Rev. David Campbell Kelley Sr.
Born: December 25, 1833
Birthplace: Wilson County, Tennessee
Father: Rev. John Kelley 1801 – 1864
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
Mother: Margaret Lavinia Campbell 1805 – 1877
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
1st Wife: Amanda Minerva Harris 1835 – 1867
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
2nd Wife: Mary Owen Campbell 1836 – 1890
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
3rdWife: Mary Jennie Elliott 1861 – 1922
(Buried: Gallatin City Cemetery, Gallatin, Tennessee)
Children:
Daisy Davidilla Kelley Lambuth 1858 – 1923
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Lizzie M. Kelley Picton 1862 – 1940
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Margaret Lavivian Kelley 1869 – 1877
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
William Bowen Kelley 1871 – 1898
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
David Campbell Kelley Jr. 1873 – 1948
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Owen C. Kelley 1874 – 1903
(Buried: Leeville Cemetery, Leeville, Tennessee)
Education:
1851: Graduated from Cumberland University
Occupation before War:
Pastor of Church in Huntsville, Alabama
Methodist Church Missionary in China
Secretary and Treasurer of Board of Missions for Methodist Church
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Company F, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Major of 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 26th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 26th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1864: Captured and Released same day at Madison County, Alabama
1865: Paroled in Gainesville, Tennessee on May 11, 1865
Occupation after War:
Helped with the Founding of Vanderbilt University Served as Trustee
Helped secure founding for building of Nashville Women's College
President of Nashville College for Young Ladies
1888 – 1890: Methodist Minister in Gallatin, Tennessee
1890: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Tennessee
1891 – 1892: Methodist Minister in Springfield, Tennessee
1892 – 1894: Methodist Minister of Elm Street Methodist in Nasvhille
1894 – 1896: Methodist Minister in Bellbuckle, Tennessee
1896 – 1898: Methodist Minister in Columbia, Tennessee
1898 – 1901: Presiding Elder of Nashville, Tennessee District
1901: Presided over dedication of General Forrest Statue in Memphis
Active in Confederate Veterans Organizations in Tennessee
President of Society of Sons of American Revolution
Died: May 15, 1909
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
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