Samuel Blythe Kello Sr

Served as the second clerk of Virginia courts in Southampton from 1773 to 1798 (25 years).

Birth 1748 Southampton County, Virginia

Death 1803 Millfield Plantation, Manry, Southampton County, Virginia, USA (aged 54–55)

Burial Kello Cemetery, Berlin, Southampton County, Virginia. The Kello cemetery located on Millfield Road (Rt. 605)

He married Margaret Belsches on 26 Jan 1773 in Surrey, Virginia.

Margaret was the daughter of Patrick Belches

He and Margaret were the parents of five children:

Samuel Blythe Kello, Jr. (1775 – 1814)

Dr. James Kello ( – 1820)

Elizabeth Kello ( – )

Polly Kello Blow ( – )

Richard B Kello (1803 – 1832)

Served as the second clerk of Virginia courts in Southampton.

Second owner of Mahone's Tavern. See Mahone's Tavern and Museum website at mahonestavern.org,

Sheriff Southampton County 1854-1857, 1863-1865, and 1867-1869

    Three generation of the Kello family served as clerk of Courts for Southampton County, Virginia.
  1. Richard Kello, from 1748 to 1773, (25 years).
  2. Samuel Kello, from 1773 to 1798 (25 years).
  3. Samuel Kello, Jr. from 1798 to 1815, - (17 years).

See burial information at Find A Grave.

Samuel Blythe Kello Jr (1755-1814)

Served as the third clerk of Virginia courts in Southampton from 1798 to 1815 (17 years).

Birth 1755 Southampton County, Virginia

Death 1814 Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia (aged 58–59)

Burial Kello Cemetery, Berlin, Southampton County, Virginia. The Kello cemetery located on Millfield Road (Rt. 605)

Served as the third clerk of Virginia courts in Southampton.

He married Sarah Ann "Sally" Summerell (1m) (1831–1863) on 29 Apr 1850 in Southampton County, Virginia

He and Martha were the parents of three children:

Matilda B "Mattie" Kello-(1852–1940)

Richard Henry Kello (1853–1908)

Samuel Blythe Kello III (1858–1884)

He married Virginia Eleanor Council (2m) (1841–) on on 25 April 1866 in Norfolk, Virginia.

He and Mattie had four children:

Henry "Harry" Judson Perdie Kello(1867–1955)

Charles Blount Kello (1869-1941)

Margaret E. Kelly(1874–)

Lelia R Kello(1878–)

Dr Samuel Blythe Kello, Jr was a physician. He attended University of Pennsylvania earning a Medical Degree with a Specialty of Acute Gastritis.

Samuel Blythe Kello Jr died at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth, Virginia, a post Named for General Thomas Nelson, governor of Virginia. Fort Nelson (1776-1779, 1794-1824), originally established in 1776 during the Revolutionary War, was attacked 9 May 1779 and burned down. It was rebuilt in 1794 near the present location of the Portsmouth Naval Hospital and abandoned in 1824.

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See Kello Cemetery info here.

[1] Richmond Whig, Vol: XVIII, Issue 28, Page 2, Date: Tuesday, 6 April 1841 -