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PATRICK J. KELLY
Vol. 5, p. 1856

The intellectual alertness, vigor and circumspection of Mr. Kelly
make him a specially effective and valued executive in the
responsible office of which he is the popular incumbent, that of
cashier of the Yukon National Bank, in the progressive little city of
Yukon, Canadian County, and his unqualified hold upon the confidence
and good will of the people of this favored section of the state is
indicated by the fact that he served six years as county clerk of
Canadian County, his residence in Oklahoma dating from the year 1892,
when he came to the newly organized territory from the State of Iowa.

Mr. Kelly was born in Chariton County, Missouri, on the 3rd of July
1863, and is a son of Patrick and Rose (BARRETT) Kelly, both natives
of Ireland and both residents of Iowa for many years prior to their
death. Patrick Kelly was identified with the great basic industry of
agriculture during virtually his entire active career in America. He
was a farmer in Missouri until 1881, when he removed with his family
to Iowa, where he continued his activities as an agriculturist and
stock grower and achieved a due measure of independence and
prosperity, both of the Catholic Church, and having lived lives of
distinctive usefulness and honor. He whose name introduces this
article is indebted to the public schools of Missouri for his early
educational discipline and was eighteen years of age at the time of
the family removal to Iowa, in which state he taught several terms of
district school.

In 1892 Mr. Kelly left the Hawkeye state and came to Oklahoma
Territory, where he filed entry to a claim of land in Canadian
County. He perfected his title to this property, but eventually
disposed of the same. In 1899 he assumed the position of deputy in
the office of the county clerk of Canadian County, and he retained
this post at El Reno, the county seat, until he was elected county
clerk, in the autumn of 1904, this advancement having been a well-
justified reward for his former effective service. He assumed office
in January, 1905, and after serving six years he retired from office
on the 1st of January, 1911, his long and efficient tenure of this
important position having been terminated only a short time when, on
the 1st of March, 1911, he was chosen cashier of the First National
Bank of El Reno. He retained this position until July 1, 1912, when
he assumed the duties of his present office, that of cashier of the
Yukon National Bank, his careful and progressive administration
having been a potent force in the developing of the substantial
business of this institution, which bases its operations on a capital
stock of $25,000.

The political views of Mr. Kelly are shown by the staunch support
which he accords to the cause of the democratic party; he and his
wife are communicants of the Catholic Church, and he is affiliated
with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knight of
Columbus, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

In the year 1912 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kelly to Miss
Agnes FITZGERALD, who likewise was born are reared in Missouri, and
both are popular figures in the representative social activities of
their home community.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).

Transcribed by: Earline Sparks Barger, April 2001.