Della Kellems

Della was born in 1881 in Perry Co., Indiana.¹   Della's father was George Washington Kellems and her mother was Nancy Ann Alvey.  Her paternal grandparents are Asa, Jr. Kellems and Catherine Unknown. She had five brothers and three sisters, named Henry S. B., John Robert, George Washington, Jr., Philip Smith, Peter Valentine, Sarah Lucretia, Elizabeth Jane and Nancy Jane.  She is the youngest of the nine children.