Kathleen Haynes McCaw

Family/Spouse: Kruger E. Litle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Haynes Kelley: "Uncle Jack--it was kind of funny--Uncle Jack loved to compare bald spots with my dad. It was a big deal. Jack had a bigger bald spot than Daddy did, and so Jack decided he needed a toupee. He was proud of that toupee. It was a part of who he was. It was funny. And I think somewhat of a status symbol. It was important not to be bald, and he could afford a toupee, so he had one."

John married Grace Kathleen Kelley on 20 May 1939. Grace (daughter of Cott Covington Kelley and Sallie Louise Haynes) was born on 22 Jul 1914 in Huntington Park,Los Angles,California; died in 1993 in Birmingham,Alabama; was buried in Elmwood Cemetary,Birmingham,Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On some records, including a family tree recorded on the back of a 1950
election ballot by his son Haynes, Cott's first name was shown to be
Cotton but he swore it was always Cott. That same family tree showed
Cott's place of birth as "Gold City, Simpson Co. KY".

Cott married Sallie Louise Haynes on 9 Jun 1912 in Souix City,Iowa. Sallie (daughter of Dr. William Henry Haynes and May Ida Weaver) was born on 25 Jun 1883 in Moore's Hill,Indiana; died on 12 Jun 1978 in Birmingham,Alabama; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery,Birmingham,Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A family tree, recorded on the back of a 1950 election ballot by her son
Haynes, showed her first name as "Sara".

It was said that if she had been a man, she'd be the chairman of General Motors.

The Haynes girls Grace and Louise lived with my great grandparents parents, the George Mattox family, for some time in a little house near the corner of Manchester and Moore Streets in Aurora, Indiana. I believe it was equivalent to their high school years. I have a vague recollection of their mother having died or being very sick, I also vaguely believe their father may have been a doctor. What I am sure of is that the house was full---two Mattox girls, Mary Ruth and Rosa Lee as well as two boys. (Somewhere I have a picture of a party of girls all lying on a bed smiling and clowning around. The four girls are in the picture, which I will eventually find.) The result was that the women were friends all their lives. In about 1959 or so they decided to have a get-together here at our house in Springfield. My mother Frances Platt Bradley and I were living with my grandmother Mary Ruth Platt. They came by train and stayed about a week. I was about 15 at the time and it was long ago, but a few memories remain. Most particularly I remember the mood. It seemed like we spent a week laughing. There were a lot of shared memories and old in-jokes. One I remember particularly. There had been a car trip to Springfield in the thirties I think, a time when our then new man made lake was filling up. Apparently my mother and uncle had made a big deal of it and when taken out to see it. The Robergs particularly thought it was a great joke so that even in the fifties the folks from the coast were still making fun of our puddle. I remember both women as being very proud of their children and bragging about them. Louise struck me as warm and friendly with a nice common touch. Grace was my favorite. She was elegant, dressed to the nines (shopped at I, Magnin) and conversed with a teenage boy as if he were an adult. Louise told us about Birmingham and Grace told us all about Bellingham Washington where they lived and where Ralph had a paper factory. They also had a house in the woods called Woodwinds, which I thought sounded very exotic. After that I know Louise continued to write regularly a line of round hand writing. My mother had a brother George who taught law at the University of Oregon and on some trips out there she would call or see Jane Roberg. Phil Bradley, Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 2011

Notes:

Cott & Sallie met at the University of Kentucky.

John married Mahala Eliza Mayes on 12 Apr 1874. Mahala (daughter of William Smith Mayes and May D. Hobdy) was born on 20 Sep 1849 in Sherwood, TX; died on 18 Jun 1928 in Franklin, KY; was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Simpson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A family tree, recorded on the back of a 1950 election ballot by William
Haynes Kelley, showed her name as Mahala Eliza Mays. A photograph
from William Haynes and Ida Millar Kelley showed a man and woman and
on the back was noted "J. W. & Eliza Kelley, mother of Cott C. Kelley,
Walter P. Kelley and Mittee Kelley Pepper". W. H. Kelley, Jr. has a copy of
that photo.

The National Academy biographical memoir of Walter P. Kelley (Biographical Memoirs, vol. XL, Columbia University Press, 1969) states his wife's name as Mary Eliza (Mayes) Kelley.

Notes:

According to Haynes family tree by William Haynes Kelley -
Born in Aurora, IN. Soon moved to Wilmington, IN. Attended Wilmington
Academy and Moore's Hill College, a Methodist preachers college (now
University of Evansville). Taught school at 17 and worked in drug store.
Married May Ida on 8/30/82. Went to Ohio Medical College in Cincinatti
and soon afterward moved to Indianapolis to practice medicine. In 1902
moved Aurora to continue his practice until his death (from pneumonia).
Graduated Med school in 1888.

Elizabeth Haynes Kelley has wedding ring he gave May Ida. It came from
her grandmother Sallie Louise Haynes.

William married May Ida Weaver on 30 Aug 1882 in Dillsboro,Indiana. May (daughter of Samuel Martin Weaver and Sarah Ann Frazier Abraham) was born on 22 Aug 1859 in Dillsboro,Indiana; died on 1 Jul 1895 in Indianapolis,Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Weaver family tree by William Haynes Kelley -
May have been born in Brownsburg

Died:
Ann Christy: "Nana K's mother died, TB I think, when she and Aunt Grace were young children."