1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
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Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
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William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
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Frank W. Coates
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Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
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John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
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Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
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John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
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Asa Horr, M. D.
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Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
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James Kelly
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Paul Lattner
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Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
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W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
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Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
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Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
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William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
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J. J. E. Norman
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Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
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Honorable James Rowan
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George Salot
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Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
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John F. Sloan
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Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
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Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
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F. W. Wieland
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JAMES KELLY, is a representative of the mercantile interests of Dubuque, being the senior member of the firm of Kelly & Son, dealers in books, stationery and periodicals. They have a well appointed store, equipped with everything found in a first-class establishment of the kind, and carry a large and well assorted stock of books and stationery, together with all the latest periodicals. The members of the firm are pleasant, genial gentlemen, who try earnestly to please their customers, and by their courteous treatment and honorable dealing they have won a liberal patronage.

Mr. Kelly, whose name heads this record, is a native of the Emerald Isle, and attended the public schools of that country until sixteen years of age. In the spring of 1852 he sailed for the United States, hoping to find here a home and fortune. For two years he lived with an uncle at Lancaster, Pa., and attended the high school. For two years he engaged in clerking in a general store owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Pennsylvania Railroad Company. On the expiration of that period he determined to continue his journey westward, and in accordance with this resolution came to Dubuque, where for two years he was employed as a salesman by the firm of McGuire & Co., dealers in books and stationery. In 1853 he began business for himself on a small scale, opening a news stand which he stocked with periodicals and home newspapers. He was the first man to establish a news stand in the state. His business increased with the growth of the city's population, and he added a stock of books and stationery. He is now one of the oldest news and book dealers, in years of continuous business, in the state. He counts his customers by the hundreds, for his courteous treatment always insures the continuance of patronage when once obtained. His store is located at No. 747 Main Street, and is 21x70 feet in dimensions.

In 1865 Mr. Kelly was united in marriage with Miss Katie Fitzpatrick, daughter of John Fitzpatrick, an old and highly respected citizen of Dubuque, who came hither in 1840. Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children, five sons and two daughters, namely: three boys who died when young; Clermont D., who is now clerking in Chicago; Joseph T., who is now associated with his father in business, under the firm name of James Kelly & Son; and Mary and Isabel, who are yet at home. Mr. Kelly and his family are all members of St. Raphael's Catholic Church. They reside at No. 394 Bluff Street, and their home is noted for its hospitality, its doors being ever open for the reception of their many friends. They are highly esteemed, and with pleasure we present to our readers this record of their lives. Mr. Kelly is a self-made man, who entered upon his business career at an early age in the humble capacity of a clerk. Thus he labored until he bad acquired a sum sufficient to establish a small newsstand, when he began business for himself. Steadily has he worked his way upward, and his resolution, enterprise and perseverance have brought him well-merited success.