James Thomas Kelsey (1863 - 1929)

Born 8 Sep 1863 in Whitesville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

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Died 28 Jul 1929 at age 65 in New Ross, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kelsey Name Study.

The biological father of James T Kelsey died in 1965 and his mother Martha B (Elrod) Kelsey remarried an Enoch Barker who had children from a previous marriage, and there were his, her's and their's living in Montgomery, Indiana, nulla, United States, Franklin, Montgomery, Indiana, United States during the US Census of 1870: Enoch Barker (33), Martha Barker (34), Albert E Barker (11), Sarah E Barker (8), Mahlen Barker (2), Emma L Barker (0) and James T Kelsey (6). ^[1]

The US Census of 1900 shows living in Union Township Longview town, Montgomery, Indiana, United States: head Samuel Douglas (72), wife Hannah Douglas (70), daughter Maggie Kelsie (32), son-in-law Thomas Kelsie (37), nephews Taylor Kelsie (16), Emory Kelsie (12), Stanley Kelsie (11), Walter Kelsie (7) and Ray Kelsie (1). ^[2]

• Unsure why the boys are listed as nephews as the boys are children of daughter Maggie... therefore should be grandsons.

The US Census of 1910 shows the family of J T and Maggie Kelsey in Douglas, Custer, Montana, United States consists of: head J T Kelsey (46) born in Indiana, wife Maggie Kelsey (41) born in Indiana, son Stanly Kelsey (20) born in Illinois, son Walter Kelsey (15) born in Indiana, son Leroy Kelsey (12) born in Indiana. ^[3]

James Thomas Kelsey - Birth 1863 - Death 1929 (aged 65–66). Burial in Pisgah Cemetery, Beckville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX67-G6N : 8 June 2019), James T Kelsey in entry for Enoch Barker, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9MF-G55 : accessed 8 June 2019), Thomas Kelsie in household of Samuel Douglas, Union Township Longview town, Montgomery, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 6A, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,394.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLCN-3V6 : accessed 8 June 2019), J T Kelsey, Douglas, Custer, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 7A, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 829; FHL microfilm 1,374,842.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 June 2019), memorial page for James Thomas Kelsey (1863–1929), Find A Grave Memorial no. 43242279, citing Pisgah Cemetery, Beckville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.

• From handed down family history - picture and location of headstone.