NameBallard Kelley
Birth4 May 1888, Carter Co., Kentucky
FatherRichard W. Kelley (1853-1934)
MotherMartha Ball (1870-1936)
Marriage20 Oct 1906, Carter Co., Kentucky
SpouseJulia M. Tackett
Birthabt 1889, Carter Co., Kentucky
FatherRichard Tackett (~1858-)
Notes for Ballard Kelley
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Ballard Kelley, age 29, residence Grahn, Ky, born 4 May 188 in Bet, Ky, occupation wheeling brick, employer Lauhsville Fire Brick Works, Grahn, Ky (an apparent misspelling of Louisville), married supporting a wife and 4 children.

His WW II draft registration card, filed in 1942, records Ballard Kelly, age 54, residence 1503 E. Wash., Indpls, Marion Co., Ind., born 4 May 1888 in Elliott Co., Ky, contact N. D. Green, same address.
Notes for Ballard & Julia M. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 20 Oct 1906 of Ballard Kelley, age 18, residence Rowan Co., to Julia M. Tackett, age 17, residence Carter Co., born in Carter Co.
Census
1910 census of Carter Co., Ky, Olive Hill precinct, enumerated 5 May, lists on p. 16B as family #243:
Kelley, Ballard, 21, laborer in brick yard; Julia M., 21, first marriage for both, married 3 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Virgie F., dau, 1 5/12. All born Ky Ky Ky. Tacket, Richard, father-in-law, 52, widowed, b. Ky Va Va, laborer in brick yard.

1920 census of Carter Co., Ky, Brick Yard voting precinct, enumerated 2 Feb, records on p. 5A as family #73:
Kelly, Ballard, 31, laborer in brick yard; Julia, wife, 30; Virgie, dau, 11; Zola, dau, 9; Lillian, dau, 4 5/12; Harry C., son, 3 4/12; Early, son, 4/12; Tacket, Richard, father-in-law, 63, widowed, laborer in brick yard. Wilcox, Carrie, servant, 13, cook. All born Ky Ky Ky.
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