KELLEY, Benjamin Franklin

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 10 1807, New Hampton NH

Died: July 16 1891, Oakland MD

Pre-War Profession: Merchant, railroad freight agent

War Service: May 1861 raised 1st (West) Virginia - Col., Philippi (w), May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded districts in West Virginia and Maryland, guarded railroads, captured by partisans in Cumberland MD in February 1865, exchanged soon after

Post War: Collector of internal revenue, superintendent of a reservation, examiner of pensions