LOUIS L. KELLEY, M.D., Biography / Clare County, Michigan


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan.  Chicago: Record Publishing 
Co., 1895.

LOUIS L. KELLEY, M.D.

	Among the numerous and varied professions in which men may rise to eminence, 
there is not one known to the civilized world that claims a higher place in the esteem of 
all than does the "art of healing."  From the earliest times down to the present, there never 
has been a class of men that demanded or received more faith or respectful treatment than 
does the physician.  No one has more fully proven the truth of this assertion than has Dr. 
KELLEY, who located in Farwell in 1875, and is therefore one of the oldest physicians 
of the place, if not of Clare County.

	Our subject was born in Rutland County, Vt., December 29, 1848, to OBEDIAH 
A. and MARY E. (FROST) KELLEY.  The family emigrated to Michigan about 1861, 
and located at Ann Arbor, where the father of our subject engaged in business as a 
photographer.  The mother departed this life in 1879, leaving two sons.  EUGENE A. had 
previously died in the hospital at City Point, Vt. [sic], from the effect of a disease caused 
by overmarching during the Civil War.  During that conflict he served as a member of the 
Vermont Sharpshooters.  He was a student in the Michigan University at the time of his 
enlistment, but, like many other young men, laid down his books and took up the 
instruments of war.  EDWIN D., the second son, was graduated from the Ann Arbor 
University, and afterward became a professor in the Dennison University at Granville, 
Ohio.  He next became a student in the Newton Theological Seminary, near Boston, 
Mass., but on becoming a minister of the Baptist faith, he was accidentally drowned 
about one year later.

	Our subject is the only member of the family now living.  After completing his 
education in the high school of Ann Arbor, he was given a certificate to teach, and for a 
few years followed this vocation in order to secure the necessary funds to enable him to 
carry on his medical studies.  He took a three-years course in the medical department of 
the Michigan University, and was graduated with the Class of '75.  He immediately 
located in Farwell, where he has continued to practice ever since.  In that early day, the 
country being sparsely settled, he was obliged to ride many miles on horseback in order 
to visit his patients.  He is now one of the most popular practitioners of Clare County, and 
as a surgeon he has succeeded admirably, and has performed many difficult and noted 
cures in this vicinity.

	Dr. KELLEY was married, in 1870, to Miss ROSETTA M., daughter of 
GEORGE and SARAH CHERRYMAN.  The lady was born in New York in 1850, and 
by her union with our subject has become the mother of two children: GRACE G. and 
GEORGE E.  They have also an adopted dughter, bearing the name of EDITH M.  The 
Doctor is a strong Republican in politics, and for seven years was Supervisor of Surrey 
Township, and, with the exception of two years, during this time was Chairman of the 
board.  He has also rendered valuable service as School Director.  In social affairs he 
belongs to the Subordinate and Encampment Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows and served both as Treasurer for many years.  At present he is Grand Herald of 
the Grand Lodge in this order.

	When the Doctor located here he commenced without a dollar, but so successful 
has he been in his practice that he is now the owner of several very valuable farms, one of 
which embraces five hundred acres in close proximity to Farwell.

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LOUIS L. KELLY, M.D., Biography / Clare County, Michigan

Biographical History of Northern Michigan.  B.F. Bowen & Company, 1905.

LOUIS L. KELLY, M.D.

	The subject of this review is one of the representative citizens and leading 
members of the medical fraternity in Clare county, being engaged in the practice of his 
profession in the attractive little city of Farwell and also being incumbent of the office of 
supervisor of Surrey township.

	The Doctor is a native of the old Green Mountain state, which has contributed so 
largely to the personnel of the population of Michigan, the New England element having 
been one of the most potent in connection with the founding and upbuilding of this great 
commonwealth.  Dr. KELLY was born near the city of Rutland, Vermont, on the 29th of 
December, 1848, and is a son of OBEDIAH and MARY KELLY, both of whom are now 
deceased.  Our subject was reared to the age of thirteen years in his native state, where he 
received his rudimentary education discipline in the public schools.  He then 
accompanied his parents on their removal to Michigan, the family locating in Ann Arbor, 
where he continued his educational work, finally entering the medical department of the 
University of Michigan in that city, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 
1875, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine and coming forth admirably equipped 
for the work of his noble profession.  Soon after his graduation he located in Farwell, 
where he established himself in practice and where he has ever since continued to reside.  
He is to be considered one of the pioneer physicians and surgeons of the county and he 
has been prominently indentified with the industrial and civic progress and development 
of his home town and county, while he has ever retained a strong hold upon the 
confidence and esteem of the people of the community, where his friends are in number 
as his acquaintances.  The Doctor is the owner of about two thousand acres of land, 
nearly all of which is in Clare county, while of this estate about four hundred acres are 
under effective cultivation and well improved.  In connection with agricultural pursuits 
the Doctor devotes special attention to the raising of cattle, sheep and Angora goats, and 
has made this a profitable department of his extensive farming enterprise.

	Dr. KELLY has ever taken an active interest in public affairs of a local nature and 
has been a prominent factor in political circles, being a stanch advocate of the principles 
and policies of the Republican party.  In November, 1904, he was elected representative 
of Clare district, comprising the counties of Clare, Galdwin and Roscommon, thus 
becoming a member of the all-Republican legislature of 1904-5.  He has held various 
township offices, including that of supervisor, of which he has been incumbent almost 
continuously since 1888, while at the time of this writing he is president of the village of 
Farwell.  In his official life he has amply justified the confidence and esteem reposed in 
him by his fellow citizens and his popularity is  of the most unequivocal order.  Dr. 
KELLY is prominently identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the 
Modern Woodmen of America, and in the former he has for many years represented his 
lodge, Farwell Lodge, No. 210, in the grand lodge of the state.

	In Macomb county, Michigan, in 1875, Dr. KELLY was united in marriage to 
Miss ROSETTA CHERRYMAN, who was born in the state of New York, whence she 
came with her parents to Michigan when a child.  Dr. and Mrs. KELLY have three 
children, namely: EDITH, who is the wife of ROY HUBBARD, of Boyne Falls, 
Michigan; and GENEVIEVE and G. EUGENE, who remain at the parental home.


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