This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelley, Pepin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BFC.2ACE/301.2 Message Board Post: I too am looking for the reason this county was named Pepin. The reason is that my wife's g-g-grandfather, John Kelley was married to Florence PEPIN who was born in Canada. They lived in Grand Isle, Vermont in the 1850's & 60's, but moved to Pepin County, WI some time right after the Civil War with most of their children - many of who were adults at this time. The parents and most of their children died in Pepin or surrounding counties. I've been wondering what or WHO attracted them to go to this place.