John Crittenden Kelly

Brief Life History of John Crittenden

When John Crittenden Kelly was born on 6 April 1848, in Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, United States, his father, Maj William Jasper Kelly, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Ann Hoge, was 21. He married Laura Ann Turner on 13 August 1868, in Ebenezer, Marion, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 7, Madison, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 6, Madison, Tennessee, United States in 1910. He died on 19 March 1915, in Ebenezer, Marion, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Oates Cemetery, Marion, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Crittenden Kelly
1848–1915
Laura Ann Turner
1852–1900
Marriage: 13 August 1868
Charles Washington Kelly
1869–1887
Sarah Ann Kelly
1872–1945
William Atwood Kelly
1874–1924
Mary Etta Kelly
1877–1968
Melville Clyde Kelly
1879–1965
Scott Paine Kelly
1883–1921
Herschel Corry Kelly
1885–1918

Sources (11)

  • Critendon Kelley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • J. Crit Kelly, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • J C Kelly in entry for Scott P Kelly, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Aileen, John Patrick, Siobhan, Liam, Brigid, Donovan, Eamon, Parnell, Aidan, Clancy.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh, or, in some areas, Mac Ceallaigh ‘descendant (or son) of Ceallach’, an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning ‘bright-headed’, later understood as ‘frequenting churches’ (Irish ceall). There are several early Irish saints who bore this name. Kelly is now the most common of all surnames in Ireland.

Scottish: habitational name from either the lands of Kelly, near Arbroath (Angus), Kellie in Carnbee (Fife), or Kelly in Methlick (Aberdeenshire). Each of these placenames is from Pictish celli or Gaelic coille ‘wood’ + the placename forming suffix -in. Alternatively, from the lands of Kelloe in the barony of Hume (Berwickshire), whose name is of uncertain origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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