Alice J. Yates & Clement/Kellogg

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Alice Josephine Yates
1st of 3 children of Martin Huffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges
Born: Sep 30, 1875, Mayfield (now Palo Alto), Santa Clara Co., California
Died: Oct 15, 1959 (age 84), San Francisco, California; Hyperthermia (heat stroke), vascular thrombosis, arteriosclerosis
Buried: Oct 19, 1959, Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Married (1): Sep 29, 1890, Edmond Pierre Clement, San Francisco, California (Edmond was 37, Alice a day short of age 15)
Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement, Edna Marguarite Clement
Married (2): Apr 15, 1896, Milo Bailey Kellogg, San Francisco (Milo age 53, Alice age 21)
Two children: Leo Yates Kellogg, Milo Martin Kellogg

(m1) Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement
Son of Pierre/Peter Nicolas Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel
Born: Feb 5, 1853, Paris, France
Died: Sep 22, 1927 (age 74), San Francisco, California; arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage 
Buried: Sep 24, 1927, Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Occupation: Employed by Redlick Newman Furniture Co., carpet layer, San Francisco fireman
Affiliation: Member of San Francisco Volunteer Fire Department
Married (1): circa 1878, Katherine/Catherine Costello, prob San Francisco, California
One child: Valentine Costello “Val” Clement
Married (2): Sep 29, 1890, Alice Josephine Yates, San Francisco, California
Divorced: abt 1896, San Francisco, California
Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement, Edna Marguarite Clement
Married (3): abt 1896, Rose “Rosie” Schiller/Schieller/Schuler, San Francisco, California
Five children: Edmund Peter Clement, Lucie Clement, Dewey P. Clement, William Peter “Willie/Billy” Clement, Nellie Rose Clement

Two children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg]
Note: (Roy Leavitt Clement took the last name of her stepfather, Milo B. Kellogg)
Born: Apr 16, 1892, San Francisco, California
Died: Sep 26, 1959 (age 67), Anaheim, Orange Co., California
Buried: Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co., California
Married (1): Dec 23, 1910, Helen Hanna Kestine Halvorsen, Snohomish Co., Washington
Four children: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
[Note: Helen’s 2nd husband, Glenn Farcy, adopted the four children, the last two taking the Farcy name]
Married (2): Feb 27, 1927, Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington
No children

2. Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg]
Note: (Edna Marguarite Clement took the last name of her stepfather, Milo B. Kellogg)
Born: Feb 25, 1896, San Francisco, California
Died: Dec 25, 1983 (age 97), Sonoma, Sonoma Co., California
Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California
Married (1): Feb 13, 1913, Ernest Edward Jules Sevenau, San Francisco, California
Divorced: aft 1925 and bef 1930 census, San Francisco, California
Four children: Louis Dunand Sevenau, Ernest William Sevenau, Lucille Josephine [Jeanne Lucille] Sevenau, Eugene Martin Sevenau
Married (2): aft 1936, Gerald John “Jerry” Sutcliff
Divorced: 1940s
No children
Married (3): mid-1940s, Charles Solomon “Sol/Solly” Blackman
No children

(m2) Milo Bailey Kellogg
2nd of 5 children of Rodney K. Kellogg & Harriet M. Bailey
Born: Sep 16, 1843, Marion, Wayne Co., New York
Died: Oct 7, 1918 (age 75), Orting, Pierce Co., Washington; chronic kidney trouble, paresis, gradual decline
Buried: Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
Military: Civil War, Union Army (Prisoner of War at Andersonville)
Occupation: Blacksmith apprentice, Postmaster for Wichita, government food inspector for the Interior Department; Kansas; grocer in Sedgwick Co., Kansas; real estate and loan business; laborer in woods; ranch manager; hospital orderly/nurse
Politics: Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County; Sedgwick City Councilman
Married (1): Unknown, died during or right after the Civil War; buried in Idaho
Married (2): Oct 17, 1867, Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Two children: Glenn Emsley Kellogg, Marjorie Elva Kellogg
Married (3): Apr 15, 1896, Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
Two children: Leo Yates Kellogg, Milo Martin Kellogg

