Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lester married Pearl A Kelsay on 21 Oct 1927 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. Pearl (daughter of Martin Daniel Kelsay and Grace Mae Smith) was born on 30 May 1906 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; died on 16 Mar 1999 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 19 Mar 1999 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1907, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 23 Apr 1910, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 22 Jan 1920, Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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(Research):Birth: May 30, 1906 Death: Mar. 16, 1999 Pearl Alberta Eck, 92, Shelbyville, died Tuesday at Heritage House Convalescent Center. Born on May 30, 1906, in Shelby County, she was the daughter of Martin and Grace (Smith) Kelsay. She married Lester Raymond Eck, and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Eck was a sales clerk at J.C. Murphy Dime Store for 15 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for several years. Survivors include one son, Wayne R. Eck, Greenfield; one daughter, Lorene Marshall, Indianapolis; one sister, Ruth McKelleb, Gas City; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren . Seven siblings, two daughters and two grandchildren preceded her in death. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Murphy-Parks Funeral Service, the Rev. Bob Weeks officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 p.m. t o 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Shelbyville Shelby County Indiana

Note: The previous information was pulled off of find a grave website

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• Residence: 27 Jun 1860, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 29 Jul 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 15 Jun 1880, Moral Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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The 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census has Charles being born in 1859.

Charles married Lucinda Susan Joyce on 10 Jan 1884 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. Lucinda (daughter of Granville Joyce and Mary J. Murman) was born on 23 May 1863 in Indiana, United States; died on 11 Nov 1938 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 14 Nov 1938 in Fairland Cemetery, Fairland, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 9 Aug 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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• _FSFTID: M3HT-5JP
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• Residence: 16 Jun 1880, Liberty Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 16 Jun 1900, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 23 Apr 1910, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 22 Jan 1920, Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 5 Apr 1930, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 26 Apr 1940, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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The last name is consistently misspelled. You will find it as Kelsay and Kelsey.

The obituary below was found on find a grave. How true or untrue is unknown at this time.

Services will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Sleeth Funeral Home, for Martin D. Kelsay, 93, of 734 Fair Ave., who died Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Major Hospital following several months illness.
He resided with his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Alexander of the Fair Ave., Address.
Burial will be in Miller Cemetery, with the Rev. Jack E. Jones officiating.
Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
Mr. Kelsay was a retired painting contractor, having been owner of the Kelsay Painting and Decorating Co., for 20 years.
A longtime resident of Shelbyville, Mr. Kelsay was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Born in Howard County Nov. 8, 1873, he was the son of Harvey and Elizabeth Kelsay.
On Nov. 6, 1895, he married Grace Smith, who died in December, 1960.
Surviving with the daughter here are five other children, Mrs. Raymond(Pearl)Eck and Russell Kelsay, Shelbyville; Orian Kelsay of Jackson Township, Mrs. Fred(Mary)House, Orlando, Fla.; and Mrs. Fayne(Ruth) McKelleb, Gas City; 18 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchilden.

Three children preceded in death.

Martin married Grace Mae Smith on 6 Nov 1895 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. Grace (daughter of Newton Joseph Smith and Mary Catherine Wallace) was born on 14 Oct 1876 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States; died on 14 Dec 1960 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 17 Dec 1960 in Miller Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: M3HT-5K8
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• Alt. Birth: 1877, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 16 Jun 1900, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 23 Apr 1910, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 22 Jan 1920, Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 5 Apr 1930, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 26 Apr 1940, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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The following obituary was found on find a grave. How true or untrue is unknown at this time.

