DANIEL MATTHEW KELLY, Sanders Volume III, Jefferson Co., MT USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. "List transcribed and organized by Ellen Rae Thiel, thieljl@aol.com All rights reserved." Copyright, 1998 by Ellen Rae Thiel. This file may be freely copied for non-profit purposes. All other rights reserved. DANIEL MATTHEW KELLY: - pg 1669 From Sanders Volume III History of Montana published 1913 SURNAMES FOUND IN THIS BIOGRAPHY: CLAW; TOWERS; HASTINGS; GRUBER; WADE; BARRY A brilliant and able young lawyer of Boulder, Montana, is Daniel Matthew Kelly, who has been located in this city since 1908, and whose splendid standing as a lawyer when in Whitehall, Montana, was stamped with highest approval by his elevation to the office of county attorney of Jefferson county. He is now associated in the practice of the law with his brother, James Edward Kelly, their partnership constituting a combination of strong legal talent. Mr. Kelly is one of the good citizens given to Montana by the Hawkeye state, his birth having occurred on August 19, 1880, in Blackhawk county, near Waterloo, Iowa. He received his early education in the country school and subsequently entered Tilford College at Vinton, from which institution of learning he has graduated at the age of twenty one years. Having come to the conclusion to adopt the law as his profession, he attacked his Blackstone at the university of Iowa in Iowa City. He first came to Montana in 1902 and for two years taught school Madison and Beaverhead counties. He subsequently returned to the University of Iowa, where he finished his professional studies and in 1905 received the well earned degree of LL. B. In the fall of the year mentioned he returned to Whitehall, Montana, and there first hung up his professional shingle. In the fall of the following year, in evidence of the high regard in which he was held, he was elected county attorney and served two terms in this office with satisfaction to all concerned. He removed to Boulder, at the beginning of his first term, with whose opportunities and future prospects he was much impressed, and there he is now located, secure in the possession of a large and growing clientele. He and his brother, James Edward Kelly, are in partnership. Mr. Kelly, immediate subject of this brief record, is a man of strong character, and believes in doing his duty regardless of conditions, surroundings of influences, as was demonstrated during his first term in office. In May, 1907, the North Coast Limited, on the Northern Pacific Railway, was held up by masked men and Engineer Claw was killed. Towers, Hastings and Gruber were arrested fro the crime, and in the hardest fought criminal case in the history of Montana, Mr. Kelly carried matters to a successful issue and secured convictions in each case. While he has no official connection with the county at present, he is occasionally called in as special prosecutor. Recently, in November, 1911, he convicted the two Pipestone Springs murderers. He has a fine legal mind, is of much promise, and stands for the success of good government. Mr. Kelly was married June 3, 1908, to Lillian Wade, daughter of Samuel and Martha Wade, of Whitehall, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly maintain a charming and hospitable home and are held in high esteem. Mr. Kelly is Catholic in religious conviction and is affiliated with the Catholic order, the Knights of Columbus. He is an out of door man and very fond of fishing and camping. He has always taken a loyal interest in Democratic politics and has ever been ready to go anywhere, to do anything for the success of the cause. He had no legal residence prior to settling in Whitehall, an dit is somewhat remarkable that he had been there but one years when he received the nomination to the county attorneyship. Mr. Kelly's father, Patrick Daniel Kelly, was seventy four years of age on November 1, 1911. He was born in Ireland, County Cork, came to America as a young man and he and his worthy wife still live on the farm which was the birthplace of their twelve children. The family consisted of nine boys and three girls, Mr. Kelly being the fifth boy. The mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Barry, was born in London, England, and is about sixty four years of age at the present time. They are prominent and highly respected citizens and very proud of their children, who though early thrown upon their own resources were only made the stronger by it.