Kelly, John bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 920, Vermont Township
John Kelly, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., Table Grove; born in Vermont township, Oct. 14, 1837. His father, Ebenezer Kelly was a Kentucky farmer, who married Susan Hayes and had 11 children. In 1834 the family emigrated to this township, and Mr. K. built his own and many other cabins; in later years he became successful in the more modern system of architecture. He died in 1874, and Mrs. K. is still living, a resident of Vermont. Five of their children survive: Elizabeth, who married John Hamer, of Vermont; John, who married Sarah A. Hodgen; Martha, who married Jean Moore, resides in Nebraska; Mary, who is married and lives in Farmers’ township; and Carr, who married Ella Simmons and resides in Vermont.