Biographical Sketch of Arthur Kelsey, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Arthur Kelsey is one of the successful agriculturists of Washington 
County, and, although only a resident of the county since 1883, it has
been a sufficient length of time for him to establish his reputation 
as a progressive farmer.  He was born in Ireland July 28, 1822, and is
the son of William and Mary E. (Knox) Kelsey, also natives of Ireland,
and the former a farmer by occupation.  Arthur was reared to farming,
and in 1847 immigrated to the United States, settling first in New
Jersey, whence he went to Dutchess County, N. Y.  In 1850 he removed
to New Orleans, and for five years was engaged in draying and transfer-
ring.  In 1855 he went to Atchison County, Kas., remaining in that 
State nine years, thence going to St. Louis County, Mo., where he 
purchased a farm of sixty acres, for which he paid $125 per acre.  He
disposed of his farm in St. Louis County in 1883 in order to get more
land, and subsequently located in Washington County, purchasing his
present farm of 837 acres, one of the choicest pieces of property in
the county.  In 1848 he married Miss Bedelia Rooney, who was born in
Kilkenny, Ireland.  Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey have five children, viz.:
William, James, Ellen, Arthur and Minnie.

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