Washington County OhArchives Obituaries.....Kelly, Joseph June 18, 1864
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The Marietta Register
Friday, Jun 24, 1864

Died: Joseph KELLEY, one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens, 
died on Saturday night, June 18, 1864, in the 80th year of his age. Mr. Kelley 
was born in Plainfield, Mass., and when four years of age came with his 
father “to the West,” remaining at Pittsburg through the winter of 1788-9. In 
the spring (1789), James Kelly, the father, removed to Marietta and in 
December 1789, Mrs. Kelly gave birth to the first male child born in the 
colony, St. Clair Kelly, a brother of the subject of this notice, and who died 
about forty years ago. In 1790, the family removed to Belville, Va., about 
thirty miles below Marietta. April 7, 1791, early in the morning, Indians 
attacked and killed James Kelly, the father, who was in a field with a hoe, 
and defended himself vigorously. He was shot down and scalped. Joseph was with 
him and was taken prisoner by the Indians. He was then in his 7th year. He was 
taken off by the Shawnees to their towns in northwestern Ohio where he was 
adopted by an old warrior named Mishalena, who lived at a village on the St. 
Mary’s river. He remained with the Indians until the winter of 1795-6, nearly 
five years, when he was released. He had lost the English language and left 
his Indian parents with regret. He arrived in Marietta in March 1796, and was 
restored to his mother. Mr. Kelly had lived in Marietta during this long 
period until last week, universally respected. He was always a temperate and 
very moral man, industrious and energetic. His early education was deficient 
and he had no ambition for office, but he lived a useful citizen. He became a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, about thirty-seven years since, and 
lived in that faith until death. [Note: Surname is spelled both Kelley and 
Kelly in this obituary.]


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