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Walter W. Kelley

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Walter W. Kelley

Birth
Death
17 May 1899 (aged 58)
Burial
Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, California, USA Add to Map
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*CAPTAIN U.S. ARMY CIVIL WAR*

Obituary

"Morgan Hill Times"
May 25, 1899

Died - In Paradise Valley, May 18, 1899, Rev. W.W. Kelley, aged 68 years.

Mr. Kelley was an old soldier and also a missionary to Africa and while in Africa he contracted a lung trouble that lasted him through many years. Recently he took a severe cold from the effects of which pneumonia and congestion of the lungs set in. He died in a a few days. Services were held at the M. E. Church, Rev. Horton of San Jose preached the funeral sermon. The remains were buried at Mount Hope cemetery, Morgan Hill.

His widow was Minerva A. Hawkins. She was a daughter of John F. Hawkins and his wife, Mary E. Welch Hawkins. Viola and Mary are in the same cemetery plot in Mount Hope. Neither stone has dates but from research Mary E. Hawkins was born August 1834, per trhe 1900 census, and died Nov 14, 1922.
*CAPTAIN U.S. ARMY CIVIL WAR*

Obituary

"Morgan Hill Times"
May 25, 1899

Died - In Paradise Valley, May 18, 1899, Rev. W.W. Kelley, aged 68 years.

Mr. Kelley was an old soldier and also a missionary to Africa and while in Africa he contracted a lung trouble that lasted him through many years. Recently he took a severe cold from the effects of which pneumonia and congestion of the lungs set in. He died in a a few days. Services were held at the M. E. Church, Rev. Horton of San Jose preached the funeral sermon. The remains were buried at Mount Hope cemetery, Morgan Hill.

His widow was Minerva A. Hawkins. She was a daughter of John F. Hawkins and his wife, Mary E. Welch Hawkins. Viola and Mary are in the same cemetery plot in Mount Hope. Neither stone has dates but from research Mary E. Hawkins was born August 1834, per trhe 1900 census, and died Nov 14, 1922.


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  • Added: Jun 11, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11144718/walter_w-kelley: accessed ), memorial page for Walter W. Kelley (30 Jun 1840–17 May 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11144718, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, California, USA; Maintained by Candice xo (contributor 13003043).