Bio of KELLY, Patrick J. (b.1868), 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 III, pg 575
PATRICK J. KELLY
Minnesota, with its pulsing manufacturing and industrial activities, has also
afforded a broad field of labor for those who control financial institutions and
interests and it is this connection that Patrick J. Kelly figures, being the
president of the Gateway State Bank. He was born in Hannibal, Missouri, March
18, 1868, and is a son of John and Mary (Canty) Kelly, both of whom were natives
of Ireland, whence they came to America in the year 1866, making their way to
Hannibal, where their remaining days were passed.
Patrick J. Kelly was reared under the parental roof and attended the public
schools of his native city, while after leaving school he turned his attention
to railroading, in which he engaged for a time. He left Hannibal in 1890, when
twenty-two years of age, making his way to Sioux City, Iowa, where he resided
until 1890, when he went to Mankato, Minnesota, and there lived until 1906. That
year wit­nessed his arrival in Minneapolis and through the intervening period he
has made his home here. He took over the wholesale liquor business of J. C.
Oswald upon the latter's death and the firm name was changed to the
Kelly-Steinmetz Liquor Company, wholesale dealers. They continued in the
business until the prohibition law went into effect, when they withdrew from
that field and today the firm, under the name of the Kelly Brothers Company, is
actively engaged in the real estate business and in handling bonds and
investments. Of this company P. J. Kelly is the president. He has also found a
profitable field of labor in banking, having become one of the organizers of the
Gateway State Bank, which was formed in September, 1915, and of which he later
became vice president, while in 1919 he was elected to the presidency and has
remained the chief executive head of this institution, which is one of the
substantial and growing banks of Minneapolis. It is now capitalized for one
hundred thousand dollars and has a surplus of fifty thousand dollars. In
addi­tion to his other interests Mr. Kelly is a director of the Franklin Motor
Car Com­pany and in all things that he has undertaken he has met with success,
wisely and carefully directing his interests along the paths that led to
prosperity.
On the 24th of May, 1904, Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Celia Morain of Iowa. He
was formerly quite active in politics and was a prominent worker in democratic
circles but his attention is not directed to any great extent in that channel at
the present time. He belongs to the Minneapolis Athletic Club, to the Elks Club
and to the Interlachen Country Club and he is a director and the treasurer of
the Minneapolis Baseball Association. Mr. Kelly has led a life of marked
activity and it is characteristic of him that when he sees one avenue of
opportunity closed he carves out other paths whereby to reach his desired goal.
Step by step he has advanced in the attainment of success until as the head of
important banking, real estate and other interests, he is now in control of
business that is bringing to him most gratify­ing financial returns, whereby he
has won a place among the men of affluence in his adopted city.