from Joseph Smith in Caledonia in 1803.
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There is a David Clink shown on the 1810 Genesee Co., New York census as follows:
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A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life

Updated September 30, 2004


About Our Family Research

Mrs. Phoebe Klinck Smith was born in Orange Co., New York on the 10th of March 1800 and moved with her parents David and Ruth Klinck to Gennesee Co., NY until the War of 1812 when driven from their home by the British Solders; her father being absent on some Military Duty for the Federal Army at the time, Phoebe Klinck being 12 years old helped her Mother with the younger children, one only three weeks old. They traveled on foot from their little cottage into the dark wilderness at night, not knowing where they went.

The next morning her father came to the place where his cottage had been only to find it shouldering in ashes. Being informed by a neighbor of his family’s flight, he also struck out through the wilderness not knowing where to find them. After three days and nights, he saw at night a light as from a campfire. So he made his way to it though he was tired and worn out. There he saw a man of the company who had learned from Mrs. Ruth Klinck the name of her husband. The young man stepped up and looking inquiringly at him and said, “Is your name David Klinck?� His eyes answered first, then he said, “That is my name, but how did you know?� The young man replied, “Thank heaven, then I can tell you that your family is safe and in that cabin you see yonder.�

He hurried to the cabin and his little daughter Phoebe saw him first and cried out as she sprang on his neck. “Oh Papa, we never expected to see you again.� The joy was too much for Ruth, his exhausted wife, and she fainted. When she somewhat recovered he asked, “Ruthie, dear, how could you endure such a journey through the lonely woods?� Her reply was, “The God in Whom I trust gave me strength to endure all that was laid upon me and gave you wisdom to find your family. I managed to take the little babe in my arms and Phoebe took little Ruthie and carried her while Joseph and Gideon and John brought up the rear as fast as their little legs could carry them.

David Klinck took his family the next day to Susquehanna River where he constructed a raft of logs on which he placed his little store of goods and family. They floated down the river to a point where they landed and started across country and camped near Buffalo, NY only to see the city in flames. Taking up the march across country for the Ohio River again floated down the river landing in Kentucky: not liking it, they crossed the river to Cincinnati, then but a small village.

In 1815 they moved to Fayetteville Co. Indiana and settled on or near White River near Miller’s Mill. In 1816 Phoebe was converted to God and joined the Free Will Baptist Church and in 1818 became acquainted with Isaac S. Smith, a graduate of the clothier trade. Isaac S. Smith was a Quaker born in Frederick Co., Virginia in November 19, 1795. He came to Ohio where he met Phoebe Klinck who was teaching school at the time, and the Reverend Sylvia, Pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church in Fayetteville Co. Indiana, married them in May 1820.

In 1833 they moved to Franklin Co. Indiana and in 1843 they moved to Shelby Co. Indiana where they joined the Methodist Church. In 1847 they moved to McHenry, Illinois. In 1857 Phoebe was left a widow; her husband being so badly injured by a runaway horse that he died.

In 1861 she moved in with her son Isaac Jacob Smith in Crystal Lake, Illinois until her death December 19, 1886. In 1878 she joined the Disciples of Christ Church in Nunda, Illinois. She presented her son, Isaac Jacob with a large, old and valuable Testament which came to her in 1834. She buried her husband at what was then known as the Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery.

Phoebe Klinck Smith died at the home of her son Isaac Jacob Smith at Crystal Lake, Illinois in her 87th year on December 19, 1886. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.S. Spaulding at the house of Isaac Jacob Smith on the Sabbath morning by the Pastor of of the Free Methodist Church in Crystal Lake, IL. A splendid funeral sermon from Acts 22:34 was used.

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By 1813 the family must have moved to Fayette Co. Indiana as David and Ruth's daughter Zervina is said to have been born there (Huntington Genealogical Memoir, pg. 965).
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By 1820 we find David and family living in Connersville, Fayette Co., Indiana as follows:
Males
2, <10
1, 10-15
0, 16-17
1, 18-25
1, 26-44
0, 45+
Females
2, <10
1, 10-15
2, 16-25
1, 26-44
0, 45+
Foreign Born, 0
Agriculture, 0
Manufacturing, 1
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David was a miller by trade. Source: Winnie Huntington Quick "Story of my Ancestry".

