FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Milo Bailey Kellogg
3rd 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, inability to take food
Buried: Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
Military: Civil War, Union Army (Prisoner of War at Andersonville)
Occupation: Blacksmith apprentice, 1st 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 and 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
(m.1): Unknown, died during or right after the Civil