James Kelly, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Michigantown, Clinton county, Ind., and one of the oldest settlers, is of sterling Irish descent. His grandfather, James, came to America anterior to the Revolution. At the outbreak of that heroic struggle he cheerfully forsook his farm, and for eight years bore arms against Albion, the perfidious, in the war for American independence; when the war of 1812 was declared, his patriotic blood was again aroused and he was among the first to volunteer in the defense of his adopted country, and died in battle in 1813. His son, David, was but six years old when he lost his father, and, according to the law of the time, was bound out, and learned the baker's trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, then a backwoods village, composed of a few log cabins. After completing his apprenticeship, he married Nancy, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (SHAFFER) WHITEMAN, of Virginia, and of English descent. In 1829 Mr. Kelly came to Indiana and settled in what is now Clinton county, which he later assisted in organizing. To the union of David and Nancy KELLY were born eleven children, viz: James, Catherine, Henry, Elizabeth, Rebecca, John Jacob, William, Mary, and two that died in infancy.
James Kelly was the seventh child born in Clinton county, and the third
in Mi chigan township. He was reared on his father's homestead and farming
has been his vocation ever since. His education was acquired at one of
the most primi tive of log schoolhouses, an uncouth structure as compared
with the modern br ick of today. It had a clapboard door, a puncheon floor
and greased paper for window-lights, together with rude slabs for seats.
A huge fireplace occupie d one end of the room, the chimney being
comstructed from mud and sticks. They burned small saw-logs in this
fire-place-some five or six feet in length and a foot and a half in
diameter, which it took all the large boys add the no on to roll on the
fire. The master made the pens from the quill of a goose, a nd this was
one of his principal tasks, as the old pioneer fathers insisted t hat
their children should all write well. The teacher boarded around from
h ouse to house, not having any permanent abiding place.
In 1859, Mr. Kelly sett led on his present farm, comrising 270 acres,
to which he has largely added a nd which he has so improved as to make it
unexcelled by any other in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are members of the Christian church and in
politics he is a populist.
"A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Indiana", A.W. Bowen and Company, Chicago, Ill.
James Kelly was the seventh child born in Clinton county, and the third
in Mi chigan township. He was reared on his father's homestead and farming
has been his vocation ever since. His education was acquired at one of
the most primi tive of log schoolhouses, an uncouth structure as compared
with the modern br ick of today. It had a clapboard door, a puncheon floor
and greased paper for window-lights, together with rude slabs for seats.
A huge fireplace occupie d one end of the room, the chimney being
comstructed from mud and sticks. They burned small saw-logs in this
fire-place-some five or six feet in length and a foot and a half in
diameter, which it took all the large boys add the no on to roll on the
fire. The master made the pens from the quill of a goose, a nd this was
one of his principal tasks, as the old pioneer fathers insisted t hat
their children should all write well. The teacher boarded around from
h ouse to house, not having any permanent abiding place.
In 1859, Mr. Kelly sett led on his present farm, comrising 270 acres,
to which he has largely added a nd which he has so improved as to make it
unexcelled by any other in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are members of the Christian church and in
politics he is a populist.
"A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Indiana", A.W. Bowen and Company, Chicago, Ill.
James Kelly, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Michigantown, Clinton county, Ind., and one of the oldest settlers, is of sterling Irish descent. His grandfather, James, came to America anterior to the Revolution. At the outbreak of that heroic struggle he cheerfully forsook his farm, and for eight years bore arms against Albion, the perfidious, in the war for American independence; when the war of 1812 was declared, his patriotic blood was again aroused and he was among the first to volunteer in the defense of his adopted country, and died in battle in 1813. His son, David, was but six years old when he lost his father, and, according to the law of the time, was bound out, and learned the baker's trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, then a backwoods village, composed of a few log cabins. After completing his apprenticeship, he married Nancy, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (SHAFFER) WHITEMAN, of Virginia, and of English descent. In 1829 Mr. Kelly came to Indiana and settled in what is now Clinton county, which he later assisted in organizing. To the union of David and Nancy KELLY were born eleven children, viz: James, Catherine, Henry, Elizabeth, Rebecca, John Jacob, William, Mary, and two that died in infancy.
James Kelly was the seventh child born in Clinton county, and the third
in Mi chigan township. He was reared on his father's homestead and farming
has been his vocation ever since. His education was acquired at one of
the most primi tive of log schoolhouses, an uncouth structure as compared
with the modern br ick of today. It had a clapboard door, a puncheon floor
and greased paper for window-lights, together with rude slabs for seats.
A huge fireplace occupie d one end of the room, the chimney being
comstructed from mud and sticks. They burned small saw-logs in this
fire-place-some five or six feet in length and a foot and a half in
diameter, which it took all the large boys add the no on to roll on the
fire. The master made the pens from the quill of a goose, a nd this was
one of his principal tasks, as the old pioneer fathers insisted t hat
their children should all write well. The teacher boarded around from
h ouse to house, not having any permanent abiding place.
In 1859, Mr. Kelly sett led on his present farm, comrising 270 acres,
to which he has largely added a nd which he has so improved as to make it
unexcelled by any other in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are members of the Christian church and in
politics he is a populist.
"A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Indiana", A.W. Bowen and Company, Chicago, Ill.
James Kelly was the seventh child born in Clinton county, and the third
in Mi chigan township. He was reared on his father's homestead and farming
has been his vocation ever since. His education was acquired at one of
the most primi tive of log schoolhouses, an uncouth structure as compared
with the modern br ick of today. It had a clapboard door, a puncheon floor
and greased paper for window-lights, together with rude slabs for seats.
A huge fireplace occupie d one end of the room, the chimney being
comstructed from mud and sticks. They burned small saw-logs in this
fire-place-some five or six feet in length and a foot and a half in
diameter, which it took all the large boys add the no on to roll on the
fire. The master made the pens from the quill of a goose, a nd this was
one of his principal tasks, as the old pioneer fathers insisted t hat
their children should all write well. The teacher boarded around from
h ouse to house, not having any permanent abiding place.
In 1859, Mr. Kelly sett led on his present farm, comrising 270 acres,
to which he has largely added a nd which he has so improved as to make it
unexcelled by any other in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are members of the Christian church and in
politics he is a populist.
"A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Indiana", A.W. Bowen and Company, Chicago, Ill.
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