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- 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.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1845 - 1919 (74 years)