Thomas Partick Kelly of Irish decent was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 6, 1863, and attended school in La Crosse, WI. In 1888, he married Anna Kotrba of Tabor near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, where he was a railroad fireman.
During a railroad strike, Tom was without a job so he homesteaded 160 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 10 of Soler Township located north of Haug, near Greenbush. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the homestead deed October 16, 1903.
Tom served as clerk on the Soler Township board. In 1901, as part of his town board duties he followed Dr. Norin to homes where diphtheria had struck. The town board required such homes to be quarantined.
Tom was clerk for the Island Home School District 22 for many years, served as town constable, justice of the peace, and secretary-treasurer of the Haug Telephone Company. He was instrumental in establishing route delivery of mail in the Haug area.
When a crew of men were haying near the Roseau River on October 14, 1910, Tom and another man, Edor Hagen, were seriously injured in a prairie/peat fire. Treated in the Baudette Hospital and later in Minneapolis' University Hospital until March 10 of the following year, Tom returned home to the farm. Because both of his legs were amputated above the knee, Tom spent the remainder of his life using artificial limbs and crutches.
In spite of this, Tom remained cheerful and busy with gardening and other activities. He raised a large garden and a patch of potatoes. These he hoed while sitting on a bench he made for himself. He was a sociable person and enjoyed the visits of many friends and neighbors.
Tom and Annie had eight children: George (Alma Lind), Fred (Emma Kovar), Laura (Roy Phillips), Evelyn (Charlie Haugen), Helen, Mary (John Hogan), Edward, and Lillian (Iver Nelson).
School was important to Tom and Annie. They sent all their children to school. All the girls eventually became schoolteachers themselves.
Tom died in 1927, and Anna in 1949. Both are buried in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery in Greenbush.
Submited by Kathryn Schafer and Eunice Korczak. Information from Pioneers! O Pioneers! (A Roseau County Historical Society Publicaton) and Lillian Kelly Nelson.
During a railroad strike, Tom was without a job so he homesteaded 160 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 10 of Soler Township located north of Haug, near Greenbush. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the homestead deed October 16, 1903.
Tom served as clerk on the Soler Township board. In 1901, as part of his town board duties he followed Dr. Norin to homes where diphtheria had struck. The town board required such homes to be quarantined.
Tom was clerk for the Island Home School District 22 for many years, served as town constable, justice of the peace, and secretary-treasurer of the Haug Telephone Company. He was instrumental in establishing route delivery of mail in the Haug area.
When a crew of men were haying near the Roseau River on October 14, 1910, Tom and another man, Edor Hagen, were seriously injured in a prairie/peat fire. Treated in the Baudette Hospital and later in Minneapolis' University Hospital until March 10 of the following year, Tom returned home to the farm. Because both of his legs were amputated above the knee, Tom spent the remainder of his life using artificial limbs and crutches.
In spite of this, Tom remained cheerful and busy with gardening and other activities. He raised a large garden and a patch of potatoes. These he hoed while sitting on a bench he made for himself. He was a sociable person and enjoyed the visits of many friends and neighbors.
Tom and Annie had eight children: George (Alma Lind), Fred (Emma Kovar), Laura (Roy Phillips), Evelyn (Charlie Haugen), Helen, Mary (John Hogan), Edward, and Lillian (Iver Nelson).
School was important to Tom and Annie. They sent all their children to school. All the girls eventually became schoolteachers themselves.
Tom died in 1927, and Anna in 1949. Both are buried in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery in Greenbush.
Submited by Kathryn Schafer and Eunice Korczak. Information from Pioneers! O Pioneers! (A Roseau County Historical Society Publicaton) and Lillian Kelly Nelson.
Thomas Partick Kelly of Irish decent was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 6, 1863, and attended school in La Crosse, WI. In 1888, he married Anna Kotrba of Tabor near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, where he was a railroad fireman.
During a railroad strike, Tom was without a job so he homesteaded 160 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 10 of Soler Township located north of Haug, near Greenbush. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the homestead deed October 16, 1903.
Tom served as clerk on the Soler Township board. In 1901, as part of his town board duties he followed Dr. Norin to homes where diphtheria had struck. The town board required such homes to be quarantined.
Tom was clerk for the Island Home School District 22 for many years, served as town constable, justice of the peace, and secretary-treasurer of the Haug Telephone Company. He was instrumental in establishing route delivery of mail in the Haug area.
When a crew of men were haying near the Roseau River on October 14, 1910, Tom and another man, Edor Hagen, were seriously injured in a prairie/peat fire. Treated in the Baudette Hospital and later in Minneapolis' University Hospital until March 10 of the following year, Tom returned home to the farm. Because both of his legs were amputated above the knee, Tom spent the remainder of his life using artificial limbs and crutches.
In spite of this, Tom remained cheerful and busy with gardening and other activities. He raised a large garden and a patch of potatoes. These he hoed while sitting on a bench he made for himself. He was a sociable person and enjoyed the visits of many friends and neighbors.
Tom and Annie had eight children: George (Alma Lind), Fred (Emma Kovar), Laura (Roy Phillips), Evelyn (Charlie Haugen), Helen, Mary (John Hogan), Edward, and Lillian (Iver Nelson).
School was important to Tom and Annie. They sent all their children to school. All the girls eventually became schoolteachers themselves.
Tom died in 1927, and Anna in 1949. Both are buried in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery in Greenbush.
Submited by Kathryn Schafer and Eunice Korczak. Information from Pioneers! O Pioneers! (A Roseau County Historical Society Publicaton) and Lillian Kelly Nelson.
During a railroad strike, Tom was without a job so he homesteaded 160 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 10 of Soler Township located north of Haug, near Greenbush. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the homestead deed October 16, 1903.
Tom served as clerk on the Soler Township board. In 1901, as part of his town board duties he followed Dr. Norin to homes where diphtheria had struck. The town board required such homes to be quarantined.
Tom was clerk for the Island Home School District 22 for many years, served as town constable, justice of the peace, and secretary-treasurer of the Haug Telephone Company. He was instrumental in establishing route delivery of mail in the Haug area.
When a crew of men were haying near the Roseau River on October 14, 1910, Tom and another man, Edor Hagen, were seriously injured in a prairie/peat fire. Treated in the Baudette Hospital and later in Minneapolis' University Hospital until March 10 of the following year, Tom returned home to the farm. Because both of his legs were amputated above the knee, Tom spent the remainder of his life using artificial limbs and crutches.
In spite of this, Tom remained cheerful and busy with gardening and other activities. He raised a large garden and a patch of potatoes. These he hoed while sitting on a bench he made for himself. He was a sociable person and enjoyed the visits of many friends and neighbors.
Tom and Annie had eight children: George (Alma Lind), Fred (Emma Kovar), Laura (Roy Phillips), Evelyn (Charlie Haugen), Helen, Mary (John Hogan), Edward, and Lillian (Iver Nelson).
School was important to Tom and Annie. They sent all their children to school. All the girls eventually became schoolteachers themselves.
Tom died in 1927, and Anna in 1949. Both are buried in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Cemetery in Greenbush.
Submited by Kathryn Schafer and Eunice Korczak. Information from Pioneers! O Pioneers! (A Roseau County Historical Society Publicaton) and Lillian Kelly Nelson.
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