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- Known as Little Kelly- believed to be the longest living resident of Mara Township.
from the Canadian Post, Lindsay, 3 Jun 1887:
Brechin:
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN
One of the oldest men of this county or perhaps any bordering counties died last week. Mr. Arthur Kelly, at the ripe old age of 112 years. Mr. Kelly came to this country in 1832 and underwent many of the privations the settlers were often subject to. He brought up a family of 13, all living but two. He has always enjoyed good health and when over 100 years, rode on horseback from his own place into the township of Brock, a distance of over 25 miles. His wife, many years younger, though an old woman is still living.
Arthur farmed on Lot 6, Concession 13, Mara Township, Ontario County
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