HON. WILLIAM KELLOGG {7907} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e>, son of Judge Amos {3279} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f>, b. in Ashtabula Co., Oh., 8 July 1814; m. in Canton, Ill., 1843, Lucinda Catherine Ross, b. 7 Oct. 1821, dau. of Ossian Major Ross, b. 1790, and Mary Winans, b. 1 Apr., 1793.
He d. in Peoria, Ill., 20 Dec. 1872; she d. in Conneaut, Oh., in the summer of 1900.
He rem. to Canton, Ill., 1837, and was employed for several years in settling the disputes over the land titles there; was Representative in the Illinois Legislature, 1849-50; Judge of the Circuit Court of Illinois, 1852-55; was a Republican Representative from Illinois in the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, 1857-63; was appointed United States Minister to Guatemala, C. A., by President Lincoln, 1864, which office he declined; was appointed Chief Justice of Nebraska Territory and served 1866-67.
Children:
WILLIAM {14566} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e.12a>, b. in Canton, 3 Sept. 1844; m. Abbie Van Amrige Cassidey.
JOHN {14567} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e.12b>, b. 5 Mar. 1848; went West in 1878; was in Tucson, Ariz. when last heard from.
PAULINA {14568} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e.12c>, b. in Canton, 8 July 1849; m. Lawrence Washington James.
EMILY {14569} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e.12d>, b. in Peoria, Ill., 8 Aug. 1864; m. E. K. Devereaux.
LULU {14570} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8a.9e.10f.11e.12e>, b. in Peoria, 8 Aug. 1864; res. unm. in Ashtabula, Oh.