The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-24
lILIEG FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
HE WAS TAKEN ILL MONDAY. Az.
THOUGH THE END WAS NOT
ANTICIPATED
END CAME QUITE SUDDENLY
Sitting In His Easy Chair, He Fen
Back Dead Before Med
icaI Aid Could
Arrive.


business men In the state for almost a
quarter Of century, has Joined the
great silent majority.
Mr.. Kelly died last night at $50. at his
home, 4Se Holly avenue, and there was
no sign of approaching death up to the
last minute. His two daughters, Cath
crime and Esther, were in the house at
the time of his death. He was sitting
in his easy chair resting, and just be-
fore his death he asked for something
to eat This was being prepared when
he gasped and fell back dead.
The two others Of the Kelly family,
Mrs. 3. w S. Tingle and Mrs. John B.
Meagher, are In Philadelphia at the
present time. the latter as visitor to
the former. They have been telegraph
ed to.
Night before last Mr.. Kelly came homo
from his work feeling little indisposed.
He felt the same yesterday, though not
enough to keep him from his work It
was said by his relatives last night that
he looked better yesterday than he had
for long time, and the death came as a
great shock.
Drs. Hunt, Schwyzer and Smith wers
NNNAONN
was dead
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Mr.. Kelly was born in the county of
Mayo Ireland, Feb. 2, 1881. He received
his education in his native land At the
age Of sixteen years he came to Amer
lea with his parents, locating first near
Montreal, where they remained only four
months. AT the end of that time they
removed to Plattsburg, N. Y. The fam
lily consisted of five sons, of which Pat
rick was the third in order of birth.
In 1857, Patrick and the younger brother.
Anthony, came, to the Northwest, and
finally settled in Minneapolis, where they
engaged in the retail grocer business for
several years. In 1868 Patrick came to
st. Paul, and formed a partnership with
Mr.. Beaupre, under the firm name of
Beaupres & Kelly, in the wholesale gro-
Gerry business. In 1874 Mr.. Kelly plir-
chased his partners interest In the firm.
The business had grown to enormous
proportions under Mr.. Kelly's able and
aggressive management. He then or
ganlzed the new firm of P. II. Kelly g.
Co, taking into partnership Messrs. A.
Dufresne and James o. Gorman and
later E. w. Johnson. In 1875 they erect
ed the fine structure at the corner of
Third and Sibley streets, which, al
though destroyed by fire in 1880, was
Immediately rebuilt, and has ever since
been the home of the firm. In 1853 an
other change was made by the incorpor-
alton of the T. H. Kelly Mercantile COM
pany, with Mr.. Kelly as president The
next and last change was the formation
of Foley Bros. & Kelly Mercantile cCm-
pany, which was incorporated in 1896,
with Timothy Foley as president, and
Iyip0 oil
manager.
The Messrs. Foley have not been per-
sonally active in the business, and Mr..
Kelly remained up to the time of his
Death the active head of the establish
ment, in this work, ably assisted by
John T. Kelly. who has been with the
house twenty-three years.
Mr. Kelly always was a Democrat in
politics, but was not an active poiit:ciaa
until 1884, when the Democratic conVen-
ton met in. ST. Paul. He was an ardent
supporter of Grover Cleveland for the
presidency and was a member of the
Democratic nationl committee-MichaeI
Doran being chairman of the state COM
mittee After the election of Mr.. Cleve-
land, the Democratic committee met and
formerly voted that all matters relating
to patronage of the administration, for
the state, should be left to these two
men. That gave Mr.. Kelly great promi-
nence throughout the state in the poll
teal affairs of Democracy. He discharg-
ed his duties for the best interests of the
party and gave general satisfaction
PART IN NEW CAPITOL BILL.
In 1892, Mr. Kelly was elected to the
state legislature and reelected in 1894
He was active and largely instrumental
in procuring the passage of the bill for
locating the new state capitol in St Paul
No other man was SO much relied upon
by the people to see that the bill was
put through and this he acconplis he'd.
He also took an active part in securing
the permanent location of the state fair
in ST. Paul. and In securing the land
from the county and the appropriation
form the state for the buildings
Mr.. Kelly was always active in ali
affairs pertaining to the welfare of ST.
Paul. He always looked to the interests
of the people and never swerved from
that which he thought was right. Moth
ing was too small, nothing too great,
for him.
He was at one time director of the
First National bank, Of ST. Paul, of the
Chatham National bank of New York,
and of the st. Paul Trust company. He
was one of the organizers of the Com
mercial bank, of st. Paul, and was it's
vice president. He was also a director
of the Minnesota Iron company.
He was member of the Catholic church.
Mr. Kelly married in 1861, Mary Morley,
who died in 1899. She was daughter of
Michael and Mary C. Morley, of Montre-
al Canada.
The funeral arrangements will not be
announced until today or tomorrow.
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