David married SMITH, Ruth Abt 1799, Probably New York. Ruth (daughter of SMITH, Joseph and SWARTOUT, Mary) was born 24 Oct 1781, Massachusetts Or Shangam, Orange County, New York; died Aft 1830, Shelby County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married TERRY, James P. 1807, Coeysmans, Albany County, New York. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Algonquin The Beautiful - by H. Peryce Millar (pgs.10-11)
(written for 1935 Centennial Celebration
Now in Algonquin, IL Library)

PIONEER KLINCK ATE FROZEN BREAD

Joseph Smith Klinck, one of Algonquin's earliest settlers, was born in Caledonia, Genesee County, New York, on December 22, 1806, one of ten children of David and Ruth Smith Klinck and was of Dutch and Welsh descent.

When a small boy he and his family fled from Indian attacks,
taking refuge in Ohio, finally settling in Shelby County, Indiana. Mr. Klinck often related the horrors and hardships of this journey and how delicious some frozen bread discovered in a deserted cabin tasted to members of the family. It was on this memorable journey that a sister of Mr.Klinck, Eunice, about 13 years old, fell into a spring and was drowned.

Mr. Klinck was married in Indiana to Elvira Huntingdon,
who, with three children, is buried in Shelby County, Indiana.
In 1835, Mr. Klinck, who in the meantime had espoused Abigail Ferris, came to Algonquin and settled near Spring Lake. His brother, Thorton, remained Indiana; another brother, John settled in Wisconsin. One sister, Emmeline, traveled across the continent to California, no mean feat for those days. Two sisters and their husbands settled
near Algonquin and another sister, Mrs. Phoebe Smith, took up a claim at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Klinck had three children born to them on their farm here. One daughter, Martha, married William Carr. Two sons also were born to Mr. Klinck and his second wife-Justus Ferns and Isaac Smith Klinck, both of whom after their father moved to town, assisted him in running the corner store in the old building
subsequently demolished to make room for the present store operated by Duesnsing Brothers.

In 1844, Mr. Klinck married his third wife, Mary Curtiss, known as "Aunt Polly" to Algonquinites. There were no children of this marriage. Following her death he, in 1875, took unto himself a fourth wife, marrying Martha Magee, daughter of James and Elizabeth McVitty Magee.
To this union was born two daughters still living-Mary Elizabeth, who married Samuel Galvin and is in San Antonio, Texas, and Leona Klinck, who married Carl Zange and still resides in Algonquin. Before Mr, Klinck left his farm he gave land for a school house and cemetery. In 1841, Mr. Klinck, Thomas Chunn and D. Carey are recorded as constituting the first recognized school board. In 1860 Mr. Klinck served as supervisor from Algonquin. Parts of his farm were sold to E, S. Jayne, R. Haeger and Joseph Ebel. When he came to Algonquin to reside, Mr.Klinck lived on the east side
in the house which is now almost under the bridge. Mr. Klinck was justice of the peace for many years. He died March 15, 1890, aged 83 years.

GILLILANS VISIT BARRINGTON CENTRE
When the Gillilans came to Algonquin they stopped over night
at the log cabin of Jesse Miller and his wife, Ruth Klinck Miller
at Barrington Centre, on the east side of the river. When the
Gillilans reached Algonquin they forded the river and settled
on the western bank, where no white man had ever been before, The Millers subsequently moved to the Miller, later known as the Lowe District. It is noteworthy that Mr. Miller served as supervisor for Algonquin during the years 1856,1857 and 1858. Seth Miller, one of his sons, went on West and was never again heard from, John Miller, another son, and a Civil War veteran, rests in the Algonquin cemetery. His widow, Sarah Miller, and daughters, Mrs. Pease and Mrs. Laura Conover, live in Elgin.
Alvira Miller, a daughter, married Edwin Benson, a farmer, who, with his brother Wallace, came to this township in 1856.
Edwin Benson was active in community life, serving as
school trustee and as supervisor, Wallace Benson served
in the Civil War and upon his return married Emma Hill,
daughter of Ben Hill. After leaving the the farm,
Mr.and Mrs. Benson came to town and lived in the house
now occupied by Mr. William Dehmlow. Both Mr. and Mrs. Benson are dead.

