- Zion's Camp Veteran
- First Quorum of Seventy of the LDS Church
Charles Kelley was born 6 January 1801 in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States to Robert Kelly (1769-1843) and Sarah Patty (1774-) and died 1 December 1882 Caldwell County, Missouri, United States of unspecified causes. He married Nancy Haus (1805-1885) 27 March 1828 in Clinton County, Ohio.
Biography
Zions Camp Participant
This Judith Mehr rendition depicts struggles endured by members of Zion's Camp, an expeditionary force to help Church members in Jackson County redeem their brethren.
One of the most interesting episodes in the early history of LDS Church was the march of Zion's Camp (1834). The members of the Church in Missouri were being persecuted, and the Prophet Joseph made it a matter of prayer and received a revelation on February 24, 1834. The Lord instructed the Prophet to assemble at least one hundred young and middle-aged men and to go to the land of Zion, or Missouri. (See D&C 130:19–34.)
Zion’s Camp, a group of approximately one hundred and fifty men, gathered at Kirtland, Ohio, in the spring of 1834 and marched to Jackson County, Missouri. By the time they reached Missouri, the camp had increased to approximately two hundred men.
Shortly after Zion's Camp, Charles was ordained into the inaugural group of the First Quorum of Seventy. He settled in Missouri where he suffered much from the mobs. But in 1838 he was excommunicated from the church for drunkeness. His family settled in Caldwell County, Missouri.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sarah Jane Kelley (1830-1914) | |||
| Susannah Kelly (1832-) | |||
| Mary Kelly (1834-1911) | |||
| William Kelly (1837-) | |||
| Andrew Kelley (1840-1914) | |||
| Elizabeth Kelley (1842-) | |||
| Jacob Kelley (1846-1926) | |||
Siblings
See Also
- Charles Kelley
- Kelley Family
- Kelley in Caldwell County, Missouri
- Kelly in Caldwell County, Missouri