Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Kelly, P. H. August 15, 1863 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

P. H. KELLY,
of Altoona, is the special representative for central Pennsylvania of the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and city editor of the
Altoona Times.  He was born on the 15th of August, 1863, in County Donegal,
province of Ulster, in northwestern Ireland, and is a son of James and
Margaret Kelly.
     He was reared in his native land until he was thirteen years of age, in
1876, when he came to the United States.  He received his education in the
National schools of Ireland, the parochial schools of Altoona, and St. Mary's
academy, of Marion, Kentucky.  Leaving school, he learned the trade of
machinist in the Altoona machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
in whose employ he remained until 1890.  In that year he quit his trade to
accept service with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia,
and was given a position in their New York city office, where he showed such
aptitude for the insurance business that he soon, by close application and
study, mastered its principles and the successful methods of its
management.  He was then sent back to Altoona as a special agent for an
important district composed of six counties of central Pennsylvania.  He has
served in that position faithfully and efficiently ever since.
     P. H. Kelly is a member of St. John's Catholic church of Altoona, of
Alpha Branch, No. 598, Catholic Knights of America, and of Columbus Branch,
No. 120, Young Men's Institute.  He is a member of the Emerald Beneficial
association of Altoona, and although but a young man, yet he has served seven
years as an officer of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania of that organization. 
He is a democrat in politics, and while giving a hearty and active support to
the cardinal principles of his party, yet does not allow any detail of his
extensive business to suffer by neglect or inattention on his part.  On April
15, 1892, he accepted the position of city editor of the Times, and in that
capacity has shown great aptitude as a journalist.  He has traveled
extensively, and few men enjoyed a larger acquaintanceship in professional,
business and social spheres.  Prompt, accurate and reliable, Mr. Kelly is
making a success out of his valuable and important business.

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Originally submitted 2001. Transcribed by Donna Thomas.

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