Thomas Jelly
Thomas Jelly, deceased, was born in the County Down, Ireland, August 22, 1807, where he grew to manhood. May 11, 1827, he married Ellen Henderson, a native of Mahonan County, Ireland, where she was born July 17, 1811. In the fall of 1828 they emigrated to America, and located in Pennsylvania, remained until 1836, when they moved to Kentucky, where Mr. Jelly died near Lexington June 10, 1847, leaving a wife and six children to mourn the loss of a husband and father. By industry and economy Mrs. Jelly managed to keep her children together, and rear them to be men and women (and, in fact, none of them have left her yet except one daughter, who was taken away by death). In 1868 Mrs. Jelly, with her children, viz., Robert, Elizabeth A., Susan, William J., Hugh, and Thomas, came to Shelby County, purchased and settled on the west half of section 25, Turtle Creek Township, where they now reside. Since their settlement in this county one of the daughters, Eliza A., died. One of the sons, William J. Jelly, enlisted in the 14th Kentucky Cavalry, Company H, 1st Battalion, in August, 1862, and served until September, 1863, when he was discharged from the service.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883