Hello, It has been awhile since I posted this so I will post it again. These Kelley/Kelly's seem to all have been illusive considering all I have read in this mailing list. My illusive Kelly was Edward Kelly...could have been Kelley....born 1820 somewhere in New Jersey. His mother was born in New Jersey, and his father was born in Ireland. I have no names on either, nor do I have any information on siblings. Edward moved to Mercer Co, Ohio, Center Township, town of Neptune. He moved there sometime between the taking of the i850 census and his marriage in May 1854 to Elizabeth Poling. Elizabeth Poling died probably in 1860 after the birth of twins? Amos and Anna Kelly. The reason I have the question mark there is because different census' have thewe two listed as being born in the same year and also being born in different years. Other children were William Kelly, 1856, Emma Kelly, 1858. Sometime between 1860 and 1870, Edward remarried. He married Catherine Sheets. She was supposedly Elizabeth's sister, but I have no record of any of this. Catherine brought 4 children to the marriage, all Sheets. Also listed as living with the Edward Kelly family was Mary Jane Fast, born 1848. We do not have any clue as to when she came to live with the family or under what circumstances. We do know that she married William Kelly in 1890. They had two children: Elizabeth, 1891; and Edward R. born in 1892. The records of Edward R. list him as Ruchus E. Kelly. He never went by that name however. William's sister, Anna, married a Stauffer, lived in the St. Mary's Ohio area, and raised 7 children there. We have no information on Emma or Amos. William and Mary Jane were my great grandparents. Any information anyone may have on this family would be greatly appreciated. Especially on the New Jersey/Ireland portion.... Thanks, Cindy