Two children of Alice Josephine Yates & Milo Baily Kellogg
1. Leo Yates Kellogg
Born: May 25, 1898, Seattle, King Co., Washington
Died: Nov 21, 1952 (age 54), Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California; coronary thrombosis
Buried: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura Co., California
Married (1): Dec 24, 1917, Ida May McKay, Snohomish Co., Washington
One child: Margaret Beatrice Kellogg
Married (2): Jun 21, 1930, Helen Hyatt, Yakima Co., Washington
Married (3): Mar 5, 1941, Joan Marie Egts, Las Vegas, Nevada
Two daughters: Elsie [Heather] Kellogg, Claudia Kellogg

2. Milo Martin Kellogg
Born: Feb 28, 1903, California
Died: Jun 12, 1918 (age 15), Snohomish Co., Washington; Bright’s Disease (kidney disease)
Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington

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Timeline and Records

Spellings and information in census and other records are retained
as reflected in the original documents

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Oct 17, 1867: Marriage of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; his 2nd wife

Two children:
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
1872 – 1872
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg
1879 – 1965

Sep 30, 1875: Birth of Alice Josephine Yates, 1st of 3 children of Martin Huffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges, in Mayfield (now Palo Alto), Santa Clara Co., California

Feb 5, 1876: Baptism of Alice Josephine Yates, Saint Matthew’s Church in San Mateo, California

1877: Alice Josephine Yates (age 2), photo taken at Imperial Gallery Studio in San Francisco, California:

Jun 10, 1880: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, California:
Yates, Martin H: age 25, Clerk, born California, father born New York, mother born New York
Josephine: age 22, wife, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, father born France, mother born Larraine
Alice: age 4, daughter, born California, father born California, mother born Pennsylvania
Martin W: age 2, son, born California, father born California, mother born Pennsylvania

Jun 10, 1880: U.S Federal Census, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas:
Kellogg, Milo B.: age 35, married, Keeps grocery store, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Vira M.: age 33, wife, married, keeping house, born New York (PA), father born England, mother born New York
Margore: age 9/12, born Aug, daughter, at home, born Kansas, father born New York, mother born New York (Marjorie)

Jul 5, 1884: Death of Josephine Cecille “Josie” (Des Granges) Yates, (age 26), in childbirth with her 3rd child, San Francisco, California; Alice Josephine Yates, her first child, is eight years old.

Sep 29, 1890: Marriage of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, San Francisco, California
note: Alice is a day short of age 15, Edmond is 37

Two children:
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [took the name of Kellogg]
1892 – 1959
2. Edna Marguerite Clement [took the name of Kellogg]
1896 – 1983

May 20, 1891: Death of Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church (age 45), 2nd wife of Milo Bailey Kellogg, in Fresno, Fresno Co., California; cancer

Apr 16, 1892: Birth of Roy Leavitt Clement, 1st of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, San Francisco, California

From the notes of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (Grandson of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement & Alice Josephine Yates):
“Alice Yates was not quite 16 years of age when she married Edmond Clement in 1890. This Union did not last long. Edmond was a fine fellow and provider but knew every Irishman in San Francisco and attended every wake. Wakes in those days usually turned out to be all night drinking parties. Edmond once said he would rather lose an arm than to miss an Irish wake. Because there were too many Irishmen dying and one Frenchman couldn’t resist being present and stay home, this marriage broke up. He was a well-known member of the Fire Department. His station was where the south entrance of the Stockton Street Tunnel now is. His father Peter was a was a worker in brass and made many beautiful clocks still in use.”

circa 1895: Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement (at age 20 according to photo):

abt 1896: Divorce of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, San Francisco, California

From the notes of Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, daughter of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg:
Upon divorcing Edmond Clement, Alice did some small acting parts in the old CA Stock Company, travelling with her father who was playing the piano with them at that time. She later married Milo Kellogg from Idaho, who was her father’s best friend. He was 30 years older than she. They had two children, Leo and Milo Jr. (who died as a boy). Leo died in 1956.
Note: Leo died in 1952; Martin Huffman Yates, Sr. is the father of Alice

Martin Huffman Yates, father of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg

Feb 25, 1896: Birth of Edna Marguerite Clement, 2nd of two children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, in San Francisco, California

Apr 15, 1896: Marriage of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
note: Milo is age 53, Alice is 21; her son Roy Leavitt Clement is a day short of age 4, her daughter Edna Marguerite Clement is two months old

