Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-15
DANIElSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIElsoN


 Death of Representative William P. Kelley, Prominent Residsnt of DayvsIIsc csnsus EnrolIment to Date 2,f2s-EIi Do Forge Given 21o Days' JaII ssntsnes-Desten Man Buys LiIIibrsdss Farn.
 Reprsssnxattvs wsIaam P. Kelley. e, dfsd ax has home in DayvtlIe frem pneu1neniA. Wednesday morning Lasf week 1fr. Kelley attended the sessions of the state legislRture at Hartford. He was not well at the time and Friday. when he had re- turned to his homo. he became ser-
 iousiy i'll. having developed pneuno- By Sunday his condition was alarm ing and by Monday 1t was realized
 ed,nr, enad n,5 cnnness s,i .. ssdsT e 1t | prcame apparent that the end was approach-a ing and his strength gradually ebbed until death came. early Wednesday MT. KeIley was born in Ka1ingfy on October 8. 154s. the son of John and Elixa Curtis Kelley. his father being one of Kiliingfys prominent citizens. che towns representatfves in the leg islature, and at another time a mem
 ber of the board of county commis- sioners.
 mT. 6AStlcy SJu0I6d III bnO COLllklOI
 schools of KiI1ing4y and later pur-
 sued higher courses of study. inciud-
 ing period at a commercial college. During the years of his early man hood he was for q time engaged in the
 mercantile business at Versailles. this
 state. and for a period was postmaster there.
 In 1882 he went to Dayvilie and con-
 four years. Then he purchased the
 store of M. and A. Wood and consoli- dated the business enterprises. During the years since he first located in Day. ville Mir. Kelley was actively identi- fled with business interests there At one time he conducted coal business and in more recent years. as he de- sired less active business obligations,
 ed himself to special interests of his own. Within the past month, how
 ever, he became associated in Bos- ton concern engaged in the manufac- Rogers Kelley company. of which he was vice president and his son, John
 B. Kelley a partner.
 He was recognized as a very able advice on matters pertaining to busi- ness was often sought by many of his friends and always cheerfully given.
 His townsmen found in Mir. Kelley a citizen who was regularly called up- on to represent them in puirlic matt ters. and he had held various town of fees and was serving his fourth term in the legislature at the time of his death. being a member of the import ant committee on appropriations and chairman of the house committee on senatorial and congressional districts. Mir. Kelley's other terms in the legis- house, were in 1887. 1893 and 1913. At the session of 1893 he worked strenu- ously, against strong opposition. for the enactment of legislation providing for inspection by the state of factories in Connecticut. and it was due to his persistent and ably conducted tam- paisn among the 1egisla tors that the bill finally was passed-by margin Lounsbury appointed MT. Kelley fac tory inspector.
 Mir. Teliey Curing his years of I.ub- lie life had served state commits sions, his last appointment of this nature heing as a member of corrmis- sion for the Connecticut Epilpetic colony at Mansfield. a project in which he was greatly and actively interested from it's inception. and to which he gave a great deal of his time
 He was always identified with the republican party. but he was kindly and generous toward the members of all parties and numbered among his staunchest friends many of the dem ocrats of Killingly and in turn these men were glad to give him their SUD- port in a political way when he was 1 a candQate TOT once.
 In his quiet and undemonstrative | way it was his pleasure to lend his l aid and influence to the forwarding of l the ambitions of young men and many l were his acts of such kindness that | were known only to himself and tEose | he aided. There are many in Killing ly who will miss him. though the world knows rot.
 In 1876 MT. Kelley married Miss | Anna F. Bennett. daughter of Rev and | Mrs. A. H. Bennett of Canterbury. Mrs. Kelley died February 4, 1914.
 Mir. Kelley leaves one son. John B, l formerly private secretary to United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee, but now of the Rogers-Kelley com pany: two daughters. Miss Mary E., who is at home. Miss Helen M. mem Der of the faculty of Norwich Free Academy: a brother. Norman. and a sister, Mrs. Helen Tucker, the two last named of Ballouvffle.
 TOTAL OF 2.f2s FoRMe