Bio of KELLY, Edward P. (b.1875), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 513-514
EDWARD P. KELLY
Although one of the more recent additions to the legal fraternity of
Minneapolis, Edward P. Kelly has devoted nineteen years to the practice of law
and he has already won a well established position in professional circles of
the city, having demon­strated his ability to handle intricate and involved
litigated interests. He was born in Austin, Minnesota, July 20, 1875, a son of
Michael and Anna (Brennan) Kelly, both of whom were natives of Ireland. About
1860 they emigrated to the United States, first locating in Virginia, and in
1870 they came to the Northwest, settling in Mower county, in the southeastern
part of Minnesota, where the father followed the occupation of farming.
In the acquirement of an education Edward P. Kelly attended the public schools
of Austin, Minnesota, and then entered the law department of the State
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated in 1903. In the
same year he was admitted to the bar and located for practice at Austin,
remaining there for three years. He then went to Carrington, North Dakota, where
he maintained a law office until January, 1920, and then came to Minneapolis,
where he has since success­fully followed his profession, being located in the
Metropolitan Bank building. His legal acumen soon won recognition on the part of
the general public and he is build­ing up a large clientele. He possesses an
analytical, well trained mind and has never lost the attitude of a student
toward his profession. In trial he is ready and resource­ful and his logic
carries conviction to the minds of court and jury.
On June 6, 1906, Mr. Kelly married Miss Louise A. Minert of Waukon, Iowa. While
never neglectful of the duties of citizenship, he has never had political
aspirations, nor is he a clubman, preferring to spend his leisure hours in his
home. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, serving as a non-commissioned
officer of the Twelfth Minnesota Infantry, and his professional connections are
with the Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. He
subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession and in a
calling in which advancement depends upon individual merit and ability he has
worked his way steadily upward, while his upright policy has gained for him the
respect and confidence of his fellow practitioners and also of the general
public.