Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 808.

JOHN KELSAY

     Born in Wayne County, Kentucky, October 23, 1819; moved to Missouri in
1829; was a member of the House of Representatives of Missouri in 1844, and
began to practice law in 1846.  Came to Oregon and settled at Corvallis, where
he still lives, engaged  in the practice of the law.  Served in the Rogue River
Indian War of 1855-56, and rose to the command of the Second Regiment Oregon
Mounted Volunteers, and took part in many severe actions.  Colonel Kelsay was a
member of the Constitutional Convention, and in 1868 became Justice of the
Supreme Court of Oregon.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
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