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Alfred Kelly never married. Uncle Alf farmed in Linden Township and was a real innovator. He had the first care in the area - a Model T Ford with a crass radiator. he had an early silo filler and a threshing machine, an early Sampson tractor a Sampson truck, electric lights (a Delco plant with batteries), and an "Aucousticon" hearing aid as he was very deaf. He used his truck to take grain, vegetables and chickens to show at the State Fair at Milwaukee. he brought home many blue ribbons. uncle Alf dried seed corn and sold it before the days of hybrid corn. He was very proud of his Playmouth Rock chickens that he hatched and brooded. On graduation from high school, each of us was given a beautiful yellow rose from a plant brought from Isle of Man. He and his brother Will went to Linden high School and graduated in 1891 before it was a four year course. They took additional work at college in Valpraiso, Indiana.
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from Leroy Reese
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Uncle Alf and his brother will were very close partly because of their going to high school and college together and also because many of their interests were the same, for example the culture of apples and small fruits and garden produce in general. Both had large orchards and gardens. My father did not share Uncle Alf's interest in mechanical thing or in bee-keeping, the latter probably because of my mother who was very allergic to bee stings. During my first two years in high school at Mineral point I rode horseback each day to and from school, a distance of 9 miles each way. During the winter my parents made arrangements for me to board in town and than later to say with Uncle Alf. The trip from his house was only 3 miles. I have found memories of staying with him. In spite of his deafness we communicated well. He did the cooking and it was almost always oyster stew for supper. Saffron bread was by one of the aunts, Aunt Gertrude in particular I think.
Prior to her death, when I was a small child, I can remember our grand mother Louise Jewel Kelly living with Uncle Alf. In fact she died in his house. Later every summer Uncle Fred and Aunt Ell came from Madison to live with Uncle Alf.
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Richard A. Kelly
Alfred Kelly never married. Uncle Alf farmed in Linden Township and was a real innovator. He had the first care in the area - a Model T Ford with a crass radiator. he had an early silo filler and a threshing machine, an early Sampson tractor a Sampson truck, electric lights (a Delco plant with batteries), and an "Aucousticon" hearing aid as he was very deaf. He used his truck to take grain, vegetables and chickens to show at the State Fair at Milwaukee. he brought home many blue ribbons. uncle Alf dried seed corn and sold it before the days of hybrid corn. He was very proud of his Playmouth Rock chickens that he hatched and brooded. On graduation from high school, each of us was given a beautiful yellow rose from a plant brought from Isle of Man. He and his brother Will went to Linden high School and graduated in 1891 before it was a four year course. They took additional work at college in Valpraiso, Indiana.
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from Leroy Reese
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Uncle Alf and his brother will were very close partly because of their going to high school and college together and also because many of their interests were the same, for example the culture of apples and small fruits and garden produce in general. Both had large orchards and gardens. My father did not share Uncle Alf's interest in mechanical thing or in bee-keeping, the latter probably because of my mother who was very allergic to bee stings. During my first two years in high school at Mineral point I rode horseback each day to and from school, a distance of 9 miles each way. During the winter my parents made arrangements for me to board in town and than later to say with Uncle Alf. The trip from his house was only 3 miles. I have found memories of staying with him. In spite of his deafness we communicated well. He did the cooking and it was almost always oyster stew for supper. Saffron bread was by one of the aunts, Aunt Gertrude in particular I think.
Prior to her death, when I was a small child, I can remember our grand mother Louise Jewel Kelly living with Uncle Alf. In fact she died in his house. Later every summer Uncle Fred and Aunt Ell came from Madison to live with Uncle Alf.
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Richard A. Kelly
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1865 - 1946 (80 years)