NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: KELLAR, James (d. 1927)
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KELLAR, JAMES
 
 MARIETTA TIMES, May 18, 1927; page 10
 
 Obit notice for James Kellar,  KELLAR FILE, Washington County Public
 Library, Marietta, Ohio
 
 JAMES KELLAR IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
    James Kellar, aged 78 years, Civil War Veteran, prominent resident of
 Warner, father of Mrs. Robert W. Knox, of Second Street, and John B.
 Kellar, of Phillips Street, died at his home in Warner on Tuesday evening
 at 7 o'clock.  Death was due to arterio sclerosis.  Funeral services will
 be held at the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Internment will
 be made in the Universalist Cemetery at Lower Salem. 
    Mr. Kellar was born on a farm near Caldwell on September 25, 1848, the
 eldest son of the late John and Mary Ann (Fowler) Kellar.  At the age of
 16 he enlisted in the Civil War and served in Company H 161st Ohio
 Volunteers Infantry, in the battle of Lynchburg and other engagements.  
 He was honorably discharged September of 1864.
    Mr. Kellar was twice married.  His first wife, Mrs. Harriet J. Hupp
 Kellar passed away in 1879 leaving four children.  He later married Miss
 Tilly Magee, who survives with the sons and daughters, John B. Kellar and
 Mrs. Edna Knox of Marietta; Mrs. William H.Klintworth of Tulsa, Okla.;
 Mrs. J.H. Lauer of Newport, and Frank Kellar of Warner.  There ar 10
 grandchildren.  Brothers and sisters of the deceased are W.H. Kellar of
 Caldwell,  and Mrs. Belle Williams of Middleport.
    Mr. Kellar was member of the John M. Mosely Post  G.A.R. department of
 Ohio.  In his early life he was a member of the Methodist Church at
 Dexter City.