Sixth Generation

200. Charles H. KELLS was born on 15 April 1853 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY. He died on 20 February 1929 at the age of 75 in Hollowville, Columbia Co., NY. He was buried in Dutch Reformed Church cemetery, Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. A farm laborer in Claverack at the 1900 Census. Born 1852 or 1855? Confused with another Charles (H.) born 1853, wife Alice Decker, with these two children? Buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, Churchtown. In the 1900 Census, he and Alice were living in Claverack with son Claude

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In the 1900 Census, they had had 9 children, of which 6 were still living.

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Charles H. KELLS and Alice DECKER were married in 1877 in St. Thomas Evangical Lutheran Church, Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY. They were married in 1877 at St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Churchtown, in Columbia Co, NY. Alice DECKER was born in August 1855 in Columbia Co., NY. She was born in August 1855 in NY. In the 1900 Census, she had had 9 children, of which 6 were living. She died in 1945 at the age of 90. Alice was buried in Dutch Reformed Church cemetery, Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. Also known as Ada?

Charles H. KELLS and Alice DECKER had the following children:

307	i.	Bertha KELLS was born in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY.
308	ii.	Frances Victoria KELLS was born in 1879 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. She died in 1921 at the age of 42.
+309	iii.	Claude Abram KELLS.
310	iv.	Blanche KELLS was born on 31 October 1885 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. She died on 22 February 1959 at the age of 73. Did she live in Troy, NY, with her aunt Elizabeth at the time of the 1930 Census?
+311	v.	Wilson T. KELLS.
+312	vi.	Fred Elsworth "Fred" KELLS.
+313	vii.	Etta KELLS.
314	viii.	Lena KELLS was born in November 1899 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY.