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Family/Spouse: Ora Willene Tidwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peggy Annalou Kelly
2. Daniel Thomas Kelly
3. Edwin Ray Kelly
4. Robert Patrick Kelly

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1930 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 2, CEMETERY ROAD
KELLY, Dan. C.headmw40Salesman; General Store
Annie B.wifefw42
Elizabethdaufw10
Dan C., Jr.sonmw8
James G.sonmw6
Joseph R.sonmw3-4/12[Dan C. Kelly owned a radio]

Newsweek, Wed. June 4, 1975
DAN C. KELLY, SR., THE MAN BEHIND KELLYTOWN by Jimmie Turner
Dan C. Kelly, Sr., whose 86th birthday is June 14, came into theOliver Springs area about sixty years ago. Since his arrival here, acommunity has grown up around where he operated a grocery and generalstore, and that community is named "Kellytown" after him. In 1965,Kellytown was annexed into the town of Oliver Springs. The life ofDan Kelly is an integral part of the history and growth of OliverSprings.
Dan Kelly was born near Petros in 1889. He went to work for the BigBrushy Coke and Coal Company, at Petros, when he was 15 years old. Heworked both as a coal miner and also in the company store for H. Wood,owner of the mine. He says that ththe coal company was a big one. Themine was modern for its time, equipped with a powerhouse, aircompressor to pump air into the mine, and air driven drills. It had ahuge incline there to carry the coal. But he adds that coal minersdid not make much money back then.
Gaining some experience in coal mining, he came to Oliver Springs andwent into the coal business himself at Big Mountain. He was inpartnership with his wife's uncle, John Walls and nephew, CharlesWalls. They worked land that was leased from John Walls' brother, BobWalls.
Dan said that the partnership was profitable and within a matter ofmonths he saved several hundred dollars -- a good sum of money inthose days -- and sold his interest in the partnership. He went toRockwood to work with his brother, James Kelly, who operated a storethere. About the time he moved to Rockwood, he bought a seven acretract of land across from where he lives on Hannah Highway. This hebought from Bob Walls. Those days houses were less expensive. Herecalls he gave $900 for the place. It had fruit vines and trees, andhad a lovely house.
Dan Kelly says he never saw as much lumber and logs as he remembers onthe land. Harve Scandlyn later went in with ray Gaskin in this lumbercompany. About a year after the lumber company commenced business,the Harvey Hannah Highway was built through the valley.
When the new highway came through, Dan Kelly decided to build a store.Ray Gaskin sold him some lumber to build it, as he recalls $13.00 athousand, very reasonable, he adds. Ray Gaskin and Harve Scandlyn hadinterests in the store, too, and wanted to buy Dan out, but Dandecided to buy them out instead, and it was Albert Stubbs, who is nowdeceased, who loaned Dan Kelly the money to buy out the interests ofRay Gaskin and Harve Scandlyn. Roger Stubbs, son of Albert Stubbs,lives in Kellytown now, and Dan Kelly was appreciative of the helpthat his friend and neighbor, Albert Stubbs gave him. Dan says thatwhen he first started in the grocery business, he had good helpers inpeople like Mrs. Silvey Wilson, who still lives in Kellytown. Alsohis wife, Anna Byrd Kelly, who died in 1965. These two persons wereespecially industrious.
A few years later, around 1942,his business began spreading out. Hebought a new truck and delivered goods to Fork Mountain at New River,Coalfield, Petros, Harriman, and the Cove.
The weren't 50 houses when he came into the area. He finally got someoil lamp street lamps put in. Finally, he got some power lamps put in-- which as he recalled required seven or eight persons to sign arequest for them. he divided his farmland into lots and began sellinglots, and the community of Kellytown started to grow into what it istoday.
He recalls that in the early 1940's, two preachers named Luther Wilsonand Luke Wilson set up a revival tent on one of his corner lots. Heattended the tent services. The members of the congregation inquiredabout acquiring some land for a churchh. Dan Kelly told them to stepoff what land they needed for a church, to take what they needed, andhe would give it to hem. They did. That was how the church gotstarted. The members of the church named the church the FriendlyKellytown Baptist Church, which of course, is still an active churchin Kellytown. This says Dan Kelly, is one of the things I like best.It was, he says, my way of serving in a little way the Lord, thepeople, and the community. he often has visitors from the church whokiss him and he feels that the people love him as much as he lovesthem.
Although Dan Kelly has retired from his grocery business for severalyears, his son, James Kelly, and daughter in law, Carolyn Kelly,operate Kelly's store right behind where Dan Kelly lives. Dan'sdaughter in law, wife of Dan Kelly, Jr., has operated Kelly'sCommunity Market since her husband passed away in 1972. Another son,Joe Kelly, who lives in Kellytown is a Justice of the Peace in RoaneCounty.
The name Kellytown was a name given to the the community not becauseof any official action, but because the people who lived thereassociated the community with the store of and the man Dan C. Kelly,Sr. It was from him that an overwhelming numbeer of early residentsbought merchandise and groceries. It was from him that they boughttheir land, and he sold to the lots at a very fair price to them. Itwas also from the Kelly Store that the people picked up their mail.It was a natural thing for the people to choose him as the name fortheir town.