Two children:
1. Leo Yates Kellogg
1898 – 1952
2. Milo Martin Kellogg
1903 – 1906

Jun 4, 1896: California Voter Registration:
Name: Milo Bailey Kellogg
Age: 53
Nationality: New York
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 04 Jun 1896
Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California
Precinct: Fresno
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1843
Birthplace: New York

1896: Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, standing and holding infant daughter Edna Marguerite Clement, at the right is Milo Bailey Kellogg seated with her son Roy Leavitt Clement leaning at his side; Sanger Hotel, Sanger, Fresno Co., California:

Feb 26, 1898: Death of Martin Huffman Yates (age 42), the father of Alice Josephine Yates, near the town of Fresno, Fresno Co., California; of consumption. Burial details unknown.

May 25, 1898: Birth of Leo Yates Kellogg, 1st of 2 children of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement & Milo Bailey Kellogg, Seattle, King Co., Washington

circa 1899: Dollie Genasso (Genusso?) at left, Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, and her young daughter Edna Clement/Kellogg (born Feb 1896), Fresno, Fresno Co., California:
Note: with a restored version

circa 1899: Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement and daughter Edna Marguerite Clement, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement

Jun 11, 1900: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, 31st Assembly District, California:
Clement, Mrs. A J: Lodger, Female, born Sep 1875, age 24, divorced, 3 children born: 3 children living, born California, father born California, mother born Pennsylvania, launderer, overalls maker (Alice Josephine Clement; Mrs. and launderer were crossed out on census)
Clement, Leroy: Lodger, Male, born Sep 1875, age 8, born California, father born France, mother born California (Roy Leavitt Clement, son of Alice & Edmond))
Clement, Leon: Lodger, Male, born May 1898, age 2, born Washington, father born France, mother born California (Leo Yates Kellogg, son of Alice & Milo)
Note: Alice Josephine Clement is living at 123 10th St. with two of her children and 11 other lodgers in a boarding house run by a Mrs. M.H. Phillips. According to this census, Alice is divorced. In 1897 she married Milo B. Kellogg in San Francisco. Their son Leo was born in Washington in 1899. Here she is using the name Clement rather than Kellogg. She and Milo must have re-united as she had Milo Martin Kellogg in 1903; unknown as to whereabouts of her daughter Edna Clement [Kellogg], age 4. Family recollects her being placed in a convent as a child.

Jun 30, 1900: U.S. Federal Census, 3rd Township, Fresno Co., California:
Kellogg, Milo B: Male, born 1843, age 57, widowed, born New York, nurse
Note: Milo is working as a nurse in the Fresno County Hospital. He states he is widowed, but is separated from his 3rd wife Alice.

Feb 28, 1903: Birth of Milo Martin Kellogg, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Milo Bailey Kellogg, in California

Apr 27, 1910: U.S. Federal Census, Hartford, Snohomish Co., Washington:
Kellogg, Milo B.: Head, age 65, married 2, married 13 years, born New York, father born United States, mother born United States, laborer in woods
Kellogg, Alice J.: Wife, age 34, married 2, married 13 years, 4 children born, four children living, born California, father born California, mother born Phil, Pennsylvania
Clement, Edna M.: Step Daughter, age 14, single, born California, father born France, mother born California
Kellogg, Leo Y.: Son, age 12, born Washington, father born New York, mother born California
Kellogg, Milo M.: Son, age 7, born California, father born New York, mother born California
Smith, Marjorie: Daughter, age 30, married 1, 2 children born, 2 children living, born Kansas, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania
Smith, Lucy E.: Grand Daughter, age 9, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born Kansas
Smith, Carrie M.: Grand Daughter, age 7, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born Kansas
Note: indexed as Mils B. Kellogg

