Individual Details
Laura Eveline Kelly
(6 Dec 1852 - 27 Jan 1877)
Laura Eveline Kelly. Born on 6 Dec 1852 in Grayson, Texas, USA. Laura Eveline died in Van Alstyne, Grayson, Texas, USA, on 27 Jan 1877; she was 24.
On 22 Dec 1869 when Laura Eveline was 17, she married James Lafayette Greer in Texas USA. Born on 27 Oct 1836 in Oak Bowery, Chambers, Alabama, USA. James Lafayette died in Van Alstyne, Grayson, Texas, USA, in 1922; he was 85.
They had the following children:
i. Joseph Knox (1875-1934)
ii. Claudia Jane (1873-1974)
iii. Nannie Laura (1877-1927)
Events
| Birth | 6 Dec 1852 | Grayson County, Texas | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 21 Jul 1860 | (Josiah Lauderdale Kelly and Emily Jane McKinney) Mantua, Collin County, Texas |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 4 Aug 1870 | (Josiah Lauderdale Kelly and Emily Jane McKinney) Highland, Collin County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1870 | Collin County, Texas - Capt. James LaFayette Greer | | ||
| Death | 27 Jan 1877 | Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Van Alstyne Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Capt. James LaFayette Greer (1836 - 1922) |
| Child | Claudia Jane Greer (1873 - 1874) |
| Child | Joseph Knox Greer (1875 - 1934) |
| Child | Nannie Laura Greer (1877 - 1927) |
| Father | Josiah Lauderdale Kelly (1825 - 1899) |
| Mother | Emily Jane McKinney (1833 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Nancy Scarilda Kelly (1855 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Margaret E. Kelly (1855 - 1863) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
L Kelly Male 35 Tennessee - FarmerEmily J Kelly Female 27 Texas
Lora E Kelly Female 7 Texas
Margaret E Kelly Female 5 Texas
Nancy S Kelly Female 5 Texas
John B Harris Male 27 South Carolina - Teamster
John Hale Male 24 Illinois - Farmer
Census (family)-shared
Josiah L Kelly M 45 Tennessee - FarmerJane Kelly F 37 Texas - Keeping house
Laura Kelly F 18 Texas - at school
Nancy Kelly F 14 Texas - at school
Rodam Thorton M 11 Texas - at school
William Thorton M 9 Texas
James L Green [James LaFayette Greer] M 33 Alabama - School teacher
James Oslin M 23 Alabama - Farm laborer
(4 months later, James LaFayette Greer will marry Laura Kelly.)
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFX-31Q : 12 December 2017), L Kelly, 1860..
2. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGP-NW1 : accessed 16 May 2014), Josiah L Kelly, Texas, United States; citing p. 26, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000553078..
3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-7N3Q : 4 November 2017), James L Greer and Laura E Kelly, 22 Dec 1870; citing Collin, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,289,595..
4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-894 : accessed 27 November 2017), James L Greer and Laura E Kelly, 22 Dec 1870, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,289,595..
5. Find A Grave Memorial# 10553896..