Biographies:  John J. KELLEY, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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John J. Kelley, who ranks among the prominent and influential citizens of 
Eau Claire, was born in Ireland, June 6, 1848.  He came to American when a 
small boy and in 1865 landed in Eau Claire.  After coming to Wisconsin he 
was for several years connected with the flouring mills at Portage City, 
Columbia county, and for ten years had charge of a flouring mill for the Eau 
Claire Lumber Company.  After severing his connection with this company Mr. 
Kelley purchased a flouring mill in Washington township, which he 
successfully conducted for nine years.  In 1885 he erected an ice house on 
Fifth street, between Grand avenue west and Union street.  This he 
subsequently moved to Half Moon lake, where it was enlarged and now has a 
capacity of about 25,000 tons.  Mr. Kelley formed a stock company, which was 
incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin in 1912 under the name of the Eau 
Claire Ice Company, of which he is president.  The company does an extensive 
business and keeps its sixteen wagons and thirty men employed the year round.

Mr. Kelley married in Eau Claire, Margaret S. Eagan, daughter of John Eagan. 
By this union there has been six children, as follows: John J. Jr., Bessie, 
Josephine, Ruth, Sumner and Paul, all of whom were born in the city of Eau 
Claire.  Mr. Kelley is prominently identified with St. Patrick's church, is 
a member of the Catholic Knights and the Hibernians. 

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 752.