Jesse Miller remarried, and Cora Ottoway Gifford of Elgin

became his stepdaughter. At about this time William Kelley
and his wife, Mary Klinck Kelley, came to Algonquin and
had a beautiful farm home on the east side, but moved away
many years ago, making the West Coast their home.
They left behind them the grave of their son, John, who was a Civil War veteran.

H. P. D Dygert was an early settler in the Algonquin community, residing in what was known as the Ford District. His son, Charles, who is thought to have been the first white boy born in McHenry County, married Lucina Lucas, and after leaving the farm lived on North Main street. He also was one of Algonquin's Civil War veterans. The elder Dygert helped to build the first bridge over the Fox River, was one of the first commissioners, and was a school director for many years.

Among those who settled m Algonquin in the early Forties was Eba Goodrich, whose sister married Charles Chunn. His daughter, Ellen, married John Sears and they became the parents of John and Walter Sears, whose music is famous throughout this section. Prof. Walter Sears conducts the Dundee School orchestra. A daughter married David Magee and has many descendants in Iowa. Another son, Spencer, married Lena Beck, and they had one daughter,
now Mrs. Lizzie Tarnow, who lives on a farm near Algonquin.
The Goodrich homestead in Algonquin was the house owned on Washington street by Henry Geister, and in which the Natz family now resides. Still another early settler in Algonquin was the late William Estergren.
In 1841 several young men left their ancestral homes in Sweden to try their fortunes in America. Among these were Peter Arvedson and William Estergren. Mr. Arvedson abandoned his school teaching in Sweden, while Mr. Estergren, who had been prepared for the ministry
in the Lutheran Church in which several of his ancestors had been ordained, likewise sustained a change of heart and decided to seek his fortune in the new world. Mr. Estergren first resided in Cincinnati. In 1844 he came west to Algonquin, his friend, Peter Arvedson, having preceded him by two years. These two old and tried friends again joined hands in Algonquin and took up government land on the east side of the village: They erected a log cabin in which they lived bachelor lives for four years. Mr. Estergren continued to live there and after fifteen years, put up a new brick house and then went back to Sweden to claim his promised bride. On their arrival in Algonquin they settled in their new home, which they enjoyed to a ripe old age. The Estergrens had three children--Matilda, Frederick and Emilie. Following the death of his wife in 1904 the elder Mr. Estergren, with his daughter, Emilie, moved to Carpentersville. After making
his home there for six years Mr. Estergren died, aged 93 years. Fred Estergren, his son, moved into Algonquin in 1908, and in the fall of that year bought the home on Main street in which his widow still lives.

In 1843, James Magee and his wife, Elizabeth McVitty Magee, settled on the east side of Algonquin, coming here from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Two sons of this family, David Porter and James Franklin, served in the Civil War. James Franklin subsequently moved West after acquiring his degree as a doctor of medicine in Chicago. Earlier he had taught school in the Klinck School District and had married Miss Almeda Hayes, who also was a teacher. Miss Mary Magee taught in the country schools also, became the wife of Charles Jayne, and was buried in the cemetery at Oak Glen. Edward Magee married Jane Davis, an aunt of Mrs. John Nixbauer, and moved to Iowa. One sister, Loretta, married Sidney Stickles, and is still living in Oregon. David Porter Magee mar-

REFERENCE BOOK CAN BE FOUND IN ALGONQUIN (IL)LIBRARY.
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A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life

Updated September 30, 2004


About Our Family Research

Mrs. Phoebe Klinck Smith was born in Orange Co., New York on the 10th of March 1800 and moved with her parents David and Ruth Klinck to Gennesee Co., NY until the War of 1812 when driven from their home by the British Solders; her father being absent on some Military Duty for the Federal Army at the time, Phoebe Klinck being 12 years old helped her Mother with the younger children, one only three weeks old. They traveled on foot from their little cottage into the dark wilderness at night, not knowing where they went.

