SILAS KELLOGG {3576} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a>, son of Frederick {1302} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a>, b. in Galway, N. Y., 6 June 1789; m. 26 Feb. 1812, Martha Simpson, b. in Salem, N. Y., 2 Nov. 1793, dau. of Capt. James Simpson, b. in Philadelphia, 19 Nov. 1766, and Nancy Fowler, b. 3 Feb. 1770.

He d. in Ira, N. Y., 18 Aug. 1862; she d. 3 May, 1872.

He remained on his father's farm in Brutus, N. Y. until 21 years of age when he rem. with his inheritance (a yoke of steers) to Victory, N. Y., then a dense forest. His cousin, Philander Pinney, joined him and they entered Government land and built their log houses. After about a year's labor, he returned to Brutus to be married and bring his wife. A little later he sold his farm and bought another in Ira, N. Y. He was several times Supervisor of the town and often declined office. He was frequently made referee in cases of dispute between neighbors.

Children:

DAVID SIMPSON {8506} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11a>, b. 27 Jan. 1813; m. Mary Jane Noble.

NANCY FOWLER {8507} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11b>, b. 7 Jan. 1815; m. Amos C. Bartlett.

ASA DAY {8508} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11c>, b. in Ira, 5 July 1818: m. Araminta Vilata Curtis.

JAMES HERVEY {8509} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11d>, b. in Ira, 30 Mar. 1821; m. Susan Gay Allen.

MARY JANE {8510} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11e>, b. in Ira, 23 Mar. 1824; d. unm., 9 Jan. 1849.

EDWARD HENRY {8511} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8c.9a.10a.11f>, b. in Ira. 1 Sept. 1828; m. 4 Dec. 1860, Charlotte Fickett, b. 4 Jan., 1831, dau. of Francis Fickett, b. in Westbrook, Me., now Stroudwater, 8 Oct. 1798, and Mary Augusta Seers, b. in Hudson, N. Y., 27 Feb. 1803; was a clerk in Auburn, Rochester and New York City until 1854, when be commenced business for himself; was a merchant and manufacturer of oils in New York; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 17 Nov. 1900; had no children.