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Bessie Louisa Kelly 1887–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Mar 1887

Birth Location: Cumberland County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 25 Apr 1971

Death Location: Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

Father: Marquis Kelly

Mother: Alpha Balch

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Bessie Louisa Kelly was born in 1887 in Cumberland County, Illinois, USA, the child of Marquis De Lafayette Kelly And Alpha Ann Balch. Bessie Louisa Kelly passed away in 1971 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Louisa Kelly was born in 1887 in Cumberland County, Illinois, USA, the child of Marquis De Lafayette Kelly And Alpha Ann Balch.
  • Bessie Louisa Kelly passed away in 1971 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA.

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Bessie Kelly's Ancestors

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Bessie Kelly
1887–1971
Birth Place: Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
Parents
Marquis De Lafayette Kelly
1844–1928
Indiana
Alpha (Ann) Balch
1853–1900
Pleasant Grove, Coles, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
John (Moorehead) Balch
1816–1888
Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Balch
1815–1887
North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Theron Balch
1787–1838
Alpha Boyd
1794–1881
Zeno Campbell
1787–1867
Campbell
1794–1875
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Balch
1752–1822
Balch
1753–1831
William Balch
1752–1822
Balch
1753–1831

Bessie Kelly's Timeline

2 Records

1887
16 Mar 1887
Birth of Bessie Louisa Kelly in Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
1971
25 Apr 1971
Age 84
Death of Bessie Louisa Kelly in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1887
    Event Place: Cumberland County, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1971
    Event Place: Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

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