FIRST NAME: Kelly
B LAST
NAME: Harvey ROLE: Political
OTHER NAMES:
BORN: Sept 6, 1859 WHERE: Indiana
DIED: Nov 5, 1941 WHERE: Los
Angeles, CA
MOTHER: Jane
Kelly (1826-1900)
FATHER: Henry
Harvey (1816-1894)
NATIONALITY:
SPOUSEs Mattie Lee Gunnison Hinckley
(widow) (1862-1899) m. Oct 14, 1895 Mobile AL
Elva Lorraine
Park (1858-1939) m. Nov 29, 1901 Manhattan New York
CHILDREN Edwin K. Hinckley (Mattie’s son age 9 in 1900 census)
Marina
Hinckley/Harvey (age 2 in 1900 census)
PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION: surveyor, musician, boat captain
RELATIONSHIPS: John Cross, Isaac Trabue, Elam B Carleton, Benton
Hinckley, Ephraem Goldstein, Perry and Mariam McAdow,
PLACES AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF RESIDENCE: Fairmount, Indiana (1860 census); Clark,
Montgomery County, Indiana (1880 census); Trabue, Florida, 1885; New York, NY
1924, Los Angeles, CA
OCCUPATION, SPHERE OF ACTIVITY: First surveyor to plat new
town of Trabue in Nov & Dec 1884; Played the clarinet in community
performances; Appointed as post master; Fee collector for the port of Punta
Gorda; Weather observer for the Weather Bureau; Ship and Real Estate broker; Operated
the boat “Lorraine” for mail service and “Marina” as a ferry from Punta Gorda
to various
TITLES AND HONORS: 1887 appointed by the DeSoto County
Commission president of the organization to represent various communities in
the county at the Subtropical Exposition to be held in Jacksonville in winter
1888.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Kelly B. Harvey surveyed and platted the town of Trabue. He
was one of the leaders of the movement to incorporate the city and change its
name to Punta Gorda in 1887. Harvey was an accomplished musician who played an
important part in the town’s first band and orchestra. He was a member of the
first city council and a president of the board of trade.
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