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FRANCIS WILLIAM KELLOGG
Kellogg, Francis William (1810-1879), a
Representative from Michigan and from Alabama; born in Worthington, Hampshire, Mass., May 30, 1810; attended the
common schools; moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1833; thence to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1855 and engaged in the lumber
business at Kelloggville, Kent County; member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; elected from
Michigan as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3,
1865); during the Civil War organized the Second, Third, and Sixth Regiments by authority of the War Department and
was appointed colonel of the Third Regiment; appointed by President Johnson collector of internal revenue for the
southern district of Alabama April 30, 1866, and served until July 1868, residing in Mobile, Ala.; upon the
readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July
22, 1868, to March 3, 1869; moved to New York City and later to Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, where he died January
13, 1879; interment in Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Parents: Giles Crouch Kellogg, Eunice Palmer Cottrell
Spouse: Emeline White
Born: 2 Mar 1810
Marriage: 24 Mar 1832
Sources:
United States Federal Census Vital Records The Political Graveyard
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