Letter from Lucy Newman to Wichita Historical Society: They lived in Fresno for three years when Vira Kellogg died of cancer. Marjorie Elva, their only child was then 12 yrs old. …at age 20 she married Arthur L. Smith of Clinton, Mich. My sister Carrie Marie and I (Lucy Elvira) were born there and were the only children, except for twin boys who died at three months. They were divorced when I was eight years old and we moved to Washington.
Milo Kellogg went to San Francisco after his wife’s death and worked in hospital as an orderly. While there he married Alice Clement. I do not know much about her history. She was raised in a convent and was a very lovely person. She had two children when they were married—a girl whose present name and address are Mrs. Edna Blackman 203A Bartlett St. San Francisco, Cal 94110 and Roy. They took the Kellogg name, but do not believe they were adopted. Roy died in the 50’s and his wife Mildred probably still lives at 6382 Marshall St., Buena Park, Calif. Leo Yates Kellogg was born in 1898 in San Francisco and five years later Milo was born. I believe they also lived in San Jose part of that time. He seemed to be chasing rainbows.
In about 1906 they made the mistake of moving to Washington and taking a homestead 2½ miles from Hartford, Wash. It was beautiful virgin timber and nothing but hard work and very little income for about six years. While they were there we came to Hartford and my sister and I lived with them while my mother worked. Wish I had been old enough to gather some information.

1913: Milo B. Kellogg “w/family & friends, 1913” (Alice is #5 and Milo B. Kellogg is #12, back row, 2nd from right):

Source: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Assumptions in red as to their identities:
1. Lucy Smith (age 12) born 1901 in Clinton, Lenawee Co., Kansas
(daughter of Marjorie E. Kellogg & Arthur L. Smith)
2. Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (age 21) born Apr 16, 1892 in San Francisco, California
(son of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement, stepson of Milo B. Kellogg)
3. Leo Yates Kellogg (age 15) born May 25, 1898 in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
(son of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
4. Carrie “Marie” Smith (age 10) born 1903 in Clinton, Lenawee Co., Kansas
(daughter of Marjorie E. Kellogg & Arthur L. Smith)
5. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg (age 2) born Dec 8, 1911, Pierce Co., Washington
(daughter of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Hanna Halvorsen)
6. Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg (age 38) born Sep 30, 1875 in Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California
(3rd wife of Milo Bailey Kellogg)
7. Milo Martin Kellogg (age 10) born Feb 28, 1903 in California
(son of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
8. Helen “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg (age 18) born 1895 in Norway
(wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg)
9. Alice Marion Kellogg (age ? months) born Dec 13, 1913, Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington
(daughter of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Hanna Halvorsen)
10. Karen H. (Nilsen) Halvorsen (age 48) or ?? Marjorie Elva Kellogg (age 34) born Aug 1879 in Kansas
(Helen (Halverson) Kellogg’s mother) or daughter of Milo Kellogg & Miranda Church
11. Halvor Halvorsen (age 16) born abt 1897, Norway
(Hanna (Halvorsen) Kellogg’s brother)
12. Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 70) born Sep 16, 1843 in Marion, Wayne Co., New York
(patriarch of this family and husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
13. perhaps Nels Halvorsen (age 11) born Nov 12, 1901, Norway, Helen (Halverson) Kellogg’s brother
14. unkn man, perhaps Knute Halverson, Helen “Hanna” (Halverson) Kellogg’s father 1863

Jan 10, 1918: Milo Bailey Kellogg enters the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington, where he lives until his death.

Jun 12, 1918: Death of Milo Martin Kellogg (age 15), the 2nd of 2 children Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement & Milo Bailey Kellogg, at home in Lake Stevens, Snohomish Co., Washington; of Bright’s Disease (kidney disease)
Note: Milo was deaf; at about age five he had rheumatic fever w/resulting bad tonsils, rheumatism & finally loss of hearing

Jun 14, 1918: Burial of Milo Martin Kellogg in the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington he is buried next to the pictured headstone (in the lower middle of the photo) of his brother’s young wife, Ida May (McKay) Kellogg. Milo has no headstone.

Oct 7, 1918: Death of Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 75), 2nd husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington; of chronic kidney trouble, paresis, gradual decline, inability to take food

Photo: Circa 1918, Milo B. Kellogg (age 75)
Source: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Oct 7, 1918: Washington Death Record:
Name: Milo B. Kollogg (Kellogg)
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Death Date: 07 Oct 1918
Death Place: Orting, Pierce, Washington
Father: Rodney Kellogg
Mother: Harriet Bailey
FHL Film Number: 1992510
Reference ID: 709

Oct 1918: Burial of Milo B. Kellogg at the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington

Oct 18, 1918: The Leader Courrier, Kingman, Kingman Co., Kansas:

Sep 22, 1927: Death of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement (age 74), 1st husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg; arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage

