James O'Donley was born on 27 May 1799 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA. He was the son of Benjamin O'Donnilly and Lucy Johnson. He passed away on 7 Mar 1872 (aged 72 years, 9 months, 10 days) in Ballard County, Kentucky, USA, and was buried in ODonley Cemetery, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA.[1]
James O Donnely married Polly Lee on 8 Jun 1819 in Davidson, Tennessee, USA.[2][3][4]
1850, Christian county, part of, Christian, Kentucky[6]
Jas Odonly, Male, 53, Virginia
Mary Odonly, Female, 53, Tennessee
Mary Jane Odonly, Female, 20, Tennessee
John Lee Odonly, Male, 18, Tennessee
William J Odonly, Male, 13, Tennessee
Martha A Odonly, Female, 12, Tennessee
Lucinda Caroline Odonly, Female, 10, Tennessee
1860, Lovelaceville District, Ballard, Kentucky, United States[7]
James Odonla, Male, 61, Virginia
Mary Odonla, Female, 61, Tennessee
Mary J Morris, Female, 35, Tennessee
Gabrilla A Morris, Female, 8, Kentucky
Robert Morris, Male, 4, Kentucky
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 July 2021), memorial page for James O'Donley (27 May 1799–7 Mar 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #145588100, citing ODonley Cemetery, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by David Thomas (contributor 48709390) .
↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3R-QZ2 : 11 February 2018), James O Donnely and Polly Lee, 08 Jun 1819; citing Davidson,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 200,294.
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-551 : 3 November 2017), James Odonnely and Polly Lee, 08 Jun 1819; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 209, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHX-X7T : 4 December 2014), James Odonnely and Polly Lee, 08 Jun 1819; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 208, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSZ3-Y46 : 20 October 2016), James Odonely Odonley in entry for Martha Ann Buchanan, 1917; citing Death, , Ballard, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,765.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RM-CP9 : 12 April 2016), Jas Odonly, Christian county, part of, Christian, Kentucky, United States; citing family 244, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBV-SLV : 13 December 2017), James Odonla, Lovelaceville District, Ballard, Kentucky, United States, 1860.
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