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Died:
Age:63
Age:63

Melvin married Doris Eileen Kelsay on 18 Apr 1943 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. Doris (daughter of Newton Harvey Kelsay and Edna Ruth Anderson) was born on 30 Sep 1924 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; died on 22 Jul 1998 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 24 Jul 1998 in Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1925, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 6 Apr 1940, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States

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Birth:
Source: "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySear c h (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25845-39520-44?cc=1 410 397 : accessed 12 December 2014), Shelby > 1941-1943 Volume 35 > i mage 3 21 of 357; County clerk offices, Indiana. Page 559

Died:
Age:58

Elbert + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1899, 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: 2 Apr 1930, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 6 Apr 1940, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States

Newton married Edna Ruth Anderson on 4 Feb 1920 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States, and was divorced on 28 Oct 1926. Edna (daughter of Elmer Elsworth Anderson and Mary Jane Toll) was born on 28 Aug 1903 in Shelby County, Indiana, United States; died on 9 Jun 1966 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States; was buried on 11 Jun 1966 in Miller Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: M3HT-5JP
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3HT-5JP
• 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
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3HT-5K8
• 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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• Residence: 30 Jul 1870, Hope, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 14 Jun 1880, Washington Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 5 Jun 1900, Hendricks Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States

Notes:

There is a Elmer and Hira Hendrickson that were married in October 1889. Several have attached her as the first wife of this Elmer Anderson. However, the dates of the marriage to Hira and Mary Jane Toll is only 8 months apart. This is feasible, however he states in his marriage to Emma that he has only been married one time before and it ended in death in 1927.

Elmer married Mary Jane Toll on 29 Jun 1890 in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. Mary (daughter of John Ray Toll and Living) was born on 27 May 1871 in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States; died on 6 Jun 1927 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States; was buried on 8 Jun 1927 in Miller Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 5 Jun 1900, Hendricks Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States