--WebTV-Mail-1096812969-1736 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Not my line, but passing it on ...... might help someone else ..... --WebTV-Mail-1096812969-1736 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (207.79.35.92) by postoffice-221.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:49:26 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <BEberh5501@aol.com> Received: from imo23.mx.aol.com (imo23.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.67]) by mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id QAA03099; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:49:24 -0800 (PST) From: BEberh5501@aol.com Received: from BEberh5501@aol.com by imo23.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id FXKOa00365 for <gregmyers@webtv.net>; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:21:13 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <46dc0862.366f13f9@aol.com> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:21:13 EST To: gregmyers@webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Kelly Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 52 Greg, Here is the bio: History of Van Buren Co. O.W. Rowland 1912 page 1128 Jame Kelley is one of the prominent farmers in Van Buren county. Most men will succeed better as employes than as employers, and that fact gives the reason why so many men buy farms and lose them, through their inability to systematize things and conduct their farms on a paying basis. The reason of the failure is not because they do not work enough, but they do not use their brains sufficiently. This has not been the fault of Mr. Kelly, who has made a success of farming. He found it impossible to leave the agricultural life, though he tried for a time, then found the call of the land too strong for him, and back to the farm he returned. He has not only been able to secure a competency for himself and his family, but he has done much for the betterment of the township in which he resides. The birth of James Kelly occurred in the township where he farms today, the date of his nativity being September 2, 1864. He is a son of Michael and Mary (Mahoney) Kelley, both natives of Ireland, who emigrated from the Emerald Isle about 1849, coming direct to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where they farmed for several years, and then traded their land for the eighty-acre tract on sections 7 and 8 , which is owned by James Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley, Sr., raised a family of seven children. whose names are as follows: John , deceased; Michael, deceased; Frank, residing in Oklahoma City; James, the subject of this sketch; George, residing in Dowagiac; Jennie, the wife of John Rapp; Anna, deceased. One child died in infancy. In 1887 , in the month of February, the father was summoned to the life eternal , and then years later on July 12, the demise of the mother occured. The boyhood of James Kelley was spent on this father's farm, and he attended the neighboring school. He learned to perform those duties which are required of a boy brought up as he was, and after he finished his educational training he devoted his whole time to assisting to cultivate the soil, remaining at home until he was twenty-three years of age, the year that his father died. He then determined to try city life, and went to Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for a year and a half. Eighteen months was sufficient to convince him that he was better qualified to make a success as a farmer than in any other capacity, and he returned home , under took the management of the old homestead, which he now owns. He does general farming to some extent, but makes a specialty of raising horses, cattle, and hogs, doing an extensive trade in live stock. In religious belief Mr. Kelley is a Catholic, and in politics he has never cared to unite with any party, preferring to vote independently and select his man for office, considering the qualifications of the candidate rather than party supremacy. Mr. Kelley is unmarried, and has many friends amongst his neighbors, who have for him the high regard which his uprightness of character merits. Well that is it. I sure hope it helps in someway for you to find your family. Barb --WebTV-Mail-1096812969-1736--