Frank Kelsey (son of Peter Kelsey) was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1854. The next year his parents removed to Anoka county, settling at Round lake in what is now the town of Grow. From 1869 to 1880 he was engaged in brickmaking with his brothers, afterward spending five years in the mines in the Black Hills. From 1888 to 1893 he was in the grocery business, and from 1893 to 1900 was chief of police of Anoka. He is now engaged in raising small fruits on east Main street. He was married Sept. 1, 1881, to Ida Allen. They have three children: Guy, Stanley and Francis. (History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, Albert M. Goodrich, Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis, 1905, Page 246)
Peter Kelsey (deceased) was born in New York state in 1825. He came to Anoka county in 1855, settling at Round lake in what is now the town of Grow. He engaged in farming until 1862, when he removed to New York, returning in 1865 to his farm at Round lake, where he died the same year. His wife was Miss Lucy Giddings of Ohio, who died at Round lake in 1886. Children: Claudius L. (Eugene City, Oregon), Minnie (Mrs. M. Burns, Grand Forks, N. D.), Porter, Frank, Frances (died 1894), Jackson (drowned in Round lake, 1883). (History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, Albert M. Goodrich, Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis, 1905, Page 247)