Obituary:
KELLY, DANIEL C. - - - age 86, Rt. 3, Oliver Springs, died Tuesdaymorning at his home. Member of the First Baptist Church of OliverSprings and a lifetime deacon. Retired merchant. Survivors: sons,James and Joe, both of Oliver Springs; sisters, Mrs. Maggie Edmonds ofPetros, Mrs. Bertie Francis of Chattanooga; brother Robert L. Kelly ofKnoxville; 9 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren. Funeral services5 PM Thursday at First Baptist Church of Oliver Springs. The bodywill lie in state 1 hour before services. Rev. James Clark willofficiate. Interment in O.S. Family Cemetery. Family will receivefriends 7 to 9 PM Wednesday at Sharp Funeral Home, Oliver Springs.

Dan married Anna Byrd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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U.S. Federal Census--1880, Morgan County, Tennessee
KELLY, Church 25
KELLY, Martha 26
KELLY, James H. 7
KELLY, Rachel R. 5
KELLY, Alice 4
KELLY, Eliza B. 2

William married Martha Wilson on 20 May 1876. Martha (daughter of Charles Wilson and Abantha Farmer Williams) was born on 3 Mar 1854; died on 5 Sep 1900; was buried in Union Cemetery, Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Mary Elizabeth Walls. Mary (daughter of William G. Walls and Edith Ann Williams) was born in 1868; died in 1951 in Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"HISTORY"
The Kelly House on Beech Fork Creek in Morgan County was built in 1814when settlers with landgrants for Revolutionary War service weremoving into the Tennessee wilderness. The gravel road in front of thehouse, with its plank bridges across the creeks, was at one time themain turnpike between Petros and Wartburg.

Ezra Stonecipher, Lillie Kelly's maternal great-grandfather, built thehouse and subsequently sold it to her paternal great-grandfather,James Martin Kelly. Four generations of Kellys have lived in the oldhouse, and descending grandchildren, through the eighth generation,have visited here and climbed the staircases beside the huge stonechimney to view the loom on the third floor.

The original construction of hand-hewn poplar logs can be seen in astorage room on the second floor where valuables were hidden from thesoldiers during the Civil War. The second floor bedroom ceilings havehand-planed joists with beaded edges, and the rafters, clearly visibleon the third floor, are put together with wooden pegs.

The kitchen initially had a huge fireplace for cooking and heating.The dining room and kitchen doors have the nail-head trim peculiar toearly American houses. Lillie recalls that the house once had shuttersat the windows and an upstairs porch to air their bedding.

The old house has stood one hundred and sixty-nine years, shelteringagainst the cold of winter and the heat of summer's sun. Its roomshave rung with joy and laughter. It has rejoiced when babies were bornand stood bleak and silent when sickness and death have taken theirtoll.

Most of all, it has always been a house of love and warm hospitality,reflecting the spirit of those within.

Info and photos courtesy of: Timothy & Diane Kelly Corbin, WhitleyCounty, Kentucky

1850 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS
--11--42--84--1--Kelly--Daniel------25--m--*--farmer--$440.00--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--12--1--84--2--Kelly--Mary------28--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--12--2--84--3--Kelly--Rachael------6--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--12--3--84--4--Kelly--Eliza------4--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--12--4--84--5--Kelly--Melinda------2--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--12--5--84--6--Kelly--James------5 mo.--m--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*

1860 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 2 (page 22)
KELLY, D.M.34MWFarmer & MerchantTenn
Mary Jane35FWDomesticTenn
Rachel15FWDomesticTenn
Eliza14FWDomesticTenn
Malinda12FWTenn
Daniel8MWTenn
James10MWTenn
Samuel4MWTenn

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 19, Morgan, Tennessee; Roll M432_891; Page: 282; Image: 561.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.

Daniel married Mary Jones on 29 Sep 1843. Mary (daughter of James B. Jones and Rachel West) was born on 8 Apr 1822; died on 8 Apr 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1850 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS
--10--16--67--1--Willson--W.--J.----22--m--*--farmer--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--10--17--67--2--Willson--Abinatha------18--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--10--18--67--3--Willson--Charles------3mo.--m--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*

1870 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS
WILSON, Charles 42 M W Farmer Tenn
Aberathy 38 F W Hk Tenn
Henry 18 M W FL Tenn
Martha 16 F W At Home Tenn
Sarah 14 F W At Home Tenn
William 12 M W Tenn
Emily 10 F W Tenn
Rufus 6 M W Tenn
Susan 3 F W Tenn

1880 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, Page 109
WILSON, Charles W M 52 Head Farmer Tenn
Abanatha W F 48 Wife HW Tenn
Emily W F 20 Dau HW Tenn
Rufus W M 16 Son FW Tenn
Susan W F 13 Dau HW Tenn
John W M 9 Son Tenn

