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daughter of Professor Linton, of Wash-
ington College, Pennsylvania, and has a
daughter, Margaret Brownson. 5. Leonard
Thorndike, studied at the Hartford
High School and the Agricultural College
at Amherst, and is engaged in business at
Greenfield, Massachusetts. He married,
in 1916, Amy Ainslie Drawbridge, and has
a daughter, Barbara Ainslie.
KELLY, John L., M. D.,
Physician.
There is no position in community life
which entails greater honor and respect
than that of the physician ; in fact, there
is none which is more worthy. Dr. John
L. Kelly, one of the most successful and
best known physicians of New Britain,
Connecticut, stands high in the estimation
of the people of that city. He was
born March 7, 1868, at New Britain, and
since receiving his medical degree has
been in continuous practice there, and has
attained signal success.
John J. Kelly, father of Dr. John L.
Kelly, was born in 1846, in Limerick, Ire-
land, where he received a good education
and was assistant to his father, a manufacturer
of wooden articles. When he
was but twenty years of age, John J.
Kelly came to America and located first
at Petersburg, Virginia, whence he removed
after a time to New Britain, Connecticut.
In the latter city he was engaged
in contracting work and achieved success
in his undertaking, and at the time of his
retirement was one of the best known
business men of the city. Pie was a Dem-
ocrat in politics, but not a seeker for political
preference. Mr. Kelly married
Catherine Mead, a daughter of a wellknown
New Britain family.
Dr. John L. Kelly received his early
education in the public schools of New
Britain, and subsequently was employed
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in the capacity of bookkeeper for a period
of a year and a half. He entered Holy
Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts,
in 1890, and was graduated in 1892 with
the degree of A. B. Six years later he
returned to this institution, and received
therefrom the degree of A. M. Then followed
a course of two years at the Yale
Medical College, from which he was grad-
uated in 1896 with the degree of M. D.
At the time Dr. Kelly was still a student,
the study of bacteriology was being
widely discussed, and he made a special
study of this subect with the result that
he is among the best informed men on the
subject. After receiving his degree, Dr.
Kelly engaged in the practice of his profession
in his native city, and throughout
the years has continually added to a flour-
ishing clientele. He is attending physi-
cian on the New Britain Hospital staff.
He is a man worthy of confidence, and his
strong personality has won for him many
lasting friends. Dr. Kelly is a member
of the New Britain Medical Society, the
Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient
Order of Foresters, the Woodmen of the
World, Knights of the Maccabees, and
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Dr. Kelly married, June. 1899, Nellie
Emmett, daughter of Henry Emmett.
ADAMS, Leslie Emerson,
Farmer, Public Official.
Among the native citizens of Wethersfield
who have been of service to the town
and State, Mr. Adams may be reckoned
among the worthy descendants of one of
the oldest families of the town. William
Adams was possibly the son of William
Adams, who was in Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, as early as 1635, and removed to
Ipswich before 1642. He had three sons,
William, Nathaniel and Samuel, all prob-