Background
Kelley, John S. was born on January 1, 1853 in in Jefferson Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Daily and Sabina (Woodsmall) Kelley.
Kelley, John S. was born on January 1, 1853 in in Jefferson Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Daily and Sabina (Woodsmall) Kelley.
Educational public schools, Kentucky until 1869, Kentucky University until 1871. Taught school short time. Graduate Forest Academy, Anchorage, Kentucky, Bachelor of Arts, 1874, law department University of Louisville, Bachelor of Laws, 1877.
Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1877. Local attorney L. & North. Railroad Company. Attorney 5 local banks.
Director Peoples Bank.
School commissioner, Nelson Company, Kentucky 6 years. Master commissioner Nelson Company Circuit Court 10 years.
Candidate for Democratic nomination for judge Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1898.
Member Kentucky State Bar Association (president 1904).
Married Bardstown, Kentucky, September 21, 1881, Mattie L. Ball (now deceased).