In a message dated 8/6/03 6:19:38 PM Central Daylight Time, chrisw1940@yahoo.com writes: << Why don't you just send for that Reuben B Kelley's pension papers - they will most likely give you details of his family.. >> Yes, I had planned to do that as a last resort if no one on the List claimed him or had any record of a Reuben B. Kelley. I'm really trying to find his grandfather who died SOMEWHERE in 1879 but I don't know his given name. The death was mentioned in a daily journal by Reuben's father, Lemuel Kelley in Ohio. The journal made no other mention Lemuel's father in the 10 yrs of the journal - only "father died today" on May 23, 1879. It's a long shot; but thought there is a possibility he was living with or nearby Reuben in Illinois. Thanks for your response. Lyde

Don't know if this helps much but at least these two people hae Emily in their files and its doubtful they know anything more about the Kelly family.. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:992596&id=I46230469 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2300274&id=I7544 They are spelling it Ruben Kelly - Chris --- Lyd32@aol.com wrote: > > Yes, I had planned to do that as a last resort if no one on the List claimed > him or had any record of a Reuben B. Kelley. I'm really trying to find his > grandfather who died SOMEWHERE in 1879 but I don't know his given name. > The death was mentioned in a daily journal by Reuben's father, Lemuel Kelley > in Ohio. The journal made no other mention Lemuel's father in the 10 yrs of > the journal - only "father died today" on May 23, 1879. > It's a long shot; but thought there is a possibility he was living with or > nearby Reuben in Illinois. > Thanks for your response. > Lyde > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com