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Kelsey Brothers carry on a brick yard on the bank of Round Lake [northeast of Anoka, Anoka County], and manufacture about one million brick annually. They are of a very fine quality, as may be seen by an examination of the Court House and High School building at Anoka, both of which are built of material from this yard.
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MRS. LUCY KELSEY was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, on the 25th of February, 1825. She received a good common school education in her native county, and at twenty-three years of age was married to Peter Kelsey, a native of New York State. In 1856, they came to Minnesota, and purchased the farm on which Mrs. Kelsey now lives, of J. C. Frost, who was one of the pioneers of this
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township. Mr. Kelsey came to this State, hoping to recuperate his failing health, but died in 1865. They have had seven children, and all are living, three daughters and four sons; Jackson, the youngest son, is now carrying on the farm. Porter P. and Claude L. are carrying on a brick-yard at the head of Round Lake, where they manufacture about one million brick annually.
Source:
History of the Upper Mississippi Valley
By Winchell, Neill, Williams, and Bryant
Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1881