Descendants of John Kelso
Fifth Generation
33. Stephen Bloomer Kelso (James Balch , Alexander , Alexander , John ) was born 1837 in Mogantown, Indiana. He died 4 Nov 1888 in Logan Township, Kansas from paralysis.
Stephen Bloomer Kelso (1837 – 1888) was born in Morgantown and married Sarah J. Thompson in 1858. From 1859 to 1886, Stephen and Sarah had ten children, six sons and four daughters. The children were Clarence, 1859 – 1939, Henry, b. 1861, James, 1863, Tyna, 1871, Lillie 1874, Olive, 1876, Leroy Maxwell, 1878 – 1964, Homer, 1881, Mary, 1883 and Herbert, 1886. Roy’s birth certificate lists his father’s occupation as that of a farmer in Elk Prairie, in Jefferson County Illinois. At some point in the 1880’s Stephen and his family moved to Nebraska. According to his daughter Ethel, Roy Kelso had to quit school at about age 15 or 16 and work to help support the family. Stephen died when Roy was just 10, so one can see how that might have been necessary.
Stephen married Sarah Jane Thompson on 1858.
Lois Trenholm writes: " I remember Grandmother kelso was well-formed- straight and tall. When she died at 91 years of age from a broken hip, which developed into pnemonia while in the Hospital, The attending Doctor said he had never seen such a well formed body structure in a person of that age."
"I must tell you that Grandmother Kelso was highly respected in the town where we lived. On Sundays she dressed in dark colors, carried a black satin draw string bag to the presbyterian church. In it she had a bag of whole cloves."
Stephen and Sarah had the following children:
55 M i Clarence Eugene Kelso was born 1859. He died 1939. 56 M ii Henry Kelso was born 1861. 57 M iii James Kelso was born 1863. 58 M iv Ty Kelso was born 1871. 59 F v Lillie Kelso was born 1874. + 60 F vi Olive May Kelso + 61 M vii Leroy Kelso 62 M viii Homer Kelso was born 1881. 63 F ix Mary Kelso was born 1883. 64 M x Herbert Kelso was born 1886.