The next morning her father came to the place where his cottage had been only to find it shouldering in ashes. Being informed by a neighbor of his family’s flight, he also struck out through the wilderness not knowing where to find them. After three days and nights, he saw at night a light as from a campfire. So he made his way to it though he was tired and worn out. There he saw a man of the company who had learned from Mrs. Ruth Klinck the name of her husband. The young man stepped up and looking inquiringly at him and said, “Is your name David Klinck?� His eyes answered first, then he said, “That is my name, but how did you know?� The young man replied, “Thank heaven, then I can tell you that your family is safe and in that cabin you see yonder.�

He hurried to the cabin and his little daughter Phoebe saw him first and cried out as she sprang on his neck. “Oh Papa, we never expected to see you again.� The joy was too much for Ruth, his exhausted wife, and she fainted. When she somewhat recovered he asked, “Ruthie, dear, how could you endure such a journey through the lonely woods?� Her reply was, “The God in Whom I trust gave me strength to endure all that was laid upon me and gave you wisdom to find your family. I managed to take the little babe in my arms and Phoebe took little Ruthie and carried her while Joseph and Gideon and John brought up the rear as fast as their little legs could carry them.

David Klinck took his family the next day to Susquehanna River where he constructed a raft of logs on which he placed his little store of goods and family. They floated down the river to a point where they landed and started across country and camped near Buffalo, NY only to see the city in flames. Taking up the march across country for the Ohio River again floated down the river landing in Kentucky: not liking it, they crossed the river to Cincinnati, then but a small village.

In 1815 they moved to Fayetteville Co. Indiana and settled on or near White River near Miller’s Mill. In 1816 Phoebe was converted to God and joined the Free Will Baptist Church and in 1818 became acquainted with Isaac S. Smith, a graduate of the clothier trade. Isaac S. Smith was a Quaker born in Frederick Co., Virginia in November 19, 1795. He came to Ohio where he met Phoebe Klinck who was teaching school at the time, and the Reverend Sylvia, Pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church in Fayetteville Co. Indiana, married them in May 1820.

In 1833 they moved to Franklin Co. Indiana and in 1843 they moved to Shelby Co. Indiana where they joined the Methodist Church. In 1847 they moved to McHenry, Illinois. In 1857 Phoebe was left a widow; her husband being so badly injured by a runaway horse that he died.

In 1861 she moved in with her son Isaac Jacob Smith in Crystal Lake, Illinois until her death December 19, 1886. In 1878 she joined the Disciples of Christ Church in Nunda, Illinois. She presented her son, Isaac Jacob with a large, old and valuable Testament which came to her in 1834. She buried her husband at what was then known as the Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery.

Phoebe Klinck Smith died at the home of her son Isaac Jacob Smith at Crystal Lake, Illinois in her 87th year on December 19, 1886. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.S. Spaulding at the house of Isaac Jacob Smith on the Sabbath morning by the Pastor of of the Free Methodist Church in Crystal Lake, IL. A splendid funeral sermon from Acts 22:34 was used.



Family Photos
Isaac J. Smith Obit Crystal Lake Herald 9-24-1925 (9507 KB)
Son of Phoebe Klinck of NY (1800) and Isaac S. Smith of Frederick Co., Virginia (1795), who were married 5-25-1820 in Fayetteville Indiana. Phoebe b.3-10-1800 d.12-17-1886. Isaac S. Smith b.1795 d.5-6-1857, are now both in McHenry Klinck-Ebel-Haeger-Welch Cemetery behind old schoolhouse, now private property (74 Meadow Hill Rd.) located at intersection of Meadow Hill Road and Spring Creek Rds. in Barrington Hills. http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/local_information/Cemeteries/haeger.htm. Son Isaac J. is buried in Union Cemetery in Crystal Lake, IL as Civil War Veteran notably of Vicksburg campaign. He was married to Sarah C. Brown, had 4 daughters (obit incorrect) and one son.
Klinck Schoolhouse today (Private Property) (588 KB)
74 Meadow Hill Rd (& Spring Creek Rd.) Converted into home, was once a one room schoolhouse with a cemetery in back. Cemetery still there, but closed. Approx. 50 people buried there of pioneer families: Haeger, Ebel, Klinck, Welch. Name of schoolhouse and cemetery changed over the years from Ebel, Klinck, Haeger... Plaque in front calls it WELCH Cemetery today.
Graves Phoebe Klinck Smith and Isaac S. Smith (771 KB)
Welch, aka Ebel-Haeger-Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery located at corners Meadow Hill Rd and Spring Creek Rds in Barrington Hills. Graves and other info posted online at http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/local_information/Cemeteries/haeger.htm


Related Files
"Algonquin the Beautiful" 1935 Centenniel Excerpt (7 KB)
Pages 10-11 from Centenniel Celebration Book by H. Peyrce Millar. -Mentions prominent pioneer family members Joseph Smith Klinck and Phoebe Klinck Smith. -Validates their written story from "A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life," paper handed down thru family. -Confirms existance of Klinck Schoolhouse and Cemetery where buried.


