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office, on which he now resides. He has served as School Director one term. In religion he is connected with the local German Catholic church. October 11, 1869, he was married to Miss Barbara Cien, also German born. They have had eight children born to them-seven daughters and one son.
JAMES D. KELLBHER, Batavia, Ill.; born in Batavia, Ill., May 6, 1859, son of Michael Kelleher; was left an orphan when ten years of age, and from that time carried the burden of his own support. He attended the public school as circumstances permitted, and began work in Sperry's iron foundry when fourteen years of age. He has been continuously connected with these works up to the present time (1903), and for fourteen years was foreman of the shops. For eight years he has been a member of the Batavia Board of Aldermen, having served four terms. He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Mystic Workers. In 1884 he married Miss Nellie Mulligan, of West Chicago.
JOHN KELLEY (deceased), lawyer; was born at Hampshire, Kane County, Oct. 15, 1853, son of John and Bridget (Dahoney) Kelley; natives of Ireland who came to Illinois in 1845, locating in Hampshire Township, Kane County. The subject of this sketch was admitted to the bar in 1890, and was thereafter engaged in the practice of his profession and the insurance business in Aurora until the time of his death, July 20, 1902. He served in several official positions, including that of County Sheriff, member of the Board of Supervisors of Aurora Township and West Aurora School Board, and Assistant State's Attorney. He was married to Miss Johanna Hogan, of Rutland Township, Kane County.
ELWOOD E. KENYON, lawyer, Elgin, Ill., was born in Coldwater, Mich., in 1862; was brought by his parents to Elgin in his early childhood, and was reared to manhood in the Illinois city. His literary education was obtained in the public schools, and his legal studies were conducted under the preceptorship of T. J. Rushton, of Elgin. He was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1895, and has since practiced in Elgin. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Elgin Board of Aldermen and re-elected to the same position in 1903. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F., affiliating with Kane Lodge, No. 407. He was married in 1891 to Miss Lillie P. Sherwood, daughter of Nelson Sherwood (deceased), of Elgin.
JAMES KENDALL, farmer and Justice of the Peace, Plato Township, Kane County; born in Cornwall, Eng., Nov. 14, 1846; came to Canada with his parents a few months after birth and located in Kane County in 1871; has devoted his attention to farming in Plato Township since 1874; has held minor public offices, and at the present time is serving as Justice of the Peace; married Mary M. Pease, of Plato Township.
H. E. KERCH, M. D., Dundee, physician, born in Stephenson County, Ill., March 10, 1868; son of J. H. Kerch, was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the public school, and in the Normal School at Dixon, Ill. Before taking up the study of medicine he .taught a country school for three years. He entered Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College in 1889 and graduated there in 1892, after which for eighteen months he was interne in the Cook County Hospital. In the fall of 1893 he opened an office in Dundee, soon winning many friends and a large practice. Dr. Kerch is a member of the Illinois and the National Homoeopathic Societies, is a Lecturer on Materia Medica at the Chicago Homoeopathic College, and for five years has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Village Library; for two years has also been Village Trustee. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in June, 1896, to Miss Nellie Ireck, of Dundee.
G. OSBORN KERFOOT, dentist, Batavia, Ill.; born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Nov. 30, 1871; educated in the public schools and at Hamlin University (St. Paul, Minn.), graduated from the Northwestern College of Dental Surgery in the class of 1894, and the same year began practice at Batavia, where he has won an enviable reputation is one of the leading dentists of the Fox River Valley. He was married in 1898 to Miss Harriet Murchie, of Batavia.
ELISHA D. KETCHUM (deceased), farmer and stock-raiser; born at Clarksburg, Mass., Aug. 31, 1822; grew to maturity in his native State; educated in the public schools and was
