Buried at G.A.R. Lot in Section 24.

William Kelley
May 5, 1847 - December 29, 1894

9th Battery Mass. Vols.; Priv.; Res. East Cambridge; glass marker; 18; transf. from 1st Battery, March 12, 1865; must. out June 6, 1865. See 1st Battery Mass. Lt. Arty. (3 yrs.).

1st Battery Mass. Vols.; Priv.; Res. East Cambridge; glass marker; 18; enl. and must. Jany. 19, 1864; transf. to 9th Batty. See 9th Batty. Mass. Lt. Arty.

Name on Stone:

• W. ? Kelly, 1st Mass. Batt'y

Information from Headstones of Union Civil War Veterans

• Name: Kelly, William
• Rank: Pvt.
• Regiment: 1st Batt'y. Mass. L. A.
• Cemetery: Forest Dale
• At: Malden, Mass.
• Grave: No. 129 - Sol. Home Lot
• Date of Death: Dec. 29, 1894
• Headstone Supplied By: W. H. Gross, Lee Mass.
• Contract Dated: Feb'y 24, 1896

Cemetery Records:

• Name: Kelley, William
• Int. No. 1738
• Location: Grave 1, Lot 13-B, Section 24
• Date of Interment: December 31, 1894
• Age: 47-7-24
• Date of Death: December 29, 1894
• Place of Death: Soldiers Home, Chelsea, Mass.
• Cause of Death: Odema of Lungs
• Undertaker: H. H. Carter
• Name of Owner: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Remarks: Soldiers Home Lot - Grave 129

Map of Grave Location
Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
Section 24, Lot 129

Obituary

The Boston Globe - December 30, 1894

Veteran Dies at Soldiers' Home.

William Kelley died at the Soldiers' home, Chelsea, yesterday, aged 47. He was a resident of Boston and served in the 1st Massachusetts battery and the light artillery. The funeral will be at the Soldiers' home Monday.