James Milton Kelsey
James Milton Kelsey, farmer. This well-known gentleman was born in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, June 11, 1831, and is the son of Jesse and Hettie (Marsh) Kelsey, early settler of this county. His father was born in 1783, and died in 1857. His mother was born in 1791 and died in 1845. James M. grew to manhood in his native township, receiving a limited education in the school of his neighborhood, and January 26, 1853, he was married to Mary Wilson, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Allen) Wilson, also a native of Washington, born May 19, 1833. Her paternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania, bur her parents were born in this country. William Kelsey has had five children, viz.: Sara E. (the wife of Richard Hatfield), Flora J. (wife of George Mull), Mary E. (wife of David Eagle, Effie J. and Nannie. Mr. Kelsey was raised a Baptist but in 1858 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a Trustee some six years, and is one of the Stewards at the present time. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party. He purchased and moved to his present beautiful home in 1858, where he owns 138 acres of finely improved land, and is recognized as one of the leading farmers, of this portions of Montgomery County.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882