T. J. M. Kelley

Thomas Jefferson Marion Kelley Sr. (April 15, 1855 – October 10, 1912) was an American physician and politician who represented Glascock County in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1900 to 1906.

Early life and education
Thomas Jefferson Marion Kelley was born on April 15, 1855, in Washington, Georgia, the third of ten children of Captain George W. Kelley, a farmer, mill-man, merchant, lumber trader and Confederate States Army Civil War veteran. A Georgia native, George Kelley was described as having been very active in the development of Alachua County, Florida. Kelley was reared and educated mainly in Sandersville, Georgia, first reading medicine under his older brother, J. L. Kelley. Graduating in 1880, he took a course at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Medical College of Georgia.

Career
Kelley began his medicine practice in Gibson, county seat of Glascock County, Georgia. In 1900, he was elected to represent Glascock County in the Georgia House of Representatives, an office he held for three terms, ending in 1906. Kelley supported a platform of tax cuts and ballot reform. In 1906, Kelley was listed as one of five “energetic members of the lower house” by the Atlanta Constitution.

Personal life
On November 10, 1881, Kelley married Ida V. Logue. After her death in 1884, Kelley married her first cousin, Mollie Logue, on October 1, 1884. His wife Mollie died in 1909. In 1910, Kelley contracted paralysis after suffering from a stroke, leaving his speech seriously affected for the final two years of his life. Kelley died at age 57 on October 10, 1912, in Gibson, Georgia, and was survived by a brother, three sisters, two daughters and four sons.