Maud McLure Kelly (1887 - 1973)

Born 10 Jul 1887 in Mountain Spring, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Apr 1973 at age 85 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 10 JUL 1887

Place: Mountain Spring, Alabama, United States^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 2 APR 1973

Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States^[3]

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Date: 23 AUG 2013

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Note

Note: Maude McLure Kelly never married. She served in numerous state and federal positions during her lifetime and was active in politics and an ardent genealogist from age 12 until her death. The last years of her life were spent as a professional genealogist and archivist.

To her credit, the Vincent Family owes much to this special lady. She freely gave of her time and talents and loved her family and relatives much. She gave my father, Wilburn Glenwood Vincent (1919-1993), his family tree, and contributed the bulk of her life life's work "The Bledsoe-Kelly Collection" to Samford University. To put a finishing touch on her work, I donated the 1828 John Vincent Family Bible to the Samford University Library Special Collections Dept. in September 1990. The Cynthia Newman book says Miss Kelly thought the bible had been burned in a fire (see "MAUDE McLURE KELLY: Alabama's First Woman Lawyer", p.38). If this refers to the 1828 John Vincent Family Bible, it is a misconception. Ms. Kelly was allowed to see, photograph, and get a notarized transcript of the family births and deaths recorded in this bible.

(http://www.awhf.org/kelly.html)

Maud Kelly was inducted to Alabama Women's hall of fame as the first woman to practice law in the state. As of 2007, the Women’s Section of the Alabama State Bar presents an annual Maud McLure Kelly award.

(http://library.samford.edu/about/sc/collections/other.html)

Bledsoe- Kelly Collection

Collection of correspondence, family charts, abstracted family and county materials collected and compiled by Maud McLure Kelly. (SC 829 & SC 2739)

Some books and articles written by Maud McLure Kelly:

(from: http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/ke.htm)

Maud McLure KELLY (F: 1887 Jun 26 - 1973 Apr)

Lineage Book..Alabama Div, United Daughters Confederacy (ed) [b|1937]

(from: http://www.auburn.edu/~bamarev/ahistqtr.html)

The Alabama Historical Quarterly

Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1945

Preserving County Records, by Maud McLure Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . .77

Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1947

Gen. John Herbert Kelly, The Boy General of the Confederacy,

by Miss Maud McLure Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Vol. 10, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1948

Alabama's First Ladies, by Maud McLure Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hillside Cem., Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Kelly-4959 was created by Ron V through the import of RonV.ged on Jan 2, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S57 Page: 5 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 5 Note: Into this household occupied by Leona, Richard, Louisa [Louisa Catherine Vincent Bledsoe, Leona's mother], Cora [Cora Bledsoe, Leona's sister], and four servants, the young couple brought their children. The first child, a daughter, born on July 30, 1881, was named Frances Marion in honor of Leona's father. In 1883 James Robertson was born, and in 1885 George Sommerville, but he lived less than one month. On July 10, 1887, Maud McLure was born at Mountain Spring. Marion, then six, took great pleasure in strolling the new baby down the street. Since it was the custom to christen a child about six months after its birth, the baby had no name; when neighbors asked Marion what her sister was called, she would reply, "Maud McLure," the name of a lady she admired. Somehow the name stuck, and the Kellys recorded it in the family Bible. CONT After Maud Kelly's birth, five more children were born to the family. In 1889 a boy was born and died the same day; in November 1890 a girl was born, but died the following May; on November 22, 1891, Richard Bussey, Jr. was born [this is an error perpetuated by an inaccuracy in Maud Kelly's records since Richard often told his family he was born after midnight which he said was on November 23rd]; on May 1, 1894, Samuel Bledsoe; and the last child, William Milner, on June 5, 1898. Of the nine Kelly children, only five reached adulthood.
3. ↑ Source: #S57 Page: 40 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 40 Note: ... on April 2, 1973, Maud McLure Kelly died of internal hemorrhaging. She was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama in the top section of the vault in which her mother had been buried.

• Source: S57 Abbreviation: Book by Cynthia Newman: Maud Kelly Title: Cynthia Newman, Researcher, MAUDE McLURE KELLY: Alabama's First Woman Lawyer, paper no. 6 (Birmingham, Alabama: Samford University Library Research Series, 1984), . Subsequent Source Citation Format: Newman, MAUDE McLURE KELLY, . BIBL Newman, Cynthia, Researcher. MAUDE McLURE KELLY: Alabama's First Woman Lawyer. Paper No. 6. Birmingham, Alabama: Samford University Library Research Series, 1984. TMPLT TID 14 FIELD Name: Author VALUE Cynthia Newman FIELD Name: Role VALUE Researcher FIELD Name: Title VALUE MAUDE McLURE KELLY FIELD Name: SubTitle VALUE Alabama's First Woman Lawyer FIELD Name: SuplAuthor FIELD Name: SuplRole FIELD Name: Edition VALUE Paper No. 6 FIELD Name: PubPlace VALUE Birmingham, Alabama FIELD Name: Publisher VALUE Samford University Library Research Series FIELD Name: PubDate VALUE 1984