History of White County, Illinois
Inter-State Publishing
Chicago, Illinois, 1883
Page 650

Isaac Kello

Isaac Kello was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., June 16, 1816. His parents were Nehemiah and Susannah (Bryant) Kello, natives of North Carolina. He was in the war of 1812. He was a chair and wheel-maker by trade. They had a family of seven children. Isaac was the sixth child. When some four years of age he removed with his parents to Claiborne County, Tenn., where he remained on a farm until nineteen, when he came with his brothers and sisters to White County, Ill., and settled in Herald's Prairie, and was joined by his parents some four years after. His parents both died here, his father about 1840, and his mother in 1856. Mr. Kello was married here to Mary Clark, Feb. 26, 1836. She was born in Kentucky, and was a daughter of John and Sarah (Moore) Clark, early settlers of White County. After his marriage Mr. Kello remained in Herald's Prairie until 1832, when he settled on a farm in Burnt Prairie Township, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kello are the parents of twelve children, five living - Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin F. Allen, residing in Kansas; Susannah, wife of Benjamin Austin, resides in Enfield Township; Nehemiah, married Mary E. Tarrant; Isaac, married Mary Gregg, and Barton S., married Mary Austin. The sons all reside on the old homestead. John M. enlisted in Company G, Eighty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans hospital; Isaac, born June 26, 1853, on section 31, Burnt Prairie Township, married Mary E. Gregg, May 3, 1876. She was born in Shawneetown, and was a daughter of John and Malinda (Friar) Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kello have two children - William H., born Feb 20, 1877, Charles H., born March 20, 1882. Mr. Isaac Kello, Jr., owns thirty-one acres. Nehemiah Kello was born in Gallatin County, Ill., July, 1848. When some two years of age he returned with his parents to White County. He married Mary Tarrant, Oct. 29, 1874. She was born in White County, Ill., Sept. 24, 1853. Her parents were James and Mahala (Lankford) Tarrant. Mr. and Mrs. Nehemiah Kello have had three children, two living - Minnie M., born Dec. 29, 1879; Harry G., born Nov. 14, 1880. He owns a farm of thirty acres, all under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kello, Sr., and family are members of the Christian church.