Sep 24, 1927: Burial of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California (Sec M, Row 29, Grave 56

Apr 16, 1930: U.S. Federal Census, Seattle, King Co., Washington
Name: Alice Kellogg
Birth Year: abt 1876
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 54
Birthplace: California
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1930: Seattle, King, Washington
Street Address: 13th Ave S
House Number: 5010
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father’s Birthplace: California
Mother’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members Name, Age, Relationship:
Leo Kellogg: Age 31, Head, Married (Leo is a widow), Age at 1st marriage: 18, born Washington, father born New York, mother born California, carpenter in a building company
Margaret Kellogg: Age 12, Daughter, born Washington, father born Washington, mother born California
Alice Kellogg: Age 54, Mother, Widowed, born California, father born California, mother born Pennsylvania

Apr 3, 1940: U.S. Federal Census, Hueneme, Ventura Co., California:
Name: Alice J Kellogg
Respondent: Yes
Age: 63
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: California
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1940: Hueneme, Ventura, California
Street: Anacapa Island Light Station
Inferred Residence in 1935: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence in 1935: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Institution: Anacapa Island Light Station
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Leo Y Kellogg: Age 41, Head
Alice J Kellogg: Age 63, Mother

Dec 1941: United States Enter WWII

May 4, 1942: WWII War Ration Book One of Alice Josephine Kellogg, Santa Cruz, California:

May 3, 1950: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, California:
Name: Alice Kellogg
Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1876
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: California
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Street Name: Balmy St
Dwelling Number: 11
Inferred Previous Residence Place: Ventura, California
Father Birth Place: USA
Mother Birth Place: USA
Occupation Category: Other
Worked Last Week: No
Seeking Work: No
Employment Status: No
School Completed: S5
Weeks Worked: None
Other Income: None
Supplemental Income: None
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Ernest Sevenau: age 57, Head, married, born California, Guard for City Parks
Margaret Sevenau: age 43, Wife, married, born New York (his 2nd wife, Margaret (Richard) Mersberg)
Alice Kellogg: age 74, Lodger, widow, born California (his 1st wife Edna Marguerite Clement’s mother)

Nov 21, 1952: Death of Leo Yates Kellogg (age 54), 1st of 2 children Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement & Milo Bailey Kellogg, in Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California; coronary thrombosis
Note: death info & headstone reflect Leo was born in 1899

1952: Burial of Leo Yates Kellogg, at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California
Note: death info & headstone reflect Leo was born 1899; his actual birth year is 1898

Nov 24, 1952: Ventura County Star-Free Press, Ventura, Ventura Co., California (pg 4):

Sep 26, 1959: Death of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (age 67), 1st of 2 children of Edmond Pierre Clement & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, in Anaheim, Orange Co., California

Sep 1959: Burial of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg at Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, Orange Co., California

Oct 15, 1959: Death of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg (age 84), at the Laguna Honda Home in San Francisco, California; of hyperthermia (heat stroke), vascular thrombosis, arteriosclerosis
(Alice is the 1st of 3 children of Martin Hoffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges; 1st marriage Edmond Peter Clement, 2nd marriage Milo Bailey Kellogg)

Laguna Honda Home, San Francisco, California:

Established in 1866, Laguna Honda was originally an almshouse for the poor. In the 1920s the current Spanish Revival style architecture for Laguna Honda was established, and in the ’30s the site was a teaching center for the University of California Medical School. That era also brought the WPA murals that are a popular site today. Occupational therapy, surgery, and cancer research went on during the 1950s, and in 1963 Laguna Honda became an accredited hospital.

Oct 15, 1959: California Death Index:
Name: Alice Josephine Kellogg
[Alice Josephine Yates]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1875
Birth Place: California
Death Date: 15 Oct 1959
Death Place: San Francisco
Mother’s Maiden Name: Desgrandes (Des Granges)
Father’s Surname: Yates

Oct 18, 1959: The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California (pg 51):
Alice J. Kellogg, beloved mother of Mrs. Edna M. Blackman and the late Roy, Leo and Milo Kellogg; native of California. Rosary Sunday, 8 p.m. Services Monday 8 a.m. Daphne SFFS on Church St. thence to Laguna Honda Chapel where a Requiem Mass will be offered at 8:30 a.m.

