[p. 789] a life-long resident of Pulaski Township, belonging to one of the old pioneer families of this section, has been engaged in general farming ever since he reached man's estate. He is a son of Hiram and Isabella (Dinsmore) Kelso.
The grandparents of Mr. Kelso were George Kelso and Matthew Dinsmore. The former was one of the early settlers in Pulaski Township, coming before the heavily-timbered lands had been cleared or roads had been built. The Kelso family has been a highly regarded one in Lawrence County ever since. The maternal grandfather, Matthew Dinsmore, was an equally early settler in North Beaver Township and his descendants are also among the most valued residents in that locality.
Hiram Kelso, father of George K., followed farming in Pulaski Township and through life performed every duty of a good citizen. He was a member of the Harbor United Presbyterian Church. He died in Pulaski Township in 1898. The following members of his family survive: Matthew D., residing in Pulaski Township; Frances A., wife of T. S. Dinsmore, residing at Los Angeles, Cal.; John C. and George K., both residing in Lawrence County, and Jennie A., wife of James C. Wilson, residing in North Beaver Township.
George K. Kelso attended school through boyhood in District No. 5, Pulaski Township, and many of his old schoolmates are yet his neighbors. Like his father, he is a stanch Republican in politics and also, like his parents, he is identified with the Harbor United Presbyterian Church. As a good citizen, he takes an interest in public improvements, in the way of improving the highways and other matters of equal interest to an agricultural section, and is liberal in the support of movements which establish law, order, temperance and morality in the community.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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