Tri-States Grain Conditioning

of Scandinavians who were then settling Minnehaha County. He returned to Wisconsin in 1875 to fetch his wife and son. The family first lived in a sod house and survived through the early years of grasshopper infestations, prairie fires, snow storms, loneliness and other trials.

William admired his father-inlaw, F.O. Sisson, who was a good farmer and civic-minded citizen. He strived to emulate those qualities. Mary added, “Perhaps my great grandfather thought he had to prove himself, being Irish amongst a community of Norwegians and Swedes.” William was a stockholder in Farmers State Bank in Lyons and Farmers Lumber Company in Crooks. He was a postmaster, member of the school and township boards, assessor, and justice of the peace. In 1887, he was elected as a representative to the

The renewed barn on The Kelly Farm. Photos courtesy of the Kelly family and Kärin Renner.

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