George Kelso, farmer, post-office Otter Creek, was born November 4, 1838, in Lawrence County, Penn., to John and Ann (McWilliams) Kelso, natives of Lawrence County, and of Scotch and Irish extraction, respectively. The parents resided ten years near Hadley, this county, and then removed to Lawrence County, where the father died in 1879 and the mother in 1877. Their children were; Mary, married Haslet Miller; George, Letitia, Joseph, Rebecca, married William H. Pasco, of Nebraska ; Jane, married David Hadley ; John, Olive, married James Cooper, who is dead, and she resides in Nebraska ; three others died when young. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and brought up on a farm. He enlisted in Company G, One Hundred Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served three years; was in the battles of his regiment and wounded in the right temple in front of Petersburg. His brother Joseph enlisted in the same company and served nearly four years ; he was also wounded in the head. On his return from the war our subject worked on his father's farm until married, February 8, 1865, to Sarah M. Walker, born April 4, 1844, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Nelson) Walker, who are mentioned elsewhere. He and wife settled on a farm in Lawrence County until they came to their present one, known as the ' ' Matthew Thomp- son farm." Here they have a beautiful home. They have had eleven children, nine of whom are living: Robert O., Samuel, Joannah, Elizabeth, Joseph H., Mary, George, Nelson O. and William D. He and wife are members of the First United Presbyterian Church, and he is a stanch Republican.

The History of Mercer County page 979

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