FROST J. KELLEY AND FAMILY. Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Jo Nell Williams - JoNellLOC@aol.com 28 May 2001 ***************************************************************** FROST J. KELLEY AND FAMILY "Some Biographies of Old Settlers." Historical, Personal and Reminiscent. Volume I By Sid S. Johnson, 1900: Sid S. Johnson, Publisher, Tyler, Texas Chapter XCVII Pages 386-387 FROST J. KELLEY AND FAMILY, CHAPTER XCVII Frost J. Kelley was born in Fairfax District, South Carolina in 1821. He was from an old and prominent family of that State. At the age of nineteen he was a school teacher; the following year he commenced farming, making through life a successful planter. His first marriage was with Mrs. Emily Garza, nee Miss Emily Lee, who was a descendant of one of the most illustrous families of the South. By this union there were four children, all daughters; only two now living - Mrs. Julia O. Ross, Utica, Mississipi; Mrs Ellen E. Horsley, wife of Rev. R. G. Horsley, Greenville, Texas. His second wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Olevia Curlee, was a woman of culture and Christian refinement. They had eight children four now living - G. D. Kelley, Frost J. Kelley, Jr., both living at Utica, Mississipi; Mrs. Carrie Belle Christian, residing in New Orleans, Louisiana; Mrs. Lena S. Montgomery, a wife of Dr. A. L. Montgomery, Tyler, Texas. Dr. Montgomery is a leader in his profession. He graduated from the Normal Department of the University of Tennessee, in 1883; from the Medical Department of Tulane University, at New Orleanss, Louisiana, in 1887. He has met with commendable success as a physician and surgeon during his many years practice in Tyler. He is an educated Christian gentleman; up-to-date in his profession; of large acquaintance and many friends, he has a useful life before him. Frost J. Kelley, Sr., Moved to Texas in 1857, and settled in Tyler. He had accumulated in land and slaves large property. He was truly a Southern man, loyal to her institutions and her history. He was a good citizen of the Baptist church, and took great interest in Sunday school work, acting most of his life as superintendent of Sunday schools. Both the wives of Mr. Kelley were buried in the family burial ground near Utica, Mississippi. He was buried in the cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, where he died in 1874. Frost J. Kelley, Sr., was a good man for any communnity; he was intelligent, religious, upright and moral, a leader in a healthy sentiment that works for good.