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Mary Elizabeth (Liptrap) Kelley (1831 - 1913)

Mary Elizabeth Kelley formerly Liptrap aka Morgan
Born in Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 5 Apr 1849 (to 26 Jun 1864) in Benton, Indiana, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 24 Sep 1870 in Grant Township, Benton, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Died at age 82 in Attica, Logan Township, Fountain, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

The daughter of George Liptrap Sr and Catherine (Linkswiler) Liptrap, Mary Liptrap was born in Deer Creek Township, Ohio[citation needed] in 1831.

She first married Henry Morgan, the son of Enos Morgan and Delight Stafford, marrying in Tippecanoe Township, Indiana on April 5, 1849.[1] She had nine children with Henry Morgan, with only two living in to early adulthood. Mary and her family made their home in District 5 of Benton County, Indiana.[2] By 1860, they lived in West Pine Township Indiana, farming.[3] Henry went off to fight in the American Civil War, perishing in 1864 at Vergennes, Illinois. A widow n 1870, Mary lived with her two surviving children, residing in Benton County.Jr.[4]

Mary Morgan remarried later that year, marrying William Kelley in Benton County, Indiana on September 25, 1870.[5] They made their home in Grant Township and had one daughter together. In 1880, Mary's household included her husband and youngest child, Nettie; Mary's two surviving children, Belle and Henry Morgan; and her brother-in-law, Edwin Kelley, who never married.[6] Edwin remained with Mary and William after her children grew up,living with the couple until his death.[7]

Widowed in 1907; after his death, Mary and her brother-in-law, Edwin, continued to live together. In 1910, they resided in Grant Township, next door to her nephew, John Liptrap, and his family.[8]

Edwin Kelley passed away a few months after the census enumeration in 1910 and Mary Kelley passed away in Attica, Indiana at the age of 82, in 1913.[9] She is buried with her first husband and her children at Smith Cemetery in Boswell, Indiana.[10]

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  1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7D-K5S : 13 January 2020), Mary Elisabeth Liptrap in entry for Henry C. Morgan, 1849.
  2. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 5, Benton, Indiana; Roll: 136; Page: 6a. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Ancestry Record 8054 #21452502 with attached Image
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FC-5MH : 18 February 2021), Henry C Morgan, 1860.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX6-5JV : 28 May 2021), Mary Morgan, 1870.
  5. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX25-FQ9 : 10 February 2018), William Kelley and Mary E Morgan, 25 Sep 1870; citing Benton, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004201898.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMD-VFZ : Thu Aug 03 00:18:15 UTC 2023), Entry for William Kelley and Elizabeth Kelley, 1880.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBZ-RK7 : accessed 4 March 2021), Mary E Kelley in household of William Kelley, Grant Township Boswell town, Benton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 15B, family 338, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,360.
  8. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Grant, Benton, Indiana; Roll: T624_340; Page: 12b; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1374353: Grant Township including Boswell Town. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #6213663 with attached Image
  9. ↑ Mary E. Kelley discovered in Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920[1] via @Ancestry. Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39928856/mary-elizabeth-kelley: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Liptrap Kelley (28 Jun 1831–8 Jul 1913). Smith Cemetery, Boswell, Benton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by RL (Bob) Nielsen (contributor 47036655). Find A Grave: Memorial #39928856




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