History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 630.
[Scott County]   [Stamping Ground Precinct]

JAMES B. KELLEY, farmer, P. O. Stamping Ground.  James Kelley, the father
of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and with his parents
emigrated to Lexington, Ky., in 1784. He afterward removed to Scott County,
where he died in 1851.  During his early days he followed blacksmithing,
and previous to his death gave his attention entirely to farming.  He was
the son of John and Eliza Kelley, who were natives of Pennsylvania.  The
mother of our subject was Ann Officer, who was born in Scott County in
1800, and died in 1863.  She was the daughter of James and Jane Officer,
both natives of Sherman's Valley, Pa. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war.  James B. Kelley was born in Scott County, April 21, 1829.  His
boyhood days were spent in receiving an education from the common schools
of his native county, and in tilling the soil of his father's farm.  In
1856, in Scott County, he married Miss Mallie Ferguson, who was born in
Scott County, Sept. 12, 1837, and died June 23, 1868.  In 1870 he married
a second time, Miss Mattie Ferguson, sister to his first wife.  She was
born Sept. 16, 1831.  In 1851 Mr. Kelley commenced farming, which he has
since continued, make the raising of stock a specialty.  By his first wife
he had one child, Mattie, and by his second wife one child, J. Alexander.
He is a member of the order A.F. and A. M., Scott Lodge No. 203, at
Stamping Ground; is a Democrat and with his wife are members of the
Baptist Church.

Kelley Ferguson Officer
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Lexington-Fayette-KY PA

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