Charles married Abantha Farmer Williams. Abantha was born on 6 Dec 1831 in Petros, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 1 Jun 1902 in Petros, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Beech Fork Cemetery, Wartburg, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ezekiel married Nancy Smith on 20 Sep 1849 in Blount, Tennessee, United States. Nancy was born in 1828 in Tennessee, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 Morgan County Census, District 1, page 15
WALLS, Wm.30MWFarmerTenn
Edy Ann29FWDomesticNC
David8MWTenn
Henry T.5MWTenn
John J.4MWTenn
Robert F.2MWTenn
Martha J.1FWTenn

1880 Morgan County Census
WALLS, Wm.52MWFarmerTenn
Edy Ann49FWKeep HouNC
William18MWFarmWorTenn
James16MWTenn
Sarah14FWHou WorTenn
Mary L.12FWHou WorTenn
Andrew10MWFar WorTenn
David G.29MWCoal MinTenn
William Gson6MWMO
CharleyGson3MWMONOTE 1:
Family Bible History: Deacon William G. Walls: and his wfie, EdieAnn, were received by the Sulphur Springs Church by letters on thefirst Saturday in March 1855. On the first Saturday of February 1867,William Walls and Andy McCamey were "set apart" forordination as Deacons. The ordinations were "administered on theSabbath (next day); clothing said Deacons with official power andauthority to execute and perform all duties of the office of Deaconsin the Church. "William G Walls served faithfully not only as aDeacon in the Sulphyr Springs Church, but he and Edit Ann were chartermemb ers of the Middle Creek Baptist Churck which was constgitutedOctober 10, 1886, in which William G. served as Deacon.

William G. Walls was born January 1, 1830, probably in North Carolina.He was the son of John B. Walls (1785-1886) and Annie Wolfe Walls(1799-1875) who are buried in the Ritter Cemetery near Coalfield, TN.{Morgan County}. William G. married first ______ Williams, by whom hehad one son, David. He married, secondly, Edith Ann Williams(1830-1912) who was a sister to his first wife. They establishedtheir home on a farm on Back Valley Road about one-half mile from thepreswent-day Middle Creek Baptiswt Church, which is located on HIghway#62. William G. died January 29, 1887, and Edie Ann died March 1,1912. They are buried in Davis Cemetery.

William and Edie Ann were the parents of ten children.

From Snyder Roberts history of the First Baptist Church of OliverSprings, TN. pages 23-24.
http://www.roanetn.com/walls.htm
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More About EDITH ANN WILLIAMS:

Fact 1: sister to first wife

Child of WILLIAM WALLS and MISS WILLIAMS is:

i. DAVID3 WALLS.

Children of WILLIAM WALLS and EDITH WILLIAMS are:

ii. JOHN J.3 WALLS, b. 1856

John J. Walls married Rosely T. Hudson (1856-1940) and is buried atFairview. They had seven children.

iii. ROBERT P. WALLS, b. 1857.

Married first, Mariah E. Underwood. They were the parents of JABE,CHARLIE, FRANK, ALGIE, LAURA, and LULA WALLS

Married secondly Mary Simpson (1853-1944)

iv. MARTHA JANE WALLS, b. 1858; d. 1935; m. WILLIAM WESLEY MCGLOTHIN;b. 1844; d. 1894. 12 children

v. SUZANNE WALLS, b. 1860; d. 1924, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem; m. WILLIAMJUSTICE; b. 1853; d. 10 May 1947, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem..

Parents of CORNELIA (Byrd), BERT, MARY (Martin), MYRTLE (Brashears),WILLIAM , ANDY, EDIE (Adams), WALTER, and JOHN W. WALLS

vi. JAMES SAMUEL WALLS, b. 1865; d. 1929, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem; m.PHILOBENIA GEISE; b. 1856; d. 1921, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem..

Parents of ALEX, ISAAC, PARLENA, OLLIE, KATHLEEN, LIZZIE WALLS

vii. MARY ELIZABETH WALLS, b. 1868; d. 1951, Roane Co,TN OliverSprings Cem; m. JOHN GARNER BYRD; b. 1859; d. 1926, Roane Co. TN,Oliver Springs Cem..

Parents of JOHN, ARTHUR, TINA, ANNA BYRD

viii. ANDREW REID WALLS, b. 1870; d. 1945, Roane Co.TN, Estes Cem.; m.MARTHA ANN JUSTICE; b. 1871; d. 1956, Roane Co. TN, Estes Cemetery.Thirteen children

ix. THOMAS WALLS, d. Alabama; m. MISS RODDY.

x. CATHERINE "CALLIE" WALLS, d. young girl.

xi. WILLIAM WALLS, d. age 19.

Endnotes

1. Origin of First Baptist Church of Oliver Springs, by Snyder E.Roberts, p23-24.

The following provides proof of William's first marriage
TENNESSEE STATE MARRIAGES, 1780-2002
Name: William G Wall
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1850
Marriage Place: Knox, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Martha Williams

William married Edith Ann Williams before 1855. Edith was born on 14 Jul 1830 in North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Mar 1912; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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