In 1850 Algonquin Township, McHenry Co., Illinois census Joseph was shown living with his family near his "presumed" sister Mary (Klinck) Kelly. In the same census he stated he was been born in New York.
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Nunda Herald 3/21/1890
Mr. J. S. Klinck died on the 15th, age 83 years. Born in Caledonia, Genesee Co, N. Y., in 1806 were driven away by Indians in the War of 1812. After living in Indiana moved to McHenry County in 1836 and lived 4 miles east of Algonquin and later moved to the village. Married 4 times.

Joseph — CURTIS, Mary. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married HUNTINGTON, Elvira 30 Dec 1829, Shelby County, Indiana. Elvira died 25 Sep 1833, McHenry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married FERRIS, Abigail 2 Mar 1834, Shelby County, Indiana. Abigail died 14 Sep 1844, McHenry County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Ruth married MILLER, Jesse F. 1829. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

GIDEON T. KLINCK was born in the State of New York March 23, 1810, and was the son of David and Ruth (Smith) Klinck; the father of German descent, and the mother a native of Massachusetts. The father was a miller, and died in Fayette County, Ind., and the mother died in Shelby County.

Our subject attended school in Connersville, Fayette County, and afterward learned saddle and harness making, serving an apprenticeship of four years, and working as a jouneyman off and on for ten years.

In 1832or 1833, he was married, in Fayette County, to Miss Fannie Williams, a native of that county, and daughter of Jonas and Sallie Williams; born in New York, and died in Fayette County, Ind.
Our subject first kept house in Shelby county, but soon returned to Fayette, where Mrs. Klinck died. In1840, our subject married Miss Elizabeth Hornaday, a native of North Carolina. Soon after this marriage, he removed to Illinois, made a preemption, and then traded for eighty acres in this township, to which he removed in 1842; cleared twenty-five or thirty acres, sold, purchased eighty acres of his present farm, and added, by degrees, till he now owns 325 acres, 160 of which are under cultivation. He gives some attention to livestock, and sells annually fifteen head of cattle, six horses, hogs fifteen, sheep fifteen to twenty. He has served as Township Treasurer one term.

By his first wife he had one daughter-Olive, who is deceased;
and by his second marriage, three children, viz.: Horace (was taken prisoner at Chattanooga, exchanged, and there died), Anna and Sarah E., both married, and living, in Thorn Creek.

Gideon married WILLIAMS, Fannie 2 Nov 1834, Fayette County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Gideon married HORNADAY, Elizabeth 6 Aug 1840, Fayette County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Zervia married HUNTINGTON, Harry D. 26 Jan 1834, Shelby County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John appears on the Loraine, Polk Co., Wisconsin census in 1880.
He stated his father was born in Holland and his mother in New York.

John married ALLEN, Susannah 1 Mar 1836, Shelby County, Indiana. Susannah was born Abt 1818, Ohio; died Aft 1880, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]

Emeline married STONE, Nathaniel 25 Dec 1836, Shelby County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From a family Bible we find:
She (Mary) was paralyzed 12 years, after she struck her head on a tree limb while harvesting walnuts.
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Following the accident, Mary was cared for by her grandson Charles L. Kelly at Oregon House, Yuba Co., CA, until she died. At the time, Charles was a young boy going to school, and it was after his mother and father moved to Marysville, Yuba Co., CA.
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Mary received her son's (John G. Kelly's) Civil War pension, as his survivor.

Mary married KELLY, William C. 27 Dec 1838, Franklin County, Indiana. William (son of KELLY, Asa and GOODRICH, Ruth) was born 25 Dec 1816, Ohio; died 3 Dec 1884, Probably Morris County, Kansas. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

David was the only child of William & Mary born in Indiana.

