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William John Kelly graduated from Linden High School in 1891 before it became a four year course. He farmed on a farm northwest of Laxey Church. He moved to Mineral Point where he was a partner with his brother-in-law Ernest Baxter in a grocery store on High Street. he moved back to the farm and then to a small acreage in the west part of Dodgeville, Wis. Uncle Will was an excellent gardener and raised lots of vegetables (some of them he sold) from his Dodgeville location. Uncle Will and aunt Allie moved to Platteville where both children attended school. Later they moved to Thornton, Illinois to live with son Richard.
From LeRoy Reese
ALLIE B. RICHARDS did not like her middle name Blanch so she did not use it. She was born on a farm near Viola, Wisconsin in Vernon County. She was the youngest of three children. Her sister Stella Richards Boehmer was then years her senior and her brother Jerrie was five years older. She attended high school in Viroqua, a small city in Vernon County about ten miles from Viola but I am not certain when she graduated. My grandfathers journal states that he sold his farm in 1891 and then lived in the village of Viola until 1892 when the family moved to Viroqua. My mother would have been 17 years old at the time and I am quite sure that I remember her telling me that she was sixteen when she finished high school. I definately remember her saying that she finished in 3 years. I think that she then attended a teachers institute at Viroqua for a year after she taught in rural school. It was there that she formed her friendship with Ella Wilson Kelly, our Aunt Ella. Aunt Ella was 7 years older than my mother and I think that at the time she was a teacher in the teacher's institute. It was in Viroqua that she former her strong friendship with Mabelle Treseder Gardnder. IF any two cold be called "best friends" it was those two. IT was Jim Treseder, Mabelle's father who claimed credit for bringing my mother and father together. Jim also claimed credit for bringing Ella Wilson and Frederick Thomas Kelly together. Jim's wife "Belle" was my father's first cousin. A major event in my mother's life and in many other in 1893 was attending the Worlds Fair in Chicago. She spent a good part of the summer that year with her married sister Stella Boehmer who lived in Oak Park, IL. IN 1897 or 1898 she graduated from The Platteville Normal School, now University of Wisconsin, Platteville. She then secured a position teaching first grade in the Viroqua public school, a position she held until her marriage in 1910. Mother had many good friends. She and Mabelle were two of a group of five or six Viroqua girls who kept in close touch as long as they lived. After her marriage she served on the school board for the Sunny Slope rural school. When we lived in Mineral Point served as superintendent of the Sunday School. Mother had red hair and a temper to go with it, both of which I inherited. As I remember her hair was more of a auburn tan mine but then I got my red hair from both sides of the family. Like many women of her time mother was perfectly at ease with hoses. She had her own buggy horse, a mare named Trilby who lived to the ripe old age of 25. Mother was perfectly capable of harnessing a horse and as I remember she drove with confidence, not that she wasn't perfectly willing to let my father do both when he was available.
Richard A. Kelly
William John Kelly graduated from Linden High School in 1891 before it became a four year course. He farmed on a farm northwest of Laxey Church. He moved to Mineral Point where he was a partner with his brother-in-law Ernest Baxter in a grocery store on High Street. he moved back to the farm and then to a small acreage in the west part of Dodgeville, Wis. Uncle Will was an excellent gardener and raised lots of vegetables (some of them he sold) from his Dodgeville location. Uncle Will and aunt Allie moved to Platteville where both children attended school. Later they moved to Thornton, Illinois to live with son Richard.
From LeRoy Reese
ALLIE B. RICHARDS did not like her middle name Blanch so she did not use it. She was born on a farm near Viola, Wisconsin in Vernon County. She was the youngest of three children. Her sister Stella Richards Boehmer was then years her senior and her brother Jerrie was five years older. She attended high school in Viroqua, a small city in Vernon County about ten miles from Viola but I am not certain when she graduated. My grandfathers journal states that he sold his farm in 1891 and then lived in the village of Viola until 1892 when the family moved to Viroqua. My mother would have been 17 years old at the time and I am quite sure that I remember her telling me that she was sixteen when she finished high school. I definately remember her saying that she finished in 3 years. I think that she then attended a teachers institute at Viroqua for a year after she taught in rural school. It was there that she formed her friendship with Ella Wilson Kelly, our Aunt Ella. Aunt Ella was 7 years older than my mother and I think that at the time she was a teacher in the teacher's institute. It was in Viroqua that she former her strong friendship with Mabelle Treseder Gardnder. IF any two cold be called "best friends" it was those two. IT was Jim Treseder, Mabelle's father who claimed credit for bringing my mother and father together. Jim also claimed credit for bringing Ella Wilson and Frederick Thomas Kelly together. Jim's wife "Belle" was my father's first cousin. A major event in my mother's life and in many other in 1893 was attending the Worlds Fair in Chicago. She spent a good part of the summer that year with her married sister Stella Boehmer who lived in Oak Park, IL. IN 1897 or 1898 she graduated from The Platteville Normal School, now University of Wisconsin, Platteville. She then secured a position teaching first grade in the Viroqua public school, a position she held until her marriage in 1910. Mother had many good friends. She and Mabelle were two of a group of five or six Viroqua girls who kept in close touch as long as they lived. After her marriage she served on the school board for the Sunny Slope rural school. When we lived in Mineral Point served as superintendent of the Sunday School. Mother had red hair and a temper to go with it, both of which I inherited. As I remember her hair was more of a auburn tan mine but then I got my red hair from both sides of the family. Like many women of her time mother was perfectly at ease with hoses. She had her own buggy horse, a mare named Trilby who lived to the ripe old age of 25. Mother was perfectly capable of harnessing a horse and as I remember she drove with confidence, not that she wasn't perfectly willing to let my father do both when he was available.
Richard A. Kelly
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1872 - 1962 (89 years)