Biography

1770 - 05/14/1843

Judge Meek Kelly (D24) Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties 1834-1837 (D23) Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield and Indiana Counties 1837-1838  

Early Life:

Judge Meek Kelly, born 1770, Franklin County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of James and Sarah Meek Kelly; he married Jane Moorhead, 1809 children: James M, Pliny, Fergus, Jane, Sarah, Margaret, Euphemia, Louisa, Pauline, Ann; appointed, Indiana County Surveyor, 1821; appointed, Indiana County Surveyor, 1830-1833; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1834-1838; plotted village of Kellysburg (which was named for him), Indiana County Surveyor, 1838-1840; associate Judge, Indiana County, 1842-1843; died, May 14, 1843, Indiana County. Burial location unknown. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties 1834-1837.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield and Indiana Counties 1837-1838.

Associate Judge, Indiana County, 1842-1843.

Legacy:

Surveyor, laid out boundary lines, Potter and McKean Counties.

Plotted village of Kellysburg (which was named for him), Indiana County.

First citizen of Indiana County, elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1834 – 1838.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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Source: Stewart, Joshua Thompson; "Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county"; Volume 2; 1913 Chicago, J. H. Beers & Company.