William Kelley [c. 1759-1841] tombstone - Hewitt Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Entry/Object ID
2008.5.407
Description
Tombstone of William Kelley [c. 1759-1841] at Hewitt Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Elizabeth Force.
The tombstone reads: "In Memory Of / William Kelley / who departed this life / July 14th 1841 in the 82 / year of his age / He lived in credit and died / lamented by all who know / him. He was a believer in / the divinity of Jesus Christ / and an honest man and / this stone is erected to his / memory by John Walters."
Reproduction, candid photograph taken by Charles W. Duncil, dated 1983.
Cemeteries--Tombstones, Jefferson (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Cemeteries, Kelley family, Rices Landing (Pa.)--Cemeteries--Hewitt Cemetery
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
CAND-AN009-0001
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Watson-Kelley Series - Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection
Notes
The Watson-Kelley Series photographs were included in genealogy papers passed from Charles David Leasure [1909-1983] and his wife, Josephine Anna (O'Lear) Leasure [1912-2010], to their grandniece Donna Darlene (Leasure) Buchanan and her daughter Candice Lynn Buchanan who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2013.
SOURCE CITATION: Tombstone of William Kelley [c. 1759-1841] at Hewitt Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; photograph taken by Charles W. Duncil, dated 1983; item no. CAND-AN009-0001, Watson-Kelley Series, Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
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