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KELLOGG


KELLOGG


He is the author of: Hindi Grammar (1875); T7ie Jews, or Prediction and Fulfillment (1883); The Light of Asia and the Light of the World (1885); From Deatii of Resurrection (1885); Are Preinil- lennialisis Right? (1885); An Exposition of the Book of Leviticus (1891); The Genesis and Groivth of Religion (1892); Handbook of Comparative Religions (1899). He fell over a precipice while cj'cling in the Himalayas, the accident resulting in his death near Landour. India, May 3, 1899.

KELLOQQ, Stephen Wright, representative, was born in Shelburne, Mass., April 5, 1822; son of Jacob Poole and Lucy (Wright) Kellogg; grandson of Julius and Mary (Poole) Kellogg and of Stephen and Sarali (Prescott) Wright, and a descendant of Jacob Poole, a lieutenant in the war of the American Revolution. He was graduated from Yale in 1846, was admitted to the bar, and practised at Waterbury, Conn. He was judge of the New Haven county court in 1854; judge of the probate court, 1854-60; a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1860, 1808 and 1876; a Repul^lican representa- tive in the 41st, 42d and 4;jd congresses, 1869-75, and a defeated candidate for the 44th and 45tli congresses, 1874 and 1876. He was a Republican presidential elector-at-large in 1901.

KELLOQQ, Vernon Lyman, educator, was born at Emporia, Kan., Dec. 1, 1867; son of Lyman Beecher and Abigail (Homer) Kellogg. He was graduated from the University of Kansas in 1889, and was a graduate student at Cornell univei'sity, N.Y., in 1891, and at Leipzig, Ger- many, in 1893 and 1897. He was assistant pro- fessor of entomology at the University of Kansas, 1890-93, associate professor of the same, 1893- 94, and became professor of entomology at Leland Stanford, Jr., university, California, in 1894. He is the author of the following books: Common Injurious hisects of Kansas; Elements of Lisect Anatomy (with Prof. J. H. Comstock); Lessons in Nature Study (with Prof. O. P. Jen- kins); Animal Life (with Pres. D. S. Jordan); Elementary Zoology; North American Mallo- phaga, and many papers on entomological sub- jects.

KELLOQQ, William, representative, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, July 8, 1814; son of Amos and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg, and grand- son of Walter and Abigail (Adams) Dean. He was educated in the public schools and was ad- mitted to the bar. He removed to Canton, 111., in 1837, and was employed for several years in settling the disputes over the land titles there. He was a representative in the Illinois legislature in 1849-50; judge of the circuit court of Illinois, 1852-55, and a Republican representative from Illinois in the 35th, 36th and 37th congresses, 1857-63. He was appointed U.S. minister to


Guatemala, S.A., by President Lincoln, in 1864, which office he declined. He was appointed chief justice of Nebraska Territory, anil served 1866-67. He died in Peoria, 111., Dec. 20, 1872.

KELLOQQ, William Pitt, governor of Louisi- ana, was born at Orwell, Vt., Dec. 8, 1831; son of the Rev. Sherman and Rebecca (Eaton) Kel- logg; grandson of Saxton and Sallie (Fuller) Kellogg, and a descendant of Benjamin Franklin on his father's side. His grandmother on his mother's side, Harriet Charter, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a cadet of the class of 1847, Norwich uni- versity, but did not graduate; removed to Peoria, 111., in 18- 50; read law with Judge E. G. John- son; was admitted to the bar and prac- tised in Fulton coun- ty until 1861. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1856 and 1860, and a Repub- lican presidential elector for Illinois in 1860. President Lincoln appointed liim chief justice of Nebraska Territory in March, 1861, but he returned to Illinois in August of that year and raised the 7th Illinois cavalry, of which regiment he was commissioned colonel by Governor Yates. He v^'as for several months in command of the military station at Cape Girar- deau, Mo.; served under General Pope until the evacuation of Fort Thompson; commanded a cavalry brigade at Corinth, Farmington and Grand Junction, and leaving the army on ac- count of ill-health in 1863, returned to the posi- tion of chief justice of Nebraska, resigning in January, 1863. He was appointed collector of the port of New Orleans, April 14, 1865, and his commission was signed by President Lincoln the same day he was assassinated. He was married, June 6, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Andrew Wills, of Canton, 111. He served as collector until July, 1868, when he was elected to the U.S. senate. In 1873 he was nominated for governor of Louisiana by the Republican party, and elected in November of that year. A bitter struggle ensued with the Democratic party, which claimed the election of John McEnery. Two legislatures convened and both candidates were inaugurated, Jan. 14, 1873, and a dual gov- ernment instituted. The controversy was finally settled by the passage of a joint resolution of both houses of congress recognizing Mr. Kellogg