Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kelsey, Levi "Tip" Martin 1886
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KELSEY, LEVI (TIP) MARTIN:
   THE IONIA SENTINEL, MICH.; October 28, 1886:  "Sudden Death of L. M. Kelsey.
 Saturday morning while L. M. Kelsey was working in a field on his farm he felt
something within him give away, and immediately his breathing became labored and
very difficult.  Dr. Allen was summoned, and the patient was soon relieved and
felt much better in the afternoon, but did not go out.  In the evening several
neighbors called at the house and a pleasant social evening was spent.  They
finally left, but his brother, who lives only a few rods distant, had hardly
reached his home, when he was overtaken by a servant, who informed him that
"Tip" was dying.  The brother turned back, and the doctor was again sent for,
but "Tip" breathed his last, before he arrived, at about 9 o'clock.  Mr.
Kelsey's brother "Treat" had died of the same (heart) disease in 1863, falling
dead in the road; and one sister and his father died in a similar manner. 
Several days before his death Mr. Kelsey had premonitions of it and many times
expressed a desire to talk with his brother on the subject.  The surviving
daughter, and other members of the family, have the sympathy of the entire
community in their sad bereavement.
   Levi Martin Kelsey, familiarly known as "Tip", was born in Monroe county, N.
Y., February 16, 1840, during the famous "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" campaign. 
He was the fourth son of Levi Kelsey, and came to Michigan in 1854, and settled
on the homestead with his father's family.  He was a successful farmer, a kind
and indulgent husband and father, and a neighbor who enjoyed the respect and
good will of all who knew him.  His only daughter, Agnes, survived him.


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