Brief Life History of Eli Brazee
When Eli Brazee Kelsey Sr. was born on 27 October 1819, in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States, his father, Eli Kelsey, was 34 and his mother, Mary Oldfield, was 28. He married Letitia Sheets on 11 July 1837, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1854. In 1880, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as real estate agent in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 27 March 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Eli B Kelsey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eli B Kelsay, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Eli B Kelsey, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from an uncertain initial element (perhaps an Old English personal name with genitive -es) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.
History: William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sketch: Eli Brazee Kelsey, Spouse of Jane Caldwell
From: Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell, Her Ancestors and Descendants Authors: Karen Lindberg Rasmussen, Paula Lindberg Paradise, Karen Paradise Baranowski Self published at lulu …
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