"An Illustrated History of Whitman County, state of Washington." San Francisco:
W. H. Lever, 1901.  p. 408.
 
JOHN F. KELLEY

     a large real-estate holder and extensive farmer of Whitman county, of which
he is also an esteemed and respected citizen, came, in 1870, from New York state
to California and remained in that state and at the Sound two years. He then
came to Whitman county, arriving in 1872. His purpose in coming here was that he
might engage in the stock business, so he acquired as much land as he could by
the use of his homestead, pre-emption and timber culture rights and by
purchasing from the railroad. His realty holdings now aggregate about two
thousand acres, most of this land being under cultivation. At the present time
he gives the major portion of his attention to wheat-raising, though he still
handles some cattle and other live stock. Of course, Mr. Kelley does not attempt
to handle his mammoth domain himself, but rents much of it to other parties. On
his home place are many valuable improvements, among them a small orchard.
     Notwithstanding the amount of property our subject has the supervision of
and the exacting nature of his private affairs, he has always found time to take
an active and public-spirited interest in local affairs and in politics,
zealously supporting the tenets of the Republican party, and assisting
vigorously in the campaigns of that organization.
 

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in July 2009 by Diana Smith.
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