Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Kelly, Jacob H., 1943 

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JACOB HOLLADAY KELLY

JACOB H. KELLY DIES AT HOSPITAL

   Jacob H. Kelly of Suffolk, a direct descendant of two members of the House 
of Burgesses, Col. Thomas Godwin and Col. Anthony Holladay, died this morning 
at Lakeview hospital following a brief illness.

   He was born November 7, 1859 and was the son of Captain Jacob E. Kelly of 
the Confederate Army and Lucy Holladay Kelly.

   Mr. Kelly was the grandson of Captain Jacob H. Kelly and Captain Joseph 
Holladay.

   He also was the nephew of Captain Hugh H. Kelly who was Colonel Commandant 
of the Nansemond Militia about 1835.

   On November 2, 1890*, he was married to Miss Mamie Brothers of Nansemond 
County, she died in 1923.

   He is survived by five children; Jacob H. Kelly, Jr., of Great Bridge, 
Patrick H. Kelly of Hertford, N.C., Mrs. Harry E. Shea of Suffolk, Mrs. Julian 
T. Daughtrey of Portsmouth, Mrs. Edgar E. Rawls of Norfolk and Mrs. Mamie E. 
Kelly of Suffolk.

   Also four grandchildren, Jacob H. Kelly, III of New York, Patrick H. Kelly, 
Jr., of Hertford, N.C, Miss Mary Louise Kelly of Great Bridge and Julian K. 
Daughtrey, Jr., of Portsmouth who is now stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.

   Also one sister, Mrs. Roderick M. Thomas of Coral Gables, Fla., one nephew 
Carol K. Goodrich of Smithfield and one niece, Mrs. Polland English of 
Richmond.

   In his youth, Mr. Kelly worked for the Norfolk and Southern Railway and 
later with Ballard and Smith, until failing health forces him to retire.

   Funeral arrangements are being made with R.W. Baker Funeral Home and will 
be announced later.

"Holliday" in orginal corrected to "Holladay" throughout. 

Jacob Holladay KELLY, Sr., 
b. 7 Nov 1859, d. 28 Jan 1943, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block L, Lot 4**), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

**Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

*Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages" give m. 12 Nov 1890. 


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