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ROBERT A. CONNELLY, Tippecanoe Township
THOMAS CONNELLY, the father
of this gentleman, was born in Charlottesville, Va. In the year 1787, and
his mother, ELIZABETH H. CONNELLY, was born near the same place in 1791.
In 1805, they moved from Virginia to Kentucky, remaining citizens of that
State for a period of thirty years. In 1835, they came to Indiana, and
located in Tippecanoe County. They were energetic farmers, and were among
the earliest settlers of the township in which they resided. Both were
exemplary members of the Christian Church, and were highly esteemed
by all their neighbors. THOMAS CONNELLY died in the year 1859. His
wife survived him fourteen years, when, in 1873, she, too, was called away
by death.
Their son ROBERT was born
in Montgomery Co., Ky., September 29, 1819. During his boyhood
he was deprived of educational privileges, and he has been dependent, mainly,
upon his studious disposition and his aptness in acquiring knowledge. He
learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and has followed that occupation
successfully for thirty years.
On the 15th day of January,
1843, he married Miss KATE LESLIE. The marriage ceremony was performed
in the city of La Fayette, by Elder JOHN O'KANE, of the Christian Church.
The parents of this lady, PETER and SUSAN LESLIE, were natives of Lehigh
County, Penn. They subsequently removed from that county, locating in Eaton,
Preble Co., Ohio, where
their daughter, KATE was born, July 18, 1825. Both parents are
now deceased, the father having died in 1855, and the mother in 1869.
For many years, ROBERT CONNELLY
and his wife have been active members of the Christian Church, and their
Christian principles are shown forth in their daily life. Generous and
charitable, they have not failed to secure the esteem and confidence of
all by whom they are surrounded; and the many charitable acts of their
lives will ever be held in grateful remembrance by needy recipients whose
wants have been supplied by them.
Combination Atlas Map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Kingman Brothers, 1878
©2001 Tippecanoe Co., IN Biographies Project
