KELLY, Joseph 1837-1889

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KELLY, KELLEY, BUTLER

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 4/14/2010 at 17:47:56

DIED — Joseph Kelly, one of the members of the of Morgan, Kelly & Co., died at his home in this city last Wednesday morning of pneumonia, aged about 52 years.
Mr. Kelly came to this city from Osage, about six months since, and had established himself as one of Waterloo's enterprising businessmen. He was well liked by everyone who knew him.
He leaves a wife and two children and the funeral services took place at Osage where the remains were taken on Thursday last.
[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 23, 1889]
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Note: The Osage Cemetery listing on IAGenWeb shows:
KELLEY, JOSEPH, (location) 0036 10, (died/buried) 16 JAN 1889.
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Added by S. Ferrall on 11/14/2022:
Died - Joseph Kelly, one of the firm of Morgan, Kelly & Co., proprietors of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company, after an illness of several weeks' duration, died at his home in this city yesterday morning of pneumonia, at the age of fifty-two years.
Deceased, with his family came to Waterloo from Osage about six months ago, and although a resident of this city for so short a time, by his pleasant ways and upright methods of transacting business made many friends who will deeply regret to learn of his death.
He leaves a wife and two children. The funeral will be held at Osage and the remains will be taken there today. - Waterloo Reporter
Joseph Kelly
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap;
The year grows rich as it growth old,
And life's latest sands are its sands of gold.
When the intelligence spread through our city of the death of Joseph Kelley [sic] at Waterloo, January 16, 1889, a peculiar sense of deep personal loss touched the hearts of a great many of our people. He had made Osage his home for nearly a quarter of a century. Few men have been better known or more highly esteemed among us. His memory will be chiefly treasured by those who knew him best as a modest type of a "good man," especially among the younger men and boys of his acquaintance, for whom his heart and his hand were always wide open.
Mr. Kelly was born in the north of Ireland in the year 1837. Three years later the family came to New York City and subsequently to Philadelphia. He came to Iowa in 1854 settling near Decorah where he resided part of the time on a farm which he owned near the Minnesota line, until he removed to this town in 1867.
Since that date his residence has been in Osage with the exception of a few years spent in northern Indiana and a few months in Waterloo.
Mr. Kelly's father was a machinist by trade and doubtless gave to his son the characteristics which afterwards made him the superior machinist and director of the Osage foundry and machine ships of Kelly, Morgan & Co., in which he spent most of the later years of his busy life.
Hi parents were Scotch Presbyterians or Covenanters and he was educated in this faith. At the age of 19 he joined with others in organizing a Baptist church at Elliota, Minn., in which he was an officer and an active member. In Osage he was for many years a leading member and supporter of the Baptist church and nearly always a teacher or superintendent in the Sunday school.
A letter written to the clerk two months before his death, contains so much that is characteristic of the man, that a few sentences are quoted:
"I can never forget the dear old church at Osage. The Osage church and its services is the one thing that I miss more than any other thing in my removal here. I have often thought since I came here, how little I prized these blessings when I enjoyed them. My eyes grow dim with feeling as I think sometimes of the precious prayer meetings we used to have."
Mr. Kelly was married in 1865 to Miss Lydia Butler; of their five children three had preceded him in death.
He was prostrated nearly two months by what appeared to be malarial fever and later developed into typhoid pneumonia which defied the best medical skill and every attention of a loving wife and brother and other anxious loved ones could render. A large congregation assembled at the Baptist church Friday morning for the funeral services, conducted by Rev. A.R. Button, a personal friend of many years acquaintance, assisted by Rev. May. The text was from Psalms XVII, 15; "I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness." The brief address contained a beautiful tribute to the beautiful life of this man of God.
~Mitchell Co. Press, Thursday, January 24, 1889

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Obituary: DIED — Joseph Kelly, one of the members of the of Morgan, Kelly & Co., died at his home in this city last Wednesday morning of pneumonia, aged about 52 years. Mr. Kelly came to this city from Osage, about six months since, and had established himself as one of Waterloo's enterprising businessmen. He was well liked by everyone who knew him. He leaves a wife and two children and the funeral services took place at Osage where the remains were taken on Thursday last. [Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, January 23, 1889] ---- Note: The Osage Cemetery listing on IAGenWeb shows: KELLEY, JOSEPH, (location) 0036 10, (died/buried) 16 JAN 1889. _____________ Added by S. Ferrall on 11/14/2022: Died - Joseph Kelly, one of the firm of Morgan, Kelly & Co., proprietors of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company, after an illness of several weeks' duration, died at his home in this city yesterday morning of pneumonia, at the age of fifty-two years. Deceased, with his family came to Waterloo from Osage about six months ago, and although a resident of this city for so short a time, by his pleasant ways and upright methods of transacting business made many friends who will deeply regret to learn of his death. He leaves a wife and two children. The funeral will be held at Osage and the remains will be taken there today. - Waterloo Reporter Joseph Kelly Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it growth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold. When the intelligence spread through our city of the death of Joseph Kelley [sic] at Waterloo, January 16, 1889, a peculiar sense of deep personal loss touched the hearts of a great many of our people. He had made Osage his home for nearly a quarter of a century. Few men have been better known or more highly esteemed among us. His memory will be chiefly treasured by those who knew him best as a modest type of a "good man," especially among the younger men and boys of his acquaintance, for whom his heart and his hand were always wide open. Mr. Kelly was born in the north of Ireland in the year 1837. Three years later the family came to New York City and subsequently to Philadelphia. He came to Iowa in 1854 settling near Decorah where he resided part of the time on a farm which he owned near the Minnesota line, until he removed to this town in 1867. Since that date his residence has been in Osage with the exception of a few years spent in northern Indiana and a few months in Waterloo. Mr. Kelly's father was a machinist by trade and doubtless gave to his son the characteristics which afterwards made him the superior machinist and director of the Osage foundry and machine ships of Kelly, Morgan & Co., in which he spent most of the later years of his busy life. Hi parents were Scotch Presbyterians or Covenanters and he was educated in this faith. At the age of 19 he joined with others in organizing a Baptist church at Elliota, Minn., in which he was an officer and an active member. In Osage he was for many years a leading member and supporter of the Baptist church and nearly always a teacher or superintendent in the Sunday school. A letter written to the clerk two months before his death, contains so much that is characteristic of the man, that a few sentences are quoted: "I can never forget the dear old church at Osage. The Osage church and its services is the one thing that I miss more than any other thing in my removal here. I have often thought since I came here, how little I prized these blessings when I enjoyed them. My eyes grow dim with feeling as I think sometimes of the precious prayer meetings we used to have." Mr. Kelly was married in 1865 to Miss Lydia Butler; of their five children three had preceded him in death. He was prostrated nearly two months by what appeared to be malarial fever and later developed into typhoid pneumonia which defied the best medical skill and every attention of a loving wife and brother and other anxious loved ones could render. A large congregation assembled at the Baptist church Friday morning for the funeral services, conducted by Rev. A.R. Button, a personal friend of many years acquaintance, assisted by Rev. May. The text was from Psalms XVII, 15; "I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness." The brief address contained a beautiful tribute to the beautiful life of this man of God. ~Mitchell Co. Press, Thursday, January 24, 1889
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