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William Johnston Chelf

Birth	:	19 Apr 1818 Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	26 May 1879
Burial	:	Roley Cemetery, Casey Creek, Adair County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.2646900, -85.1629900
Description	:	William J. Chelf was born April 19, 1818, and at the age of eight years, in about 1826, came with his parents to Kentucky, first settling in Marion County, where the family remained for many years. There William J. grew to manhood, was married and soon after moved to Taylor County, where he remained about six years. He then moved to Adair County, where he bought a partially improved farm on Casey Creek, near Roley, upon which he remained until 1861, when he sold out and bought another farm some three miles further down the creek, upon which... Read More	William J. Chelf was born April 19, 1818, and at the age of eight years, in about 1826, came with his parents to Kentucky, first settling in Marion County, where the family remained for many years. There William J. grew to manhood, was married and soon after moved to Taylor County, where he remained about six years. He then moved to Adair County, where he bought a partially improved farm on Casey Creek, near Roley, upon which he remained until 1861, when he sold out and bought another farm some three miles further down the creek, upon which he resided until his death, May 26, 1879. For several years he was engaged in general merchandising in connection with farming, and also in buying and shipping tobacco to Louisville, which at that day had to be hauled all the way on wagons. For some three or four years he also operated and owned a tanyard in connection with his other business. He and wife were from early life members of the Christian Church, in which he was a ruling elder for many years. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. His father, Presley Chelf, was born and reared in Virginia, and was one of the early settlers in Marion County, Ky. Afterward he removed to Taylor County, remaining some ten years, and in his old age moved to Adair County, where his death occurred in his sixty-fifth year in 1855. Mrs. Rhoda A. (Baley) Chelf was born March 27, 1819. She is still living and resides on the old home farm where he husband died. Her father, Hezekiah Baley, was also born in Virginia, where he was educated and married, and soon after immigrated to Marion County, Ky., being among the early pioneers. Here he remained for many years. His death, however, occurred in Adair, at the ripe old age of eighty-two or eighty-three years, in May, 1863, to which county he had removed only a short time before. (from the biography of William Presley Chelf)

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William Johnston Chelf's memorial is located at: Roley Cemetery, Casey Creek, Adair County, USA.
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Latitude: 37.2646900
Longitude: -85.1629900

Family Members:

Spouse

Rhoda Ann Bailey Chelf

(1819 - 1903)

Children

Charlotte Chelf Knifley

(1839 - 1930)

William Presley Chelf

(1842 - 1909)

Fieldin Harvey Chelf

(1855 - 1881)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Roley Cemetery
Casey Creek, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2646900, -85.1629900

2. Sanders Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2612801, -85.1430130

3. White Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2623058, -85.1951627

4. Dunbar Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2386017, -85.1686020

5. Dunbar Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2385050, -85.1684910

6. Chappell Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2642180, -85.1982660

7. Barr Cemetery
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2870230, -85.1845910

8. Humphress-Hovious Cemetery
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2432780, -85.1898770

9. White Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2351170, -85.1740680

10. Eastridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2919006, -85.1844025

11. Allen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.2280998, -85.1607971

12. Goode Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3008003, -85.1483002

13. Caldwell Chapel Cemetery
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2314800, -85.1395700

14. Emmett Family Graveyard
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2227000, -85.1823900

15. Sherrill Family Graveyard
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2215800, -85.1841300

16. Robinson Chapel Cemetery
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2365580, -85.2103050

17. Callahan Cemetery
Feathersburg, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3099000, -85.1814000

18. Hovious Ridge Cemetery
Knifley, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2495440, -85.2208690

19. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Barnett Springs, Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2443160, -85.0970000

20. Saint Bernard Cemetery
Clementsville, Casey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2877860, -85.0955300

21. Saint Bernard Cemetery Old
Clementsville, Casey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2892560, -85.0961550

22. Parker Chapel Cemetery
Adair County, USA
Coordinate: 37.2324982, -85.2335968

23. Bass Cemetery
Bass, Casey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3308350, -85.1497260

24. Noels Chapel Cemetery
Clementsville, Casey County, USA
Coordinate: 37.3164368, -85.1088943