Here are several names found in Benton County (some in census 1920) who are relatives of Hiram, Jessie and Marcus Kelly whome early on lived in Madison and Benton Counties. I hope some of you can make further connections from these. This is all I know. From cousin Jonelle of the Ellis line descended from the Hiram/son/Jessie lines. Marcus was an elder son of Doctor Jessie R. Kelly. ================================ In reply to my message Marcus Kelly 1920 Census; Don Kelly wrote: Can't add anything to this part Jonelle. Betty may still be alive somewhere. Thanks, I'll record this in a To Do file. I'll check to see if I have a middle name to go with Sarah F. Don My reply to his message: I checked the database on my laptop and found the following marriages for Marcus L. Kelly: . Ann Gilbrcoth & Ann Gilbreath (believed to be the same person but two weddings); 3 children:; Arch, Nellie, Bessie . Mary Ellen Taylor (married 7 Apr 1892, Seligman, Barry County, AR) 4 children; (1) Bertha Ethel who married Grover Hays in Jasper County MO 21 Dec 1912; 7 children were born to this couple: a] Ray Allen, b] Paul Edger, c] Iva Mae, d] Imogene, e] Betty Louise, f] Ruby Doris, e] Alberta Josepine. All these children were married and had children. (2) Albert Norwood who married Goldie May Brown in Wichita, Sedwick County, Kansas 30 Jul 1923, one child Betty Jean, who married Thomas S Shumard. Betty & Thomas were parents of eight of Marcus' great-grandchilden. (3) Cora, who married Charles Leonard Carrier in Bentonville, Benton County, AR 14 Jul 1914; two children: a] Charles Leonard b] Lucille Imogene (4) Ernest Lee born 6 Dec 1900 died 12 Dec 1901 . Sarah Frances Reynolds (no marriage date). My file indictes this is the Sarah F. Kelly burried in Austin Cemetery in near Best, in Benton County, AR; there were 5 children born to this marriage; (1) Freddie R. 16 Feb 1884 - 20 Aug 1885 (buried Austin Cemetery) (2) Thomas Grover married Florence Ellen Wallace. They were parents of three children; Howard Roland (3) Rosie Myrtle, who married Thomas Lee Reddick; there were 12 children born to this couple. a] George Washington, b] John, c] Maggie, d] Bertha, e] Howard, f] Juanita, g] Lee, h] May, i] Ruth, j] Abby Jean, k] T J, l] Belva (4) Lenora Bell, who married Munce Hays (5) J Estius, born 20 Jul 1890 died 23 Sep 1890 .Sarah Flora Owen married in Garfiled, Benton County, AR 10 Oct 1909. There were 3 children: (1) Ocar Dillard who married Gladys Velma Pruitt in Huntsville Madison county, AR 24 Dec 1932, there were three children: Donald Leroy, Zelda Montez, and Virginia Marie (2) Oletta Lottie who married Jasper Robinson, two children, an unnamed child born 12 Feb 1935, and a son Louis Burton (3) Henry Eugene who married Floy Maxine Wade 24 Apr 1937 in Hindsville, Madison County, AR. two daughters; Velma Jean and Shirley Mae . Fannie Packard, marriage year believed to be 1906, no other information in my file. . Laura Easley only the name in the file . An unknown teacher in Colorado. --------------------------------------- Some information provided by Susan Kelly daughter of Howard Beland Kelly. I attempted to reach Susan last year prior to the reunion, but her email address had changed and phone calls to home of the person I believed to be her father were not returned. Other information came from Nettie Manley's files. Montez also gave me some information, but if I have intered that information in this file, either I failed to enter the source note or lost the citation transferring data to a new file. I will be going back through all the back up files and reviewing all the notes in my files for additional information during the next several months. The next Kelly/Ellis Reunion is scheduled for June of 2004. I hope to have my files in order and printed prior to the reunion. Jonelle email; [email protected] =========================== I hope this helps. Don Kelly