KELLOGG, WALTER E., son of Erastus W. and Lydia Ann (WINCHESTER)
KELLOGG, was born at Morrisburg, Province of Ontario, March 3, 1864. Erastus
KELLOGG was a native of Concord, one of the eleven children of Benjamin
P. and Arthusa (METCALF) KELLOGG, long-time and worthy citizens of that
town. Erastus was a mechanic, contractor, and builder, and died when Walter
was ten years of age.
With a fair common school training, Walter possessed an elastic
physique, and an adventurous spirit, and at the age of fourteen found employment
on the steamboats that plied past his early home on the St. Lawrence river
and four years later was captain of a small boat, and later was an engineer,
a line of work which he pursued on the river and the Great Lakes and also
on the land until he came to St. Johnsbury in October, 1886. In March,
1883, he came to West Concord, where he had relatives, and where he met
Nellie E., daughter of Alonzo K. and Nellie A. (CHENEY) QUIMBY, who became
his wife in 1885. Her parents were many years esteemed residents of West
Concord, but now reside with Mr. KELLOGG on Pine street.
Mr. and Mrs. KELLOGG have three children, -- George W., Annie Madge,
and Guy Truman. After his removal to St. Johnsbury, in 1886, Mr. KELLOGG
found employment during thirteen years in the sealing room of E. &
T. FAIRBANKS & Co. Meanwhile he was appointed substitute letter carrier,
May 15, 1894.
This position he continued to fill until he was appointed assistant
postmaster March 25, 1900, under Hon. L. D. HAZEN. St. Johnsbury
is now a second-class office, employing five carriers and two substitutes
for city delivery; also three rural carriers and three substitutes, with
an annual business of about $19,000. Mr. KELLOGG's active temperament and
genial manner peculiarly fit him for his present position.
Source: Successful Vermonters,
William H. Jeffrey, E. Burke, Vermont, The Historical Publishing Company,
1904, page 71-72.
Prepared
by Tom Dunn December 2004
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