Ezekiel Kelley

Biography

SOURCE: History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther

Ezekiel Kelley was another early settler on this stream. He was the son of John Kelley, and in Doddridge county he was born and reared. Near the year 1849, he was married to Miss Estella Davis, and came to this county and established his home on what is now known as the L.M. Jett farm. Mrs. Kelley died in 1875, and his second wife was Miss (Mrs. per Evelyn Smith Lynch) Mary Stinespring, who survived him. He died in 1891.

He and his first wife were the parents of nine children: Ai, Fillmore, and Festus Kelley, Mrs. Verna Ehret, and Mrs. Lulu Zinn, all of this county. Mrs. Darlie Bond, Roanoke; Horace Kelley, Webster county; and two who are numbered with the dead.

Ezekiel KELLEY Self M Male W 51 WV Farmer --- ---

Mary Jane KELLEY Wife M Female W 39 WV Keeps House WV WV

Festus KELLEY Son S Male W 13 WV Farm Work WV WV

D. Alice KELLEY Dau S Female W 9 WV WV WV

L. Ann KELLEY Dau S Female W 5 WV WV WV

Ida Belle LEGGETT Other S Female W 16 WV House Work WV WV

1. Census: 1860 Ritchie Co., VA, age 31, Farmer
2. Census: 1870 Union Twp, Ritchie Co., WV, age 41, Farmer
3. Census: 1880 Union Twp, Ritchie Co., WV, age 51, Farmer