I have been researching the KELLEY family off and on for several years now. I am at a stand still right now as I have not been able to find out who Joseph Kelleys parents were. Joseph became an orphan at an early age. You can read more about his life by clicking on the biographies. Last year on Memorial Day Weekend, my parents and I traveled to Osceola, Iowa to locate the graves of the Kelley family. We were very successful in finding several of them, including Joseph and Harriet (Sturman) Kelley's stone in the Cox Cemetery right outside of Osceola, Iowa, Ward Township. Please feel free to contact me if you have any information on this family. I would love to trade information.
A helpful site to my research on the Kelley surname: