William Robert Kelly

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census

website of T. Mall (tamall@cox.net)

http://www.srmarchivists.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Spring-2013_Newsletter.pdf [includeds his photo]
Kelly [1883-1981] came to Greeley with his family in 1890 and opened a law office in the First National Bank Building of Greeley in 1909. As a water lawyer, Kelly served Water Districts 1 and 2 in Weld County, and was the attorney for the Cache la Poudre Irrigating Company and the Reservoir Company for forty years. In addition, Kelly was special counsel for Colorado in the Wyoming v Colorado and the Nebraska v Colorado litigation from 1930 to 1938. His work in water law is numerous, including work as an initiator of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Northern Colo-rado Water Conservancy District.

Manuscript Collections, William R. Kelly Collection (SC 21). 1/21/2009. sjs.
RECORD GROUP SC21 WILLIAM R. KELLY COLLECTION
VOLUME 3 LINEAR FEET, 2 BOXES
This collection includes documents donated by William R. Kelly (1883-1981). The variety of documents includes U.S. Government publications concerning Federal Reformation Programs, U. S. Agriculture Department Bulletins, and bulletins concerning the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Also included in this collection, are publications on Western states water resources, the Western Resources Conference, brochures and personal papers concerning various water projects and issues, and local reports about water pollution and irrigation. The dates of items in the collection range from 1990-1973. A biography of Kelly from Who's Who in Colorado is included in the collection.
An important item in the collection is Water (and Law) in a Thirsty Land. The book is composed of 28 articles, as early as 1934, written by William R. Kelly and compiled August 19, 1970. Several articles in the book have been published.
The final item contained in the collection is a publication of The Colorado Water Conservation Board-Denver and Colorado Agriculture and Mechanical College-Fort Collins. It is titled A Hundred Years of Irrigation in Colorado, 100 Years Organized and Continuous Irrigation 1852-1952.

obit Porter Estate Papers [see Library] excerpts
Wm R. Kelly, 97 of Greeley died Tuesday 20 Jan at Weld County General Hospital..born 22 Feb 1883 to David and Christian (Kennish) Kelly at Mound City, MO...married 29 June 1911 Ettella Smith at Los Angeles, California....Kelly came to Greeley when he was 7 yrs old...Batchelor's degree 1905 and LLB 1907 from Univ of Colorado...member of Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Delta Phi and Heart and Dagger...editor of college periodical "Silver and Gold"...admitted to bar 1908 with ioffices in Santa Fe, NM and Fort Collins and later Greeley where he practiced for 63 yrs...wife died 4 apr 1972..served as Greeley City Attorney 1916-1921...Weld County Attorney 1921-1928...Northern Colorado Water conservancy Attorney 1935-1956...partners with T. Snyder 1941-1948 and J. Clayton 1949-1956...president of Greeley chamber of commerce 1916 and director 1914-1940...one of the founders of Colorado Big Thompson project ...member of Weld county Hospital board 1944-1955[president in 1949]....VP of Colorado Bar Assoc 1937 and its president 1938...Directof of Colorado Bar Association Foundation 1941-1970.....vestryman at Trinity Episcopal church for 29 yrs...member of Rotary, IOOF and Occidental Lodge #20...survived by son David of Greeley...sister Mrs Galdys Carroll of Greeley,three grandchildre and four great grandchildre. His sister Mrs.Maud Riggs died 18 Jan 1981...interment Linn Grove Cemetery...

William married Carolin Ettella Smith on 29 Jun 1911 in Los Angeles County, California. (Carolin Ettella Smith was born on 31 Aug 1886, died on 6 Apr 1972 and was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.)

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