Attorney Daniel Austin Kelley (1849-1927) was a native of Grimes County, Texas and the son of John and Anna America (Moore) Kelley from Georgia. One of ten children, Daniel had four brothers: Benjamin Franklin, John Washington, Willis Ward, George G. Kelley, and five sisters: Lucy Green, Francis Cornelia, Viola Adelia, Camilla Sanford, and Jeannette (Nettie) Caroline. In the 1870s, Daniel Austin Kelley attended the University of Virginia.
Source: “Ann America Moore Kelley.” Find a Grave. Accessed July 11, 2011.
Correspondence comprises the Dan Austin Kelley Family Papers, 1866-1880, addressed to Dan Kelley from family members, including his mother Anna America Kelley, his brothers Franklin, George, and Benjamin, and his sister Nettie Kelley, amongst others. These letters relate to familial matters such as deaths, marriages, illnesses, crops, land conditions, and the use of freedman as laborers. Additionally, the collection includes receipts of gold shipments (1871-1872) to Dan while he was at the University of Virginia.
This collection is open for research use.
Dan Austin Kelley Family Papers, 1866-1880, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s