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GEORGE D. KELLY of Pierce, Kelly & Co., iron manufacturers was born
in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1843. His parents are Moses and Jane M. (Howe)
Kelly. His father was a native of Livingston County, N.Y., and his mother
of New Haven, Conn. Our subject received his education in the select
schools of Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of seventeen he was employed as a
clerk by the Cuyahoga Furnace Co., of Cleveland, where he remained for two
years. He then entered the employ of the late Gen. James Pierce, at the
Sharpsville Furnace as a clerk, remaining in that capacity until 1870,
when he entered into co-partnership with James, Jonas J. and Wallace
Pierce as manufacturers of iron at the Douglas Furnace. He was united in
marriage, in 1870, to Miss Kate, daughter of Calvin C. Wick, of Ashton,
Ohio, and by this marriage they have four living children: Clark M.,
George W., Douglas and Catherine. Mr. Kelly has been identified with the
public offices of Sharpsville, filling the office of burgess in 1880-81,
also as a member of the council for a number of years. In politics he is
independent, but of Republican proclivities. History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 842. Read this book on line - Free Trial Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com .
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