Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Kelsey, Richard 1833 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Kelsey, Richard. A native of England, born August 15, 1833. When but a mere
child his parents emigrated to the United States, and after spending about two
years in Illinois, they moved to Indiana, thence to Quincy, Illinois, resided
two years, and from there to Alton, same State, where the subject of our sketch
received his education. In 1854 he emigrated to California, but immediately went
to Nevada and followed mining, where he remained until 1873, making altogether
nineteen and one-half years in the mines. He came to this county in June 1873.
After a residence in Petaluma of about three months, he settled upon his present
estate of one hundred and sixty acres. He married, on November 6, 1861, Miss
Mary McCarthy, a native of Ireland. By this union they have five living
children: Richard, Mary H., Daniel M., Thomas and Anna R. Have lo3t two: Edward
and Johnnie.

Additional Comments:
Vallejo Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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