Mrs. Grace M. Kelsay, 84, wife of Martin D. Kelsay and a resident of Shelby County for many years, died at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eck, 422 Fourth St., at 10:30 last night.
Mrs. Kelsay had been ill for the past five years.
She had lived in Shelbyville about five years and was born in Shelby County October 14, 1876, a daughter of Newton J. and Mary Smith.
She and Mr. Kelsay were married November 6, 1895.
The husband survives with four daughters, Mrs.Raymond
(Pearl)Eck, with whom the couple made their home, Mrs. Fred(Mary)House, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Fayne McKelleb, Gas City, and Mrs. Clarence(Elizabeth)Alexander, Shelbyville; two sons, Newton Kelsay, Tucson, Ariz.; and Orian Kelsay, of Jackson Township; 19 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Laura Pollard of Downey, Calif.
Mrs. Kelsay was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Shelby County War Mothers.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sleeth Funeral Home with Rev. Frederick Whitaker, assisted by Rev. Melvin Phillips of Anderson officiating.
Burial will be in Miller Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday.

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• Cemetery: Fairland Cemetery, Fairland, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 28 Aug 1850, Anderson Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 27 Jun 1860, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 29 Jul 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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Although on find a grave it states that Michael's birth date is 10/2/1814, I am more inclined to believe the transcription of the german baptism. Because I cannot decifer German language i cannot determine what the month says in the documents. However the dates are clear and it definitely says the 1st.
There is a Fredric Eck living in the household with Georg Michael and Margaretha in 1850. He was born about 1839 so it is highly unlikely that he is their child as they did not get married until 1842. However , all documents indicate that he is Michael's son. There is no way to know forsure as there is no documentation of Fredric's birth.

The 1870 Census has Georg Michael being born in 1815 and in Prussia. Find a Grave has Georg Michael being born in Wilhilmliefn, Bavaria, Germany. They also have the last name of his wife as Dresway and that is completely inaccurate. Her last name is Disque by the marriage record I have from when they were married in Germany.

Georg married Margaretha "Margaret" Disque on 14 Aug 1842 in Heuchelheim, Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland. Margaretha (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1818 in Germany; died on 9 Aug 1888 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Fairland, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Fairland Cemetery, Fairland, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 28 Aug 1850, Anderson Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 27 Jun 1860, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 29 Jul 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 15 Jun 1880, Moral Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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Margaretha "Margaret" is listed in the 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census as being born in 1817., In the 1870 Census Margaret is listed as being born in Prussia,

Find a Grave has Margaretha being born in Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland. I see no records to indicate this as she was married in Germany and her last name is also Disque not Dresway as Find a grave states. Documents prove that they were married in Germany. I also decided to mark it as being Marginal Evidence due to the fact that the birth place they have listed is highly unlikely and that her maiden last name on findagrave is incorrect.

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• Residence: 9 Jun 1860, Pleasant View, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 9 Aug 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States

Granville married Mary J. Murman on 12 Dec 1850 in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. Mary was born in 1826 in Hancock County, Indiana, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 9 Jun 1860, Pleasant View, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 9 Aug 1870, Brookfield, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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• Residence: 5 Sep 1850, Washington Township, Warren, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 27 Jul 1860, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 10 Sep 1870, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 16 Jun 1880, Liberty Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States

Harvey married Elizabeth Stephens on 14 Aug 1864 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Martin Stephens and Mary Clayton) was born on 6 Mar 1846 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States; died on 9 Nov 1914 in German Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States; was buried on 12 Nov 1914 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 7 Sep 1850, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 27 Jul 1860, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 10 Sep 1870, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 16 Jun 1880, Liberty Township, Tipton, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 5 Jun 1900, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 23 Apr 1910, Geneva Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States

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Death certificate states the date of birth as 1847, however, the tombstone reads 1846. Also the 1900 Census states her birth as March 1846. Research is needed, if possible, to find out which one it is. I am changing it to match the tombstone for the time being.

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• _FSFTID: LZJB-QK3
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Newton married Mary Catherine Wallace in 1872. Mary (daughter of John Wallace and Susanah "Susan" McFadden) was born on 30 Apr 1853 in Clark County, Ohio, United States; died on 11 Feb 1930 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 13 Feb 1930 in Miller Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: KGZB-2MY
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• Residence: 12 Sep 1860, Christy Township, Lawrence, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1 Jun 1870, Sumner, Lawrence, Illinois, United States