Individual Details
John Bethune Kelly
(1789 - 9 Feb 1847)
CARTHAGE, N. C., Feb. 12, 1847.
"Dear Sir: you will be pained to hear of the death of JOHN B. KELLY, Esq. which took place, at his residence, near here, on Tuesday morning last. He had been unwell some week or two previous to his death.
Mr. Kelly possessed as noble and generous a heart, as ever inhabited a human breast. His rather unexpected death has cast a deep gloom over our whole community. He was a man possessing many virtues, and but few faults."
Published in Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), February 16, 1847, p. 3.
"Dear Sir: you will be pained to hear of the death of JOHN B. KELLY, Esq. which took place, at his residence, near here, on Tuesday morning last. He had been unwell some week or two previous to his death.
Mr. Kelly possessed as noble and generous a heart, as ever inhabited a human breast. His rather unexpected death has cast a deep gloom over our whole community. He was a man possessing many virtues, and but few faults."
Published in Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), February 16, 1847, p. 3.
Events
| Birth | 1789 | Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Nov 1829 | Moore County, North Carolina - Mary Ann Rowan | |||
| Death | 9 Feb 1847 | Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina | |||
| Burial | Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann Rowan (1811 - 1842) |
Notes
Birth
Sleat is a peninsula and civil parish on the island of Skye in the Highland council area of Scotland, known as "the garden of Skye".Burial
Inscription: Aged 58 years - A native of ScotlandEndnotes
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