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Dr. Francis H. Kelley was born October 1, 1835, in Kentucky. His parents were Robert and Charlotte (Walton) Kelley. The father, who was a farmer, was born in Virginia in 1797. He died in Missouri, where he then resided, in 1864. The mother was born in 1805, and died in Missouri in 1877. He received his literary education in the district schools, from his mother, and from a high school, which he attended two years, and from the Georgetown (Ky.) College, where he attended two years. In 1859 he entered the University of Charlottesville, Va. When the Civil war began he was a student in a medical college at Nashville, Tenn. He joined the Confederate army, was commissioned captain, and later was promoted to the rank of major. He fought at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Corinth, Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. In the skirmish at Danville, Ala., he was taken prisoner and sent to Indianapolis, where he was released in 1865. Being without money or friends in that locality he went to Orange county, Indiana, and worked for a time in a saw mill. In a short time, learning that he possessed some knowledge of medicine, he was called to see a sick man, and treated him successfully. In 1867 he married Rhoda E. Stone, who bore him one child, Albert Lee. He died in June, 1870, and in March of the same year he graduated from the Louisville Medical College. He then located in Stewartsville, Ind., where he remained till 1885. He then left Posey county and settled on a farm in Saline county, where he lived fourteen years. Left there in 1901 and spent about one year in Texas. He located in New Harmony in 1902, where he now lives in retirement. Has not been in active practice since leaving Stewartsville. His wife, who is still living, was Miss Mary Alice Robb. They have three children.