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<p>[QUOTE="mforder, post: 4127084, member: 20023"]<u><b>Item #34:</b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>We little did I know but it appears that Charles Steele was also an Insurance Agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Back then it appears that you had to have your paperwork signed by a state official. That's where this gets a bit interesting. a Henry Cooper Kelsey signed this certificate. Henry seemed to be an interesting fellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a short article about him. I am sure there is more to read than this but this article is fascinating in itself. <a href="http://trentonhistory.org/Kelsey.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://trentonhistory.org/Kelsey.htm" rel="nofollow">http://trentonhistory.org/Kelsey.htm</a> and this link too... <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14774912/henry-cooper-kelsey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14774912/henry-cooper-kelsey" rel="nofollow">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14774912/henry-cooper-kelsey</a> In this one they talk about this specific insurance company and the scandal surrounding it and Mr Kelsey.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]331269[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mforder, post: 4127084, member: 20023"][U][B]Item #34:[/B][/U] We little did I know but it appears that Charles Steele was also an Insurance Agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Back then it appears that you had to have your paperwork signed by a state official. That's where this gets a bit interesting. a Henry Cooper Kelsey signed this certificate. Henry seemed to be an interesting fellow. I found a short article about him. I am sure there is more to read than this but this article is fascinating in itself. [URL]http://trentonhistory.org/Kelsey.htm[/URL] and this link too... [URL]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14774912/henry-cooper-kelsey[/URL] In this one they talk about this specific insurance company and the scandal surrounding it and Mr Kelsey. [ATTACH=full]331269[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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