MARK B. KELSO. Notwithstanding the fact that this gentleman has been a citizen of Washington county for but a few years, he has become prominently associated with the interests of the community, and is recognized as a leading farmer. His parents, Benjamin and Martha (Murdoch) Kelso, were residents of Allegheny county, Penn., where the following children were born to them: Rebecca, John, George, Mary, James, Nancy, Margaret, Martha, Benjamin, Mark B., Samuel and Elizabeth. Of this family Rebecca, George, James, Benjamin, Mark B. and Samuel are yet living. Both parents were interred in the Robinson Run cemetery. Mark B. Kelso was born November 17, 1835, on the home place in Allegheny county, Penn., where his youth was passed. When the Civil war began he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, and among the engagements in which he participated may be mentioned Fredericksburg and Antietam. At the close of the war he received an honorable discharge, and returned home. He was married to Lizzie A., daughter of James and Sarah (Philips) McConnell, and children have been born to this marriage as follows: Sarah P. (wife of W. M. Templeton), Benjamin Edmund, Mattie M., James Alvin and John Mc. In 1876, Mr. Kelso came to Washington county, Penn., and purchased 184 acres in North Strabane township, where he has a beautiful home. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, and in church connection the family are all members of the United Presbyterian Society.

Text taken from page 1451 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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