Oct 19, 1959: Burial of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California; Alice has no headstone

Oct 19, 1959: San Mateo Co., California, San Francisco Colma Cemetery Index:
Name: Alice J Kellogg
Estimated Death Year: Abt 1959
Burial Date: 19 Oct 1959
Burial Place: Colma, San Mateo, California
Cemetery: HOLY CROSS

Note from Patricia Barton, Apr 5, 2009: I believe Alice Kellogg is at Holy Cross.  I remember my father giving money for a headstone, but he thinks one never got placed. I remember going to the rosary for her. She lived with my father even after my mother left.  She had a room downstairs. She was unable to walk.  Very bad arthritis.  My dad was unable to keep anyone to help and had to put her in Laguna Honda Hospital.  He always felt so bad.  He loved her so. From what I was told she was really someone special.
Note: Patricia is the daughter of Jeanne Lucille Sevenau, daughter of Edna (Clement/Kellogg) Sevenau, daughter of Alice (Yates) Clement/Kellogg

Aug 22, 1972: Letter from Lucy Newman to Wichita Historical Society:
Aug. 22, 1972
Route G Box 231
Yakima, Wash. 98902
Mr. Clark Ellington, Jr.
Researcher, Local History
Wichita, Kansas
Dear Mr. Ellington,
Your letter asking for information on Milo Bailey Kellogg arrived, and I’ll try to fill in as many facts as I have or can remember. The letter informed us of some things that we didn’t know and appreciate very much.

I do not know where Vira Church and Milo Kellogg were married, but she was one of twelve children. Her parents were Rev. Jessie Church and Julia Bailey of Springboro, Penn. We have heard that she was instrumental in raising money for the first church in Wichita. Milo had at least two brothers. They were Lt. Norton P Kellogg 98 N.Y. Vol Inf. and Lewis T Kellogg Co. D. 160th N.Y. Vol. I have their pictures but you probably wouldn’t want them.

We hadn’t heard about the moves to Kingman, Colorado Springs, and Chadron, Nebraska. I do have a picture of Vira Kellogg and my mother taken in Colorado Springs. We also didn’t know about the baby born in Marshall, Mich. She had brothers living there and one was a doctor.

They lived in Fresno for three years when Vira Kellogg died of cancer. Marjorie Elva, their only child was then 12 yrs old. She had two brothers living there. One was Hon. Geo E Church, a judge, and Dr. W.B. Church. Marjorie was sent east to live with relatives in Mason City and Marshall Mich. She went to school in Ypsilanti, Mich. for a while and at age 20 married Arthur L. Smith of Clinton, Mich. My sister Carrie Marie and I (Lucy Elvira) were born there and were the only children, except for twin boys who died at three months. They were divorced when I was eight years old and we moved to Washington.

Milo Kellogg went to San Francisco after his wife’s death and worked in a hospital as an orderly. While there he married Alice Clement. I do not know much about her history. She was raised in a convent and was a very lovely person. She had two children when they were married—a girl whose present name and address are Mrs. Edna Blackman 203A Bartlett St. San Francisco, Cal 94110 and Roy. They took the Kellogg name, but do not believe they were adopted. Roy died in the 50’s and his wife Mildred probably still lives at 6382 Marshall St., Buena Park, Calif. Leo Yates Kellogg was born in 1898 in San Francisco and five years later Milo was born. I believe they also lived in San Jose part of that time. He seemed to be chasing rainbows.

In about 1906 they made the mistake of moving to Washington and taking a homestead 2½ miles from Hartford, Wash. It was beautiful virgin timber and nothing but hard work and very little income for about six years. While they were there we came to Hartford and my sister and I lived with them while my mother worked. Wish I had been old enough to gather some information. He sold it in five or six years and moved to Lake Stevens and lived on the money from the sale and his soldier’s pension for the rest of his life, until he went to the soldiers home in Orting. While in Lake Steven’s Milo died at the age of 14. He was never well and had rheumatic fever and loss of hearing. Leo was self supporting at an early age. He married a Lake Stevens girl name Ida ? and they had one daughter named Margaret. Her present name and address are Mrs Clarence Anderson 517 Vera Cruz Ave. Novato, Calif. 94947. He later married again and had two children. His wife is still living, but an invalid and cannot write. Her name at present is Mrs. Ted Schmidt 20809 Parthenia Apt 8 Canoga Park, Calif 91304. Leo and Joan spent ten years or more on the California coast, where he was a lighthouse keeper—first on Anacapa Island and later near Port Hueneme. I do not know where the two daughters live but can find out from his daughter Margaret; and also the date of his death. My mother, sister and I moved to Seattle, Wash in 1913, where we worked and went to school. In 1917 we moved to Yakima and have lived here ever since. My mother married Soren Sorensen on January 19th 1918 and in a few years they bought an apple orchard. It was profitable and they sold it about 1953, and moved to the city. They lived happily until he died in 1961 and she died four years later. Her last couple of years were spent in a nursing home.

