J. D. Kelly and wife America (Kiger) Kelly came into Henry Co. from West Milgrove Ohio in Wood Co. about 1887. They purchased land north of Grelton, Ohio from the Crocketts and two farms in Richfield Twp.
Their children were: E. H. Kelly and wife Anna Rickard, their children -Evelyn (Kelly) Fackler, Ray Weldon Kelly, Edith (Kelly) Barber; R. Wells Kelly and wife Lottie Johnson, their children - Neta (Kelly) Richard, Cleo Kelly, Edna (Kelly) Eckley; Jessie (Kelly) Johnson and Clark, their children - Herbert Johnson, Virgil Johnson; Charles L. Kelly and wife Mabel Barton, their child - Mary J. (Kelly) Austermiller; Fred Kelly and wife Alta Niebel; Adah (Kelly) Whitman and husband Dr. Willis Whitman. There are also a number of children and great grandchildren.