John Wesley O'Kelley
the ancestor of Ronnie L O'Kelley was said to have been born in 1826
and married
Rebecca Montgomery (born June 3, 1830) in Hall Co GA Oct 7,
1852. Rebecca was the sister of Elizabeth Montgomery born
Dec 1 1833 Hall Co GA and who married
William Wiers O'Kelley the son of
Rev John P O'Kelley who was the son of
Thomas Dean O'Kelley.
So who was the father of John Wesley O'Kelley? No
documents or pedigrees exists but some researchers think John Wesley O'Kelley was the son of
Rev James O'Kelley who was
the son of Thomas Dean
O'Kelley. I have doubts as I think the DNA results of
two traceable descendents of Charles
Dean O'Kelley, one traceable descendent of Thomas Dean
O'Kelley when compared to the DNA results of Ronnie
indicates that Ronnie didn't descend from
Charles Dean O'Kelley or
Thomas Dean O'Kelley but
he is related. Names tend to run in families and because
the John Wesley name does not appear in the
Thomas Dean O'Kelley
family line but a
John Wesley O'Kelly does
appear in the famed Rev James
O'Kelly who founded the Christian Church family line, I suspect
that this John Wesley O'Kelley is the 2nd son of
William Jefferson O'Kelly
who is the grandson of the famed
Rev James O'Kelly.
It would take a DNA test of a traceable descendent of the famed Rev James
O'Kelly to know for certain.
Note: while the name Wires most often appears
as Wyers, in the Irish Gaelic there was no Y so Wiers would have
been a correct very early spelling and Wyers would be the more
modern form.