Elisha KELLY
1840 Census Sangamon County, Illinois, p.28
1830 Census Sangamon County, Illinois, p.205
Sangamon County, Illinois Marriage License
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI 2006, (Apr)
History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, pp. 30-33, 423-4
Ancestry.com
NOTE: Marriage also listed as 24 Feb 1822/23
His wife, Harriet Kelly, was the daughter of Jonathan Kelly, son of John Kelly and Mary Whiteside, William and Harriet were first cousins, once removed. William D. Kelly and Jonathan Kelly were first cousins.
He married Nancy Sims 24 Feb 1823 at Sangamon, Illinois . Nancy Sims was born at Spartanburg, South Carolina 27 Sep 1803 daughter of William Sims and Delila Welch .
They were the parents of 6
children:
John Rial Kelly
born 24 Dec 1823.
Louisa E. Kelly
born 24 Dec 1824.
Martha Kelly
born 27 Aug 1826.
Elmirah Kelly
born 1828.
William D. Kelly
born 1833.
Zilpah M. Kelly
born 1839.
Elisha Kelly died 6 Apr 1871 at Curran Township, Sangamon, Illinois .
Nancy Sims died 27 Jan 1855 at Curran Township, Sangamon, Illinois .