John Scott Kelly (1866 - 1965)

Born 16 Jul 1866 in Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 5 May 1965 at age 98 in Pleasant Grove, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Biography

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Note: BIR-DEATH: Interview with Gertrude Iver Kelly Youngblood; 1908-1986; conducted

by Susie Vincent, about 1971, in Hueytown, AL; no notes.

MARR: Book J;; Bibb County, AL Marriages; page 477; Probate Office,Bibb Co,

AL.

BAPT-ENDOW-SEAL_PARENTS-SEAL_SPOUSES: Family History Dept. Notification; two

spouses.

HISTORY: Kellys were reported to have come from Ireland. The picture my mother

has of Grandpa and Grandma Kelly was taken about 1907; more.

John Scott was 7 years old when the family moved from Battle Creek, Michigan

where they were living when William was born.

John Scott Kelly was best friend with Leonard Taylor Olvey, Maggie's first

husband. The two were apparently a couple of rough characters and got into

some sort of trouble when young. Olvey killed 2 men before he was 21 years

old, fled to Kansas and was shot in a bar. Maggie had his first child (Annie)

in Alabama, then Frank in TN, and James in KS on the run. Her brother Austin

came to get her after Olvey was killed and brought her back to Bibb county AL

where she later married her husband's best friend, John Scott Kelly.

John Scott Kelly shot a black man in an argument in Georgia. The man did not

die but Grandpa Kelly fled to Gadsden, AL, probably to his brother William who

was living there at one time. The story is told that he was just

ahead of the posse and found a place to take his horse off the road and hide in

the woods while they passed by. Then he took a different fork in the road and

escaped. It is not known if he were married at that time or not, but his first

wife, Amy Bleu, and an infant son died in Gadsden, possibly in childbirth.

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