This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelly Scandrett Nelson McCreary Cearfoss Liston Ludwig Downs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2683 Message Board Post: I have a Wm.Kelly, born approx 1818 in PA and Mary Ann Kelly, born approx 1814 in PA. William D. Kelly was a shoemaker In 1860 William, a shoemaker, and family were in Logan Twp., Blair Co., PA with 3 sons and 1 daughter. In 1870 William, a shoemaker, and family were in Darlington Borrough Twp., Beaver Co., PA with 2 sons and 1 daughter. Wm., a shoemaker, and Mary Ann were in Princeton, LeClaire Twp., Scott Co., IA in the 1880 Census with no sons and thier daughter living next door. Also living next door to them was a Julia Ann Nelson Scandrett and her husband, Miles Scandrett. There may be a relationship to them as all were from PA. William and Mary Ann's daughter Melissa "Jane" Kelly McCreary with 4 of her children and a niece Ella May Kelly, 6 born PA, was living next door to them. Jane had 2 young daughters, Lizzie May 6 and Ida 4, both born PA. Jane had a son Wm. Joseph 2, born PA or IL. Jane had a daughter, Mary Jane, 9 months born in 1879 in Muscatine Co., IA. Jane Kelly McCreary returned with her children to her husband, Miller L. McCreary, and lived and died in the Hillsville area of Mahoning Twp., Lawrence Co., PA. Jane Kelly married Miller L. McCreary in 1873 in Lawrence Co., PA. Jane Kelly McCreary, born 1856 in Indiana Co., PA, had brothers names of John born PA approx. 1844, Wiiliam (Nelson) born PA approx. 1849 and James born PA approx. 1852. Jane Kelly McCreary died in 1915 in New Castle, PA. One of her brothers, J. F. Kelly, was living in Altoona, PA at the time of her death in 1915. I have an extensive record of the Jane Kelly McCreary and Miller L. McCreary 8 living children and their descendants. The McCreary family children married spouses with surnames of: Damon/Daman, Liston, Loftus, Ludwig, Cearfoss, Waters, Downs, Witherow, Holman. Most of these were of the Edinburg and Hillsville area of Mahoning Twp., Lawrence Co., PA area. Does anyone have a relationship to my Kelly family? Shari McCreary Price