RYERSON EDGARTON KELLOGG {8142} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f>, son of Theron {3370} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g>, b. in Troy, Oh., 8 June 1841; m. (1) in Vernon, Ia., 31 Mar. 1869, Mary Amelia Smith, b. in Cape Vincent, N. Y., 31 Mar. 1852, dau. of William Henry Smith, b. 7 Apr. 1820, and Mary Enos Wilson, b. 17 May, 1822.

She d. in Alden, Ia., 3 Nov. 1879 of a laudanum overdose; he m. (2) in Rose Grove, Ia., 1 Dec. 1880, Josephine Arrilla Borland, b. in Niagara Co., N. Y., 23 Mar. 1856, dau. of Andrew Davidson Borland, b. 6 Mar. 1827, and Rose Ann Hutchinson, b. 1 Jan. 1830.

He d. 20 Nov. 1906 in Alden, Ia.; she d. 20 Mar. 1940 in Alden.

He was a farmer and a breeder of livestock; res. in Alden; served as a private in the civil war in Co. A, Twelfth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; enlisted 2 Oct. 1861; was discharged 20 Jan. 1866; was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh (where he was captured and imprisoned for six months), Jackson, Miss., siege of Vicksburg, siege of Jackson, battle of Nashville and the siege of Spanish Fort, Ala.

Children (by first wife, born in Alden):

MYRTLE MAY {14929} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12a>, b. 4 Mar. 1870; m. 3 May 1887, George Alexander Barhite, b. 1864; he d. 30 Dec. 1938; she d. 18 Oct. 1958.

ETHEL VIOLA {14930} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12b>, b. 4 Sept. 1872; m., Eugene Franklin Walton, b. 27 Apr. 1873; he d. 14 Jan. 1960; she m., 1 Sep. 1915, Arch Howell, b. 1871; she d. 6 July 1960.

MABEL LUCY {14931} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12c>, b. 23 Jan. 1874; m. 5 Dec. 1893, Harvy Grant Walton, b. 4 Aug. 1874; he d. 20 Feb. 1899; she m. (2) 1901, Levi Allinson, b. 29 Mar. 1849; divorced before 1920; he d. 29 Jan 1931; she d. 10 Oct. 1937.

Children (by second wife, born in Vernon):

THERON EDGARTON {14932} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12d>, b. 30 Aug. 1883; m. 15 Feb. 1911, Agnes May Madden, b. 1889; she d. 1962; he d. 1964.

RYERSON EARL {14933} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12e>, b. 29 July 1885; m. 16 Aug. 1906, Amelia Grupe, b. 30 Mar. 1889; she d. 21 Apr. 1923; he d. 26 Apr. 1968.

LURINDA ROSE {14934} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12f>, b. 10 Mar. 1888 in Vernon, Ia.; m. 3 Nov 1909 in Meade, S. D., Martin Louis (or Lewis or Leonard) Murray, b. 27 July 1887 in Hawarden, Ia.; he was a delveryman and later a proprieter; she d. 11 Apr. 1957 in Pennington County, S. D.; he d. 28 Sept. 1957 in Rapid City, S. D.; had six children.

ARRILLA DEMARIUS {14935} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12g>, b. 14 May 1890 in Dows, Ia.; she m., 7 Aug. 1912 in Newcastle, Ia., Lewis Johan Swenson, b. 3 Dec. 1883 in Radcliffe, Ia.; worked in the elevator industry; he d. 26 Apr. 1946 in Newton County, Mo.; she d. 8 Dec. 1952; had no children but adopted a son.

ELTA IRENE {14936} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7a.8d.9e.10g.11f.12h>, b. 27 Aug. 1894 in Vernon, Ia.; m. 11 Jan. 1921 in Polk, Ia., as his second wife, Henry R. Smith, son of Joseph Smith and Minnie Havens, b. 1883 in Lawrence, Kan., who had four chidren with his first wife, Mary E.; he was a farm store manager; he may have d. or they were divorced shortly thereafter; she m. (2) Harry Rodney Havens as his second wife before 1925 (he had previously m. Anna Sullivan 5 Jan. 1908 in Boston, Mass.); he d. 13 May 1931 in Iowa City, Ia.; she d. 25 Nov. 1976; they had four children.