Gratiot County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Kelsey, Lewis (Father) 
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Cemetery:           Oak Grove Cemetery
Name:               Lewis (Father) Kelsey

Date Of Photograph: March 23, 2010
Photo can be seen at:
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Headstone located in Single Grave Block 3 Lot 40 (?)

             KELSEY

FATHER
1853 - 1926

SISTER
188 - 1926

Note:  No first name on headstone.  Cemetery records showed father first name 
as Lewis.  Upon checking census records I found the following information:

1900 Census Greendale, Midland Co., MI

Lewis Kelsey, 47, born Feb 1853 PA married in 1878 and married 22 years
Brien Kelsey, 37 born Apr 1863 PA, mother of 7 children 7 living, wife
John Kelsey, 19, born June 1990 PA son
Inez Kelsey, 17, born Aug 1883 PA daughter
Carese Kelsey, 134, born Nov 1886 MI daughter
Daniel Kelsy, 10, born May 1890 MI son
Elsa Kelsey, 7, born Sep 1892 MI daughter
Earl Kelsey, 4, born Jul 1895 MI son
Vernie Kelsey, 2 born Apr 1898 MI son

1910 census Winterfield, Clare Co., MI

Louis Kelsey, 58, born abt 1852 PA
Maria Kelsey, 49 born abt 1861 PA, wife
Earl Kelsey, 16, born abt 1894 MI, son
Vern Kelsey, 12, born abt 1898 MI, son

1920 census St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI

Lewis Kelsey, 67 born abt 1853 PA
Myra Kelsey, 59,, born abt 1861 PA

Cemetery records show Mrs. Lewis (Myra) is also buried in the same plot but 
her name is not on the stone monument.  As you can see from the census records 
above, all three gave different first names.  

On the stone where it says Sister 1886 - 1926, I believe that this is probably 
the daughter from the 1900 census records where the name down is spelled 
Carese. Not sure if this is the correct spelling of her name.  I did not find 
it any other census records again to verify it.

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