He was a Widower, Retired Cattleman who resided in San Antonio, probably near his grandfather Dr. James Harvey Lyons and the family, for 45 years. The year he moved to San Antonio was 1896, so his grampa Lyons had already passed in 1881, so Jane's kids did not know him.
"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977,"
Name Emeil Kelley
Titles and Terms Mr
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 31 Aug 1893
Event Place Atascosa, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name Tommie B Cole
Spouse's Titles and Terms Miss
Citing this Record: database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLCD-XZ7 : accessed 7 October 2015), Emeil Kelley and Tommie B Cole, 31 Aug 1893; citing Atascosa, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,013,759.
Grampa Lyons
brother Fred
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
Name Fred Kelley
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1882
Event Place Champaign, Illinois, United States
Age 25 --Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Father's Name Robt P Kelley
Mother's Name Jane E Lyons
Spouse's Name Flora E Day
Spouse's Age 25 --Spouse's Birth Year 1857
Spouse's Father's Name Jacob Day
Page 126 --Citing this Record:database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2KY-62C : accessed 7 October 2015), Fred Kelley and Flora E Day, 1882
LOOK WHERE HE got married, up at Gramma Sarah's city...and the place his mom was born.
sister Otela Married Henry W. Chapman.
Otela must be a Lyons family name because Otela's mother, Jane's, sister Barthena had a daughter, Clara who also named her only child, daughter, Otela Kelley. Otelia
AND CLARA ALSO married a James A. Kelley, gosh wonder if they are brothers??????NO... Robert P was born in KY and James A. was born Illinois. And they are in Colorado.
And now I find Fred, Otela's brother has named his daughter Otela Kelley. Fred's daughter
Emeil and Otela and Fred's Parents
FATHER: Robert P. Kelley born KY 1824
he was a Surveyor on the 1860 census Ward#3, Palmyra, MO
living with his mother, Mary J. Kelley and a brother Chapel Kelley age:19 and sister Mary Kelley age:26 MO
Robert was also a Pvt. Co. C 3rd US Volunteer Engineers Spanish War
MOTHER: Jane E. Lyons-Kelley Roberts was a Widow 2 times.
first when Robert P. died sometime after 1871, (tax records)
and then by the 1880 census Atascosa, Texas, she was Jane E. Roberts "Widowed" and living with her is Fred Kelley age:22 TX/Emeil Kelley age:18 MO/Otilia Kelley age:19 NM
He was a Widower, Retired Cattleman who resided in San Antonio, probably near his grandfather Dr. James Harvey Lyons and the family, for 45 years. The year he moved to San Antonio was 1896, so his grampa Lyons had already passed in 1881, so Jane's kids did not know him.
"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977,"
Name Emeil Kelley
Titles and Terms Mr
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 31 Aug 1893
Event Place Atascosa, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name Tommie B Cole
Spouse's Titles and Terms Miss
Citing this Record: database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLCD-XZ7 : accessed 7 October 2015), Emeil Kelley and Tommie B Cole, 31 Aug 1893; citing Atascosa, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,013,759.
Grampa Lyons
brother Fred
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
Name Fred Kelley
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1882
Event Place Champaign, Illinois, United States
Age 25 --Birth Year (Estimated) 1857
Father's Name Robt P Kelley
Mother's Name Jane E Lyons
Spouse's Name Flora E Day
Spouse's Age 25 --Spouse's Birth Year 1857
Spouse's Father's Name Jacob Day
Page 126 --Citing this Record:database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2KY-62C : accessed 7 October 2015), Fred Kelley and Flora E Day, 1882
LOOK WHERE HE got married, up at Gramma Sarah's city...and the place his mom was born.
sister Otela Married Henry W. Chapman.
Otela must be a Lyons family name because Otela's mother, Jane's, sister Barthena had a daughter, Clara who also named her only child, daughter, Otela Kelley. Otelia
AND CLARA ALSO married a James A. Kelley, gosh wonder if they are brothers??????NO... Robert P was born in KY and James A. was born Illinois. And they are in Colorado.
And now I find Fred, Otela's brother has named his daughter Otela Kelley. Fred's daughter
Emeil and Otela and Fred's Parents
FATHER: Robert P. Kelley born KY 1824
he was a Surveyor on the 1860 census Ward#3, Palmyra, MO
living with his mother, Mary J. Kelley and a brother Chapel Kelley age:19 and sister Mary Kelley age:26 MO
Robert was also a Pvt. Co. C 3rd US Volunteer Engineers Spanish War
MOTHER: Jane E. Lyons-Kelley Roberts was a Widow 2 times.
first when Robert P. died sometime after 1871, (tax records)
and then by the 1880 census Atascosa, Texas, she was Jane E. Roberts "Widowed" and living with her is Fred Kelley age:22 TX/Emeil Kelley age:18 MO/Otilia Kelley age:19 NM
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