Charles A. Kelley Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1062-1065 (no pages 1063-1064) 
	in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, 
	Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice 
	Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

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				JUDGE CHARLES A. KELLEY. 

	Judge Charles A. Kelley, who is now serving for the second term 
as county judge of Beadle county, is a prominent and leading 
representative of the legal profession in Huron, and held the office of 
states attorney from 1902 until 1906. His birth occurred in Illinois on 
the 21st of November, 1874, his parents being Michael and Mary Kelley, 
natives of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States as young people. 
They came to South Dakota in 1882, taking up a tract of government land 
north of Iroquois, where Michael Kelley followed general agricultural 
pursuits throughout the remainder of his life. The demise of his wife 
occurred in 1900. 

	After completing the public-school course Charles A. Kelley 
prepared for the practice of his chosen profession as a student in the 
law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In April, 
1900, he was admitted to the South Dakota bar and began practice at 
Huron, where he has remained throughout the intervening years, enjoying 
an extensive and lucrative clientage. He has become a prominent factor 
in public life serving as states attorney from 1902 until 1906, in 
which connection he made a highly creditable and unassailable record. 
In 1909 he was chosen mayor of Huron, serving for one term and giving 
the city a businesslike, progressive and most effective administration. 
In 1910 he was honored by election to the office of county judge and 
two years later won reelection, so that he is still on the bench. The 
legal profession demands not only a high order of ability, but a rare 
combination of talent, learning, tact, patience and industry. The 
successful lawyer and especially the competent judge must be a man of 
well balanced intellect, thoroughly familiar with the law and practice, 
of comprehensive general information, possessed of an analytical mind 
and a self-control that will enable him to lose his individuality, his 
personal feelings, his prejudices and his peculiarities of disposition 
in the dignity, impartiality and equity of the office to which life, 
property, right and liberty must look for protection. Possessing these 
qualities, Judge Kelley has been an able exponent of the dignity and 
equity of the law. He is also the president of the Kelley Land Agency, 
and in 1905, in association with his brother-in-law, erected a modern 
office structure in Huron which is known as the World building. 

	On the 12th of November, 1899, Judge Kelley was united in 
marriage to Miss Alice C. Issenhuth, of Huron. In the state of his 
adoption, where he has now resided for many years, he enjoys an 
enviable place and reputation in social, professional and fraternal 
circles.