As the eldest son, Uncle Tom was heir to the "Evergreen" estate which his father deeded him around 1874, but which the family lost shortly thereafter due to the high taxes. Since his father lived over thirty years later, it is uncertain as to why he deeded the plantation to his son so early. Cousin Evelyne Cox Sherbondy (1910-2002) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Uncle Tom's great-niece, remembered hearing that he had a barrel full of Confederate currency after the Civil War which was totally worthless at that time. Around 1888, Uncle Tom and his family moved from the Accomack area to Cape Charles near the southern tip of the Eastern Shore in Northampton County, where he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The following obituary of Uncle Tom is quoted from an unknown newspaper, probably one which served the Eastern Shore or Cape Charles:
Thomas Hatton Kellam, well known resident of this city, died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kellam, at shortly after noon Wednesday, following a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Kellam, who was eighty three years old, was a native of Accomack County, having been born at "Evergreen," the home of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hatton Kellam, and a descendant of Eastern Shore's oldest and most prominent families.
He spent his early manhood in Accomack, where he married Miss Susan Smith Higgins, who preceded him to the grave on February 7, 1927.
Mr. Kellam, who was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad here for about twenty three years, had made his home in Cape Charles for forty three years and had a host of warm friends by whom his passing will be genuinely mourned. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church whose rector, the Rev. Maurice D. Ashbury, will conduct funeral services Friday afternoon at three o'clock from the residence. Interment will be in Cape Charles Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be J.V. Moore, H.H. Russell, Otto Lowe, John R. Ayres, William Diverty, and Stafford Kellam.
Mr. Kellam is survived by two sons, Howard and Walter Kellam; three grandchildren, Harriett, Joyce, and Henry Thomas Kellam; and three sisters, Mrs. J.O. Carder, of Raleigh, N.C., Mrs. John Stevens, of Shiloh, Camden Co., N.C., and Mrs. C.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, N.C.
The following obituary of Uncle Tom is quoted from an unknown newspaper, probably one which served the Eastern Shore or Cape Charles:
Thomas Hatton Kellam, well known resident of this city, died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kellam, at shortly after noon Wednesday, following a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Kellam, who was eighty three years old, was a native of Accomack County, having been born at "Evergreen," the home of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hatton Kellam, and a descendant of Eastern Shore's oldest and most prominent families.
He spent his early manhood in Accomack, where he married Miss Susan Smith Higgins, who preceded him to the grave on February 7, 1927.
Mr. Kellam, who was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad here for about twenty three years, had made his home in Cape Charles for forty three years and had a host of warm friends by whom his passing will be genuinely mourned. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church whose rector, the Rev. Maurice D. Ashbury, will conduct funeral services Friday afternoon at three o'clock from the residence. Interment will be in Cape Charles Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be J.V. Moore, H.H. Russell, Otto Lowe, John R. Ayres, William Diverty, and Stafford Kellam.
Mr. Kellam is survived by two sons, Howard and Walter Kellam; three grandchildren, Harriett, Joyce, and Henry Thomas Kellam; and three sisters, Mrs. J.O. Carder, of Raleigh, N.C., Mrs. John Stevens, of Shiloh, Camden Co., N.C., and Mrs. C.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, N.C.
As the eldest son, Uncle Tom was heir to the "Evergreen" estate which his father deeded him around 1874, but which the family lost shortly thereafter due to the high taxes. Since his father lived over thirty years later, it is uncertain as to why he deeded the plantation to his son so early. Cousin Evelyne Cox Sherbondy (1910-2002) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Uncle Tom's great-niece, remembered hearing that he had a barrel full of Confederate currency after the Civil War which was totally worthless at that time. Around 1888, Uncle Tom and his family moved from the Accomack area to Cape Charles near the southern tip of the Eastern Shore in Northampton County, where he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The following obituary of Uncle Tom is quoted from an unknown newspaper, probably one which served the Eastern Shore or Cape Charles:
Thomas Hatton Kellam, well known resident of this city, died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kellam, at shortly after noon Wednesday, following a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Kellam, who was eighty three years old, was a native of Accomack County, having been born at "Evergreen," the home of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hatton Kellam, and a descendant of Eastern Shore's oldest and most prominent families.
He spent his early manhood in Accomack, where he married Miss Susan Smith Higgins, who preceded him to the grave on February 7, 1927.
Mr. Kellam, who was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad here for about twenty three years, had made his home in Cape Charles for forty three years and had a host of warm friends by whom his passing will be genuinely mourned. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church whose rector, the Rev. Maurice D. Ashbury, will conduct funeral services Friday afternoon at three o'clock from the residence. Interment will be in Cape Charles Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be J.V. Moore, H.H. Russell, Otto Lowe, John R. Ayres, William Diverty, and Stafford Kellam.
Mr. Kellam is survived by two sons, Howard and Walter Kellam; three grandchildren, Harriett, Joyce, and Henry Thomas Kellam; and three sisters, Mrs. J.O. Carder, of Raleigh, N.C., Mrs. John Stevens, of Shiloh, Camden Co., N.C., and Mrs. C.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, N.C.
The following obituary of Uncle Tom is quoted from an unknown newspaper, probably one which served the Eastern Shore or Cape Charles:
Thomas Hatton Kellam, well known resident of this city, died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kellam, at shortly after noon Wednesday, following a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Kellam, who was eighty three years old, was a native of Accomack County, having been born at "Evergreen," the home of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hatton Kellam, and a descendant of Eastern Shore's oldest and most prominent families.
He spent his early manhood in Accomack, where he married Miss Susan Smith Higgins, who preceded him to the grave on February 7, 1927.
Mr. Kellam, who was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad here for about twenty three years, had made his home in Cape Charles for forty three years and had a host of warm friends by whom his passing will be genuinely mourned. He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church whose rector, the Rev. Maurice D. Ashbury, will conduct funeral services Friday afternoon at three o'clock from the residence. Interment will be in Cape Charles Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be J.V. Moore, H.H. Russell, Otto Lowe, John R. Ayres, William Diverty, and Stafford Kellam.
Mr. Kellam is survived by two sons, Howard and Walter Kellam; three grandchildren, Harriett, Joyce, and Henry Thomas Kellam; and three sisters, Mrs. J.O. Carder, of Raleigh, N.C., Mrs. John Stevens, of Shiloh, Camden Co., N.C., and Mrs. C.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, N.C.
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