AARON WINTHROP KELLOGG {3750} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d>, son of Rev. Hiram Huntington {1387} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a>, b. in Oneida Co., N. Y., 6 Nov. 1835; m. 16 Dec. 1861, Sarah Emeline Allen, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., 6 Sept. 1845, dau. of Egbert Allen and Emeline Mallary.

He d. in Pontiac, Ill., 22 Jan. 1901.

He rem. to Galesburg with his father in 1836; received a collegiate education in Knox College, of which his father was president; was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1857. He was a member of the law class of Professor Dwight, but engaged in the business of lumbering, etc., in Oneida Co. He enlisted during the civil war, but was rejected on account of physical disability. He went to Livingston Co., Ill. in 1866 and was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for that county in 1869; resigned that office in 1871. He was engaged in newspaper work, his favorite occupation, for more than forty years.

In 1879 he assisted in the work of publishing the history of four counties of Illinois. He took a leading part in politics, as an active Republican. He was much in public life, and for eight years was connected with the Legislative and State Departments of Illinois.

He was Assistant Postmaster of the United States Senate, 1882 to '93. In 1897 he was appointed Librarian of the State Reformatory of Illinois; was editor of The Pioneer, the official publication of that institution, until ill health caused his retirement from active occupation.

Children:

OTHNIEL SAMUEL WILLIAMS {8852} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11a>, b. in Elpis, N. Y., 21 Aug. 1863; m. Lena Gasser.

MARY EMELINE {8853} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11b>, b. in Elpis, 25 May 1865; res. unm. in Chicago.

GERTRUDE WINNEFRED {8854} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11c>, b. in Pontiac, 24 Jan. 1867; m. Frank Elmer Magill.

WINTHROP CHANDLER {8855} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11d>, b. in Des Moines, Ia., 11 Feb. 1869; is a mining engineer; was graduated from the M. E. department, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; is a Baptist and a Republican; enlisted in 1898 in the Spanish war in the Fourth United States Infantry, in Fort Sheridan, Ill., and served in Co. C and Engineer Corps, Co. B.

WILLIAM SEWARD {8856} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11e>, b. in Pontiac, 10 Oct. 1872; m. Sarah Elizabeth Hartshorn.

HIRAM HARLOW {8857} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11f>, b. in Pontiac, 27 June 1876; enlisted in 1898 in the Spanish war; was private in Co. D, Second Illinois Volunteers; is a Republican and a Presbyterian; res. in Chicago; is unm.

HARRIET HELEN {8858} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11g>, b. in Pontiac, 27 June 1876; res. in Rollins, Ill; is unm.

HOMER GLEASON {8859} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11h>, b. in Rollins, 7 Apr. 1879; is a machinist; a Presbyterian; res. unm. in Chicago.

CAROLINE EMILY {8860} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7j.8i.9a.10d.11i>, b. 6 Nov. 1883; d. in Pontiac., unm., 23 Sept. 1899.