Thomas R. Kelly was born about 1791 in Maryland and later moved to Brooke County, (West) Virginia, where he died on April 10, 1855. Because of his close association with Baltimore families in Brooke County, WV, I believe that he was probably from the Baltimore area. From Brooke County wills and deeds, we know that Thomas had a brother named John who also lived in Brooke County. John was married to Mary (last name unknown) and in the 1830 census had two sons under the age of 5 and one daughter under the age of 5. Thomas appears to have had three wives: 1) Elizabeth (last name unknown) shows up in the will of John in 1830. 2) Casander Fowler, daughter of William Fowler, married Thomas on August 22, 1841 in Brooke County. They had one son, William Thomas Kelly, born March 15, 1844. Casander died March 19, 1844. 3) Jane Stansbury, daughter of Elisha Stansbury and Ruth Ensor, married Thomas on January 9, 1845. They had four children: a) McKendree Kelly, born January 10, 1846 b) Mary E. Jane Kelly, born July 22, 1848 c) John Abraham Kelly, born December 5, 1850 d) another infant who died at birth on January 22, 1854 Thomas was appointed as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church on APril 10, 1843. If anyone has any information regarding Thomas or who his parents might be, I would appreciate hearing from them. Doug Kelly