Husband: Brooke Edward Kelley
Also known as: Brook Edward Kelley 1
Born: May-17-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Died: Jul- -1972 2
Resided: in Pikeville, Pike Co, KY 4,2
Census: 1930, 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Richard Edward "Dick" Kelley (1870 - 1952)
Mother: Carrie Matheny (1872 - 1965)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Mettie May Jackson 5
Census name: Mittie M. Jackson
Married: Oct-11-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: Aug-20-1894 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,8
Died: Jan- 2-1977 in Toledo, Lucas Co, OH 7
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 9,7,10
Resided: in Toledo, Lucas Co, OH 7
Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1936 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Census: 1900, 1910, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Francis Marion "Bud" Jackson (1853 - 1936)
Mother: Cora B. Garrison (1862 - 1910)
M Child 1: Delmer Paul Kelley
Also known as: Delmar Paul Kelley
Born: Aug- 7-1918 in Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,14
Died: Sep-18-1944 in Italy 15,13,12,16,17,18
Buried: in Florence American Cemetery, Italy 19,20
Resided: at Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 14
Census: 1930, 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: enlisted 10/21/1942 Pfc, 361 Inf, 91 Div, US Army, WW II (KIA, Purple Heart) 20,12,14
M Child 2: Elmer Clinton Kelley
Census name: Clinton Kelley
Born: Mar-25-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Died: Mar-19-1984 in Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 7
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 10
Resided: in Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 7
Resided: 1944, 1977 in Toledo, Lucas Co, OH 17,16
Census: 1930, 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: accountant 7
Education: Doddridge Co HS (1940), Mountain State Business College (Parkersburg) 7
Sources: (1) Birth record of son. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) Obituary of father. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mettie May Jackson, b. Aug 20 1894, dau of M. F. Jackson (age 39, b. Harrison Co) & Caria B. Garrison (age 32, b. Barbour Co), this being the mother's first child. BR Bk 2, p. 176. (7) Obituary. (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (9) Headstone, - Shared with Francis (Bud) Jackson, 1856-1939, relationship not clear. (10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (11) Death record of father. (12) West Union Herald-Record, 5/26/1998, p. 13 - Article by VFW Post 3408. (13) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (14) Obituary, West Union Herald, 5/10/1945. (15) Obituary, In its entirety: "Pfc. Delmer Paul Kelley, Company B, 361st Inf, was killed in action in northern Italy on Sept. 18, 1944, while serving under General Marshall. The platoon to which he was assigned was attacking enemy positions when he was killed by a heavy artillery barrage, being struck by flying shell fragments. "His body was evaculated and buried in the U.S. military cemetery, in northern Italy. "At the request of the President, the Purple Heart was awarded posthumously to Pfc. Kelley, and has been received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks E. Kelley of Blandville. "Pfc. Kelley was born August 7, 1918, on Sugar Camp and spent his life there until called to the service of his country Nov. 4, 1942. He was trained at Camp Carson, Colo., then transferred to Shreveport, La., and from there to Camp Roberts, Calif. "Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Elmer C. Kelley of Toledo, Ohio. "The parents received the following message from General Marshall: 'Your son fought valiantly in a supreme hour of his country's need. His memory will live in the grateful hearts of our nation.' "A Christian funeral service was conducted at this grave by a Protestant chaplain.", West Union Herald, 5/10/1945. (16) Obituary of mother. (17) Obituary of brother. (18) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 179. (19) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, Plot: D Row: 15 Grave: 2. (20) World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)