When Charles Columbus Kelley was born on 24 April 1872, in Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States, his father, Christopher Columbus Norwood, was 30 and his mother, Carrie Caroline Young, was 16. He married Agnes H Love on 3 January 1900, in Barham, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Taylor Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Lamartine, Columbia, Arkansas, United States in 1920. He died on 6 December 1943, in Talco, Titus, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lamartine, Columbia, Arkansas, United States.
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Irish (Offaly) and English: variant of Kelly .
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