Seventh Generation

261. Paul Mickle KELLS¹¹⁴ was born on 1 September 1893 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA. He died on 4 January 1990 at the age of 96 in Los Angeles, CA. In the 1917 draft registration for World War I, h e was living at 325 Edwards in El Paso, TX. He was a gas fitter with the El Paso Gas Co.

He was living with his brother, Harold, in Washington, Lucas Co., OH, in 1920 Census. In the 1930 Census, the family was living in Toledo, OH. Brother Harold, then 37, was living with them. He was a plumber by occupation.

He was a plumber at his home-owned company, D-J Corporation, at 2109 Dundee Street, Toledo, OH. He retired in Florida around 1968, residing at 707 Starlite Lane, Port Charlotte, FL. After his wife died, he moved to Los Angeles, CA, to live with his son, Melvin.

He is listed in the Social Security death index -- 292-050-7338, issued in OH before 1951.

Letha Ellen MIZE, daughter of Ernest Ledford MIZE and Rebecca J. MCDANIELS, was born on 17 July 1903 in Lexington, North Carolina. She died in December 1984 at the age of 81 in Port Charlotte, FL.

Paul Mickle KELLS and Letha Ellen MIZE had the following children:

381	i.	Melvin Richard KELLS was born on 26 August 1923 in Toledo, OH. He died on 8 August 2007 at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA. From Who's Who in the Media and Communications: "Roberts, Mel (Melvin Richard Kells), retired film editor, b. Toledo, August 26, 1923, s. Paul Mickle and Letha Ellen (Mize) Kells, BA U. So. Cal., 1950, postgrad, 1951. Film editor, Graphic Films, Hollywood, CA, 1951-2; music editor, Salt of the Earth, Ind. Film Co, Hollywood, 1952-3; fim editor, various organizations, including Ford Foundation, Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, 1953-62; cinematographer, Wealer Films, Hollywood, 1956-62; still photographer, Los Angeles, 1962-81; video producer, director, 1993-97. Photographer, pub (4 books including Mel Roberts Male, Rex, and others; film editor Paul Coates Confidential File; video producer, director, Classic Males, 1993-97. Sgt. USAF, 1943-45, PTO Office: 1335 N. Brea Ave, #2102, Hollywood, CA 80028-2565." "Mel Roberts was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1923. As a teenager in 1939 and 1940, he started creating his own imagery by shooting 16mm movies of his friends. Roberts was drafted in 1943 and served as a cameraman documenting World War II in the South Pacific. Following an honorable discharge from the US Air Force in 1945, Roberts moved to California to study cinema, graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in filmaking in 1950. One of Roberts' earliest distinctions was working on the blacklisted film "Salt of the Earth"" as music editor in 1952. He became involved in the newly formed Mattachine Society, one of the earliest political organizations of the gay movement, and lived as an openly gay man. Mel Roberts purchased his first Rolleiflex Camera in 1953 and began shooting his friends and lovers. In 1959, nearly at he end of the classic physique period, Roberts embarked on his professional career as a photographer with his first model shoot in Southern California's beautiful Pacific Palisades. In 1962 Roberts had his first photos published by "Young Physique" magazine, which began his critical and commercial success, quickly becoming one of the most prominent male photographers of the period. With his work being published extensively in the United States and throughout Europe, Roberts self-published his first book, Mel Roberts Boys, in 1967. Between 1977 and 1992, Roberts' Bel Air home was raided by the Lost Anegeles Police Department, each time confiscating large quantities of Roberts' work, photographic equipment and customer mailing lists. Although no criminal charges were filed in any of the three raids, and his confiscated property was ordered returned to him, Roberts retired his professional photography career in 1981. With the exception of a few stills that were published in the 1998 Book, Male Bonding, Volume Two, Roberts' work has been unseen for nearly two decades."
+382	ii.	Living.
383	iii.	Paul Edward KELLS was born on 22 July 1927 in Toledo, OH. He died on 12 December 1997 at the age of 70 in Denver, CO. He was living at ZIP 80205 Denver, CO at time of death, SS#272-22-8982, issued OH before 1951. He danced with the Denver ballet and was later an interior decorator in Denver. He did not marry.
+384	iv.	Living.