Notes:

John G. Kelly of Algonquin, McHenry Co., Illinois.
Mustered: May 24, 1861.
Served with the rank of Private.
Murdered on 17 September 1861 in Norfolk, MO.
Died Oct 13, 1861 at Rolla, Missouri.
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Burial Location: Chunn Burying Ground (a.k.a. Oak Glen)
Algonquin River Road, Between Plum Tree Rd. & Cresent Parkway, Algonquin Township, McHenry Co. , Illinois.
John G., son of Wm. C. & M. A. Kelly. Died at Rolla MO (worn off) in defense of his country, October 7, 1861. Age, 19 yr., 11 mo., 19 d.
John G. Kelley, Co. F. 15th Ill. Inf. GAR stone. Possibly top of this stone was an American flag.
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His mother, Mary A. Kelly received his pension.

Notes:

Joseph was born in in Algonquin, McHenry Co., Illinois. He was shown as living there on the 1850 - 1870 census (age 4 - 24).
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Joseph lost his brother, John to the Union cause in 1861, and other siblings before they reached adulthood, for reasons unknown.
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Per "Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men. (IL. Roster) Published in 1900."
Joseph joined the Union Army at the age of 19, on 31 January 1865, and was assigned as a Private, to Company F, 9th Cavalry Regiment Illinois on 01 February 1865. In the latter part of the war Joseph was shot through the foot while on picket duty in the state of Tennessee, family relates that Joseph treated the wound by pulling silk handkerchief through it. (said Charles L.). He was honorably discharged on account of the wound, and received a disability discharge on 28 May 1865.
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Biographical Notes, Excerpts from Earl Kelly's recollections, Date: 10-25-95.
After marrying Alice I. Gleason near Chicago in 1869, Joseph and Alice remained in McHenry Co., Illinois at least until Charles Louis Kelly was born in 1876. In the early spring of 1878 the couple arrived in California, and homesteaded 1/4 section at Oregon House, southeast of Oroville, in Yuba Co., CA, They soon removed to Marysville, Yuba Co., CA circa 1889, however Joseph left his son Charles L. Kelly at Oregon House, to care for Joseph's mother, Mary A. Kelly who had become disabled. Following his mother's death at Oregon House in 1896, where she is likely buried, Joseph traded the homestead for a horse and buggy. The family then moved to Redding, Shasta Co., CA. in the early 1900's. Joseph and Alice lived near Buckeye in the Stillwater district, northeast of Redding.
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To find the old homestead at Oregon House:
Go towards Brownsville from Oregon House. Not too far past the road to Lake of the Springs (Lake Mildred) where the road crosses Dry Creek there is a house on the right; that is the old Kelly homestead where C.L. Kelly grew up.
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The 1870 census finds Joseph and his young family living in the household of Russell Grimes in Algonquin, McHenry Co., Illinois.
(Roll 257 Book 1, Page 214a).
Grimes, Russell, 60, male, white, farmer, b. NY
Kelley, Joseph, 24, male, white, farmer, b. IL
- , Alice, 18, female, white, keeping house, $4,700 real estate, $600 personal, b. NY
- , Frank, 3 months, male, white, b. IL
McGuire, Matilda, 62, female, white, b. NY (Alice's grandmother).
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The 1880 census of Marysville, Yuba Co., California finds:
C. C. Gleason 1 Self M Male W 49 NY Farmer NY NY
Sarah M. Gleason Wife M Female W 47 NY Keeping House NY NY
Elmer P. Gleason Son S Male W 5 CA At Home NY NY
Joseph Kelley SonL M Male W 32 IL NOT REC NOT REC
Alice Kelley Dau M Female W 27 NY NY NY
Francis Kelley GSon S Male W 10 IL IL NY
Willie Kelley GSon S Male W 7 IL IL NY
Louis Kelley GSon S Male W 2 IL IL NY
Matilda McGuire Mother-in-law W Female W 69 NY At Home NOT REC NOT REC
Source Information:
Family History Library Film 1254086
NA Film Number T9-0086
Page Number 408B
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YUBA COUNTY, GREAT REGISTER - 1880:
KELLEY, Joseph K., 34, Illinois, Farmer, Parks Bar, 4/10/80, 1876
KELLEY, Fernando Y., 24, Illinois, Teacher, Fosters Bar, 30/4/81
KELLEY, Orlando A., 25, Illinois, Farmer, Parks Bar, 28/3/82
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1888 Yuba Co. Great Register
Kelly, Joseph K. 40 Illinois Park's Bar tw'p May 1, 1888
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In 1891 Yuba County records show a land purchase as follows; Township: 0170 N, Range: 0060 E,Date : 2/6/1891, KELLY JOSEPH K.
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1894 Great Register of California:
3172, Kelly, Joseph K., 48, HT. 5 - 7 1/2", Complexion Light, Eyes Blue, Hair Light, b. Illinois, Oregon House, date: October 12, 1894
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10-3-1898 Page 174 Deeds #46 Yuba Co. Records: DEED
Mrs. Joseph K. Kelly to J.W. Bristow, For the sum of $15.25 in GOLD COIN, Grants; The N.E. quarter of section eight in Township 17 north of range 6 E M D M consisting of 160 Acres of land with the following reservations;
First, that the house situated on said described land to remain the property of the first part and to be removed from off said land on or before the expiration of 60 days, from the date of this indenture.
Second: That 18 acres More or less of the above described land including Dry Creek and the land which is subject to overflow by the waters of Dry Creek,at times of high water mark, is hereby reserved by the party of the first part from the operation of this DEED.

Page 175. In Witness whereof Signed Sealed And Delivered by Mrs. Joseph K. Kelly. State of Ca. Co. of Yuba this 3rd of Oct. 1898 that she appeared before me to do the above. County Recorder F.G. Williams Dept.

NOTE 1: J.W. Bristow cited above was the next door neighbor of Joseph on the 1900 census, at Parks Bar Twp. Yuba Co., CA.

NOTE 2: The NE 1/4 section of section 8, T17N, R6E is now inundated by Merle Collins Lake/Reservoir. (Per USGS 7.5 min. quadrangle.).
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The 1900 census finds Joseph and family at Parks Bar Township, Yuba Co., Ca. where Joseph was working as a gold miner at age 53. His sons Frank & Lewis are shown as farm laborers. Joseph's family moved to Buckeye Township, Shasta Co., California between 1900 and 1910 (E.D. 137, SH. 3, P. 238).
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The Athens Hotel in Oakland, CA cited a Joseph K. Kelly and a P. F. Kelly of Marysville as their guests.
(Oakland Tribune, March 24, 1908)
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The 1910 census indicates Joseph age 63 was farming in Shasta Co. and living with his wife Alice age 55 and youngest son Merl age 15. Joseph indicated his father was born in Ohio and his mother was born in Indiana. Alice stated both of her parents were born in New York. Joseph passed away November 21, 1919 and Alice shows up as a widow in 1920 in Buckeye Township, Shasta Co., Ca. with her youngest son Merl.
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Joseph's Obituary from Shasta Co., CA, (generously researched by Maria J. Edwards)
JOSEPH K. KELLY, STILLWATER PIONEER, IS CALLED BEYOND.
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Joseph Klinck Kelly, for 58 years a resident of Stillwater district, passed away at 8 o'clock. Friday morning in the ex-soldier's old home. The decedent was born at Algonquin, IL., on June 8, 1845; making him more than 73 years of age. The aged man received a stroke of paralysis about one year ago and, for several months he has been in a helpless condition. Kelly was a veteran of the Civil War, belonging to F company, 9th. Illinois cavalry. In the latter part of the war Kelly was shot through the foot while on picket duty in the state of Tennessee. He was honorably discharged on account of the wound. On May 5, 1869, he and Mrs. Kelly were married near Chicago. After the wedding the couple left Chicago for Kansas and thence to California by team. Arriving in Shasta county in the early spring of 1878, they located on what is known now as the old Kelly ranch on Stillwater. Several years ago the decedent became a member of a E. F. Winslow post, No. 79, Grand Army of the Republic, of which organization he was an active member until stricken with paralysis. Joseph Klinck Kelly is survived by a widow, Mrs. Alice I. Kelly, and four sons, Frank Kelly and Merle Kelly at home, William J. Kelly of Nicholas near Sacramento, and C. L. Kelly of Oroville. The funeral arrangements are in the hands of the Grand Army post and will not be completed until the arrival of the rest of the family.

