J. M. Kelley, banker, Macedonia, was born in Johnson County, Ill., March 18, 1852; his father, Richard Y. Kelley, was born in Tennessee February 14, 1813; emigrated from Tennessee to Illinois about 1835, where he raised his family. He was a farmer, and died June 10, 1860. Subject's mother, Sarah E. F. (Ballowe) Kelley, was born in Virginia July 3, 1814; was the mother of eight children, of whom our subject is the youngest; she died in Mills County, Iowa, November 14, 1873, where she and her husband had emigrated in 1854.

Mr. Kelley is a graduate of the State University of Iowa, of the class of 1876. He is now Cashier of the Macedonia Bank, where he has been for two years. Mr. Kelley has been a law student, but never sough admission to the bar; he has been engaged in the mercantile business, and served as Deputy Treasurer of Mills County, Iowa.

He is connected with the Masonic Lodge of the place, and is a young man of very high standing and influence in the community.