Kelly, Samuel S. (Philadelphia, PA)

Born: 1812-08-19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died: 1884-08-24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Flourished: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Samuel S. Kelly was a businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1839, he was a tailor on South Fourth Street. He later moved his business to Walnut Street above Eighth. In 1858, he won election to the Board of Health representing the Eighth Ward. In 1860, he was living in the Eighth Ward with his wife Anna and four children. During the Civil War, he served as inspector of clothing at the United States' Arsenal, Gray's Ferry Road. He was a member of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland.

Return of a Death in the City of Philadelphia, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51278226/samuel-s_-kelly#view-photo=39842314; Gravestone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; A. M'Elroy, A. M'Elroy's Philadelphia Directory, for 1839, 2nd ed. (Philadelphia: Isaac Ashmead, 1839), 134; John H. Campbell, History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland (Philadelphia: Hibernian Society, 1892), 326, 445; Journal of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia: Beginning May 10, and Ending November 4, 1858 (Philadelphia: Inquirer Printing Office, 1858), 251; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Ward Eight, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, 135.