My sister Marie died last January in a car accident. Her name was Mrs Mark Sanders. Her husband is still living and they have three children. They also lived for many years on an apple orchard until they retired.

My husband is still living as you know and we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last year. We are retired but still living on the property, which our son manages. We have three children, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

I forgot to tell you about Robert Sorensen. He was born in Yakima in 1920. After serving about seven years in the Navy he married Ada ? and they have one son Robert. He is about 15 years old. He is a machinist and they live in San Pedro, Calif. 90731. I’ll get better dates and names for you later. Some of this information is probably superfluous and hope you can get what you need from it.
Sincerely,
Lucy Newman

Dec 25, 1983: Death of Edna Marguarite (Clement/Kellogg) Sevenau Blackman, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, in a retirement nursing facility in Sonoma, Sonoma Co., California

Dec 28, 1983: Burial of Edna Marguarite (Clement/Kellogg) Sevenau Blackman with her 3rd husband, Charles Solomon “Sol” Blackman at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California (Section V, Site 974)

1994: KANSAS REVIEW
Forgotten Settles of Kansas
A Wichita Pioneer whose name greets anyone entering the city from east or west was honored with a Territorial Pioneer Certificate recently through his granddaughter who lives in Vacaville, California. The pioneer is Milo Bailey Kellogg.

Mr. Kellogg was Wichita’s first postmaster in 1868. He was at the time in the service of the Durfee-Ledrick Ranch. In 1870, he was one of nine men who formed the first Masonic Lodge in Wichita, #99 A.F. and A.M. This busy gentleman became the Register of Deeds of Sedgwick County in 1874 and served there until 1877 when he changed to City Councilman. He was also government food inspector for the Interior Department, distributing food to the Indians during that time and he was also associated with the grocery house of Joselyn and Kellogg during this period.

Mrs. Kellogg is reported to have been responsible for raising the money to found the first church in Wichita and Milo served as Vestryman for the Protestant-Episcopal Church.

In 1879, Milo Kellogg served as an officer of the Frontier Hook and Ladder Company #1 and was Guardian Officer in Wichita Lodge #528, Knights of Honor. On August 30, 1879, he was appointed Chairman of the Republican County Convention.

The urge to see more of the new west must have begun to take hold about 1883 when he moved to Kingman to engage in real estate and the loan business. He remained there only until 1885, going to Colorado Springs for one year then to Chadron, Nebraska for about two years. In June of 1888 he moved to Fresno, California. Three years later, his wife, Vira Church Kellogg died of cancer, leaving a 12 year old daughter. Milo went to San Francisco after her death and worked as a hospital orderly. There he met Alice Clement whom he married. She had two children who later took the name of Kellogg and five years after, he and Alice had two sons name Leo Yates and Milo.

In 1915 the family moved to Washington, homesteading near Hartford where they remained for five or six years, then selling the homestead and moving to Lake Stevens where they remained until Milo went into the soldiers home at Orting.

Milo Kellogg had been a survivor of Andersonville, Georgia and was captured there. He received a pension for that service in the Civil War. He is buried in the Washington Veterans Cemetery at Orting, Washington.
Published by: The Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc., Vol 20, No. 1, Jul 1994

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From the photo album of Patricia “Pattie” (Martinez) Barton, daughter of Jeanne Lucille Sevenau:

2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researcher, and especially to Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson for providing the newspaper articles, and to Margaret Beatrice (Kellogg) Andersen (pictured left) and Patricia “Pattie” (Martinez) Barton (pictured right) who provided the majority of the photos.

Note: The cemetery headstone photos from Find A Grave contained herein are the property of those who photographed them.