| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation23. Dr. Robert KELLS22 was born on 19 June 1819 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY.22 He died on 23 April 1888 at the age of 68 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. This was the Dr. Robert Kells who was the Superintendent of the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, during the siege of Jackson during the Civil War. Dr. Kells was from Claverack, Columbia County, New York. (Trevor McClean, 26 June 2002). He shows in the 1850 Census as being in Hinds, MS. In the 1880 Census, he was 60, a doctor, living in Hinds, MS, with his wife Minnie, 36. In the 1850 Census, he owned 12 slaves. In the 1860 Census, he owned 21. He was 14 when his father died. His guardians were Jacob Rossman and Margaret Kells. Robert, William, and others of the family migrated to the Mississippi Valley. He was christened July 12, 1819, in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY. Dr. Robert KELLS and Mary MONTGOMERY were married on 13 January 1846 in Hinds Co., MS. Mary MONTGOMERY was born on 22 April 1830 in Columbia, SC. She died on 15 June 1871 at the age of 41 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. Dr. Robert KELLS and Mary MONTGOMERY had the following children:
Dr. Robert KELLS and Minerva "Minnie" were married about 1873 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. Minerva "Minnie" was born about 1845 in MS. |