“The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1880.


Township:  Shields

JOHN KELLEY,  teacher;  P.O. Richwood; born in Oneida Co., N.Y., 
Sept. 22, 1852; son of Martin and Mary K., who, in 1853, bought and 
settled on a farm in Shields; this was heavily timbered and provided with 
a log house; the farm has been cleared and a good house built.  John, the 
youngest son, received his early education in the district school; attended 
the Northwestern University, in Watertown, one summer, and began 
teaching in District No. 4, Shields, during the winters of 1871 and 1872.  
Mr. Kelley taught three winters, then entered the Platteville State 
Normal School, graduating in less than a year, from the elementary 
course; he then took up the full course, and graduated in June, 1877.  Mr. 
Kelley taught one term in Elba, and has since taught in District No. 3, 
where he is now engaged.  He intends to follow teaching as a profession.  
He is, like his parents, a Roman Catholic, and is, in politics, Democratic, 
as is Martin Kelley, who served as Supervisor of Shields.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)