Joseph married GLEASON, Alice Isadora 5 May 1869, Near Chicago, Lake County, Illinois. Alice (daughter of GLEASON, Christopher Columbus and MCGUIRE, Sarah Matilda) was born 15 Mar 1852, Easton, Madison County, New York; died 13 Jan 1943, Chico, Butte County, California. [Group Sheet]

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1880 Yuba Co., CA Great Register
KELLEY, Fernando Y. 24 Illinois Teacher Fosters Bar 30/4/81
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The 1900 census finds Fernando (Kelley) living in Riverton Precinct, Coos Co., Oregon (p. 270) as follows:
Kelly, Fernando, Head, White, Male, b. Sept. 1856, age 43, Married 10 years, b. Illinois, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Indiana, School Teacher.
Mary, Wife, White, Female, b. November 1869, age 30, Married 10 years, b. Iowa, Father b. Wisconsin, Mother b. Ohio.
Earl L. , Son, White, Male, b. April 1892, age 8, S, Oregon, Illinois, Iowa.
Lloyd , Son, White, Male, b. April 1894, age 6, S, Oregon, Illinois, Iowa.
Next door was the family of Mary's parents and nearby was Fernando's brother Orlando.
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The 1910 census:
District 10, 4th ward Eureka, Humboldt Co., California (sht. 7-A)
Kelly, Fernando G., Head, M, W, 50, Married 20 years, b. IL fa. b. OH, mo. b. IA, Teacher/Public School
Kelly, Mary L., Wife, F, W, 38, Married 20 years, 2 children born/2 children surviving, b. IA, fa. b. IL, mo. b. IA
Kelly Earl L., Son, M, W, 17, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IL, mo. b. IA
Kelly, Lloyd F., Son, M, W, 16, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IL, mo. b. IA
(5 un-related "roomers" were living in the Kelly home).
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Fernando shows up in the 1920 census as a widowed (actually divorced) public shool teacher in Buckeye Township, Shasta Co., CA and he was living with his widowed sister-in-law Alice, and her son Merl. It appears he and brother Orlando were twins, according to the 1860 McHenry Co., Illinois Census.

Gustavis married LEE, Mary A. 31 Mar 1890. Mary (daughter of LEE, James Francis and MCCULLOUGH, Martha Jane) was born 1 Nov 1869, Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa; died Aft 1920, Probably Berkeley, Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet]

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The 1880 census finds:
Arlando A. KELLEY Self M Male W 23 IL Farmer OH OH
Rosa K. KELLEY Wife M Female W 20 Iowa Keeping House IL IL
Walter KELLEY Son S Male W 2M KS IL Iowa
Source Information:
Census Place Ohio, Morris, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254390
NA Film Number T9-0390
Page Number 408B
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1882 Yuba Co., CA Great Register
KELLEY, Orlando A. 25 Illinois Farmer Parks Bar 28/3/82
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The 1900 census finds Orlando (Kelley) living in Riverton Precinct, Coos Co., Oregon as follows:
Kelly, Orlando, Head, White, Male, b. Sept. 1856, age 43, Married 21 years, b. Illinois, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Indiana, Hotel Proprietor.
Rosa, Wife, White, Female, b. April 1861, age 39, Married 21 years, b. Iowa, Father b. Arkansas, Mother b. Indiana, .
Walter, Son, White, Male, b. March? 1880, age 20, S, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, at school (prob. College)
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In 1910 Orlando was still living in Riverton Precinct, Coos Co., Oregon. He had married Cornelia J. Burns in abt 1908, who had lost a child (could have been Orlando's, don't know). She was 28 years old and her brother Robert (35), was shown living in the Kelly home too. Orlando stated he was employeed at a Truck Farm.
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There is a record of a marriage of Orlando A. Kelly on November 2, 1907 in Multnomah Co., Oregon, and Cornelia J. Burns is also shown in the records as being married on that date and place.
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At the time of his death in 1916, the initials of his widow were C. J. (Kelly), according to California State death records.
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By 1920 Orlando's widow Cornelia age 39 was back in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama, with her parents John H. Burns and Mary.

Augustus married BURNS, Cornelia J. 2 Nov 1907, Multnomah County, Oregon. Cornelia (daughter of BURNS, John H. and Mary) was born Abt 1882, Alabama; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Augustus married LEE, Rosa Rebecca 1 May 1879, Probably Kansas. Rosa (daughter of LEE, Thomas W. and PRESTON, Eliza Ann) was born 1 Apr 1860, Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa; died , California. [Group Sheet]