Edmund Kelly (May 23, 1818 - October 4, 1894) was the first African-American Baptist minister ordained in Tennessee. He escaped slavery in the 1840s to New England and returned after the US Civil War. He worked as a preacher and teacher in Columbia, Tennessee and was a frequent participant in national Baptist Conventions.
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Edmund Kelly 23 May 1818 Columbia, Tennessee, USA
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4 October 1894 (aged 76) New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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