Edna Rose Kelley/Edna Florence Perry West 1909-1990

I should have a picture of Grandma West, but I don't.  This is one of my few ancestors that I knew/remember.  She was 61 when I was born and my first recollection of her was when she was babysitting me and my younger sister Kathy.  We were at her house in Mesa, Arizona.  She made us lunch and Kathy did not like the sandwich.  Grandma told her that if she did not eat the sandwich, she could not have dessert.  Kathy did not budge on eating her sandwich, and neither did Grandma, so Kathy received no dessert.  I decided to be nice and share my dessert with Kathy.  As I was handing it to Kathy (it was a chocolate covered marshmallow sandwich type dessert) Grandma's dog jumped up and scared me.  I dropped the cookie on the floor and Grandma threw it away.  I was a bit disgruntled because I felt I should have gotten a replacement because I was being nice and sharing it with my sister.  Grandma did not see things my way.

Edna Rose Kelley was born May 19, 1909 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.
Her Father:  James Andrew Kelley
Her Mother:  Sarah Ellen Trembeley
Siblings:

• Susan Lou Kelley 
• James Kirk Kelley 
• Norvel Miles Kelley
  Alonzo Alfonso Kelley
• Clifford Thompson Kelley
  Olivia Gertrude Kelley
• Elsie Lucille Kelley
  Velma Virginia Kelley
  Buster Benjamin Kelley
  
  
  She did not know these siblings very well as children because she was adopted around the age of 5.  She was adopted by Immogene Perry.  She was raised by Immogene until she was an adult.  
  
  
  She married Dale Matson West on .  This was Dale's second marriage.  His first wife and son died in unrelated situations.
  
  I later learned that while she was raised separately from her family, she did keep in touch with them and they visited as adults.
  
  The family seemed to break apart with Susan marrying, Olivia (known to me as Aunt Babe) going to an institution, and her parents divorcing around the time that Edna was placed for adoption.  There is some rumor that there were some ladies in the local Baptist church who decided they knew what was best for the Kelly family and caused some of these events to happen (adoption and possibly the institutionalization). 

Figuring out the Moore line (Ernie Williams line)

This was sent to me by a fellow Genealogist.  I am still trying to figure out who was what and when.   

http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/bond/history/hist129-172.txt

History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois 1882 - Part I, 
pages 129-172, Chapters XIII - XXI, Bond County, IL.

[Page 162] Chapter XIX – Zion Precinct At one time this precinct was known as “Dry Fork” Precinct, but it 1857 or 1858 the voting place was changed from Sutton HASTING’s, w(h)ere elections had previously been held, to what is now Newport, and at the same time the name of the precinct was changed to “Zion,” in honor of the old Zion Church and camp-ground. The early settlement of Zion Precinct is very interesting, it being one of the first-settled precincts in Bond County. Sutton HASTINGS came in from North Carolina early in the year 1818, the same year that Illinois was admitted into the Union as a State. Two years later (in 1820), Daniel MOORE and family, also from North Carolina, came and settled in Section 19. His father, Philip MOORE came at the same time. He raised a large family of boys, all of whom are either dead or have left the precinct. …. Daniel MOORE came from North Carolina in 1825, and settled in Section 31. His widow, Jennie MOORE, who is now more than eighty years of age, at present resides with her daughter, Mrs. Henry HILL, about four miles west of the town of Greenville. It was at her residence and at the residence of Sutton HASTINGS that the first Methodist preaching in Zion Precinct was held. …. The first church built in this precinct was the "Old Zion Church", reference to which is made elsewhere. It was built on Section 19, about the year 1828; ... In 1833, the camp ground was cleared off, and regular camp meetings were held there until late years. About 1840, the old log building was torn down and a neat frame church, ... In 1861, the society, which was of the Methodist denomination, removed to Newport, the Zion Church was torn down, and a new edifice erected in that village, which they now occupy. Among the original members of this church were Robert STEWART and wife,Philip MOORE and wife, Rev. William HUNTER and wife, Arthur SHERRAD, Asa OLIVER, Jane McCRACKEN, Eli McCRACKEN, Ephraim McCRACKEN, and Daniel and Jane MOORE.