Joel Connelly

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 10 Mar 1788 - Ashe County, North Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 8 Jun 1853 - Hutton Twp, Coles County, Illinois
         Burial: in Otterbine Cemetery, Westfield, Illinois
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: John Connelly
         Mother: Sarah Wilson

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Effie Pennington
       Marriage: 20 Mar 1806 - Grayson County, Virginia
       Children:
                1. Mary Connelly
                2. Rebecca Connelly
                3. John Charles Connelly
                4. William Harrison Connelly
                5. Joel Jackson Connelly
                6. Elija Pennington Connelly
                7. Sarah Connelly
                8. Josiah Washington Connelly
                9. Effie Elizabeth Connelly
                10. Edmund Riley Connelly
                11. Cynthia Connelly

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Notes

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General:

Joel and Effie Connelly
Added by Bevtalbott57 on 27 Jun 2008
Originally submitted by Judi Shellenbarger to Kiefer on 1 Dec 2007

Joel was a North Carolinian, but removed to Kentucky and then to Lawrence County Indiana, then to Coles County.

Joel and his wife settled in Hutton Township, Coles County Illinois in the spring of 1832, and were among the earliest pioneers. After raising one crop they returned to Indiana and in the fall of 1832 they brought out their family consisting of 6 boys and 5 girls accompanied by their grandfather and grandmother Pennington. They made the journey in wagons, driving their stock composed of sheep and cattle with them. Joel owned 1500 acres of land.

Joel held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years in Lawrence County, Indiana and continued the same in Coles County, Illinois.

Joel and Effie were "zealous" members of the Baptist Church, having connected themselves with that church shortly after their marriage. Effie had embraced religion at the young age of 11, and lived the exemplary life of a Christian to the day of her death. Her father was a Baptist preacher.

He died on his farm where his son Edmond lived near Westfield, Illinois. His son Jack Connelly (Joel Jackson) went to Texas, William to California. Edmond, Elijah and Washington Connelly lived in Hutton Township and were among the prosperous and energetic men of the community. Joel Jackson and Edmond Riley were appointed administrators of his estate. There were many books in the estate indicating that the family was well educated.

Posted by Susan Evans on Roots Web Worldconnect:
ID: I0389
Name: Joel Connelly
Sex: M
Birth: 10 MAR 1788 in Ashe County, North Carolina
Death: 8 JUN 1853 in Hutton Twp, Coles County, Illinois
Burial: Otterbine Cemetery, Westfield, Illinois

Father: John Connelly b: 27 JUN 1744 in Ireland?
Mother: Sarah Wilson b: 20 OCT 1746 in Virginia

Marriage 1 Effie Pennington b: 31 DEC 1787 in Rowan, North Carolina

* Married: 20 MAR 1806 in Grayson County, Virginia

Children

1. Mary Connelly b: 14 FEB 1807 in Grayson County, Virginia
2. Rebecca Connelly b: 22 DEC 1809 in Ashe County, North Carolina
3. John Charles Connelly b: 2 AUG 1812
4. William Harrison Connelly b: 22 JUN 1815 in Lawrence County, Indiana
5. Joel Jackson Connelly b: 12 MAR 1818 in Lawrence County, Indiana
6. Elijah Pennington Connelly b: ABT. 1820 in Lawrence County, Indiana
7. Sarah Connelly b: 1823
8. Josiah Washington Connelly b: 27 DEC 1825 in Lawrence County, Indiana
9. Effie Elizabeth Connelly b: 6 MAR 1829 in Lawrence County, Indiana
10. Edmund Riley Connelly b: 6 MAR 1829 in Indiana
11. Cynthia Connelly b: MAR 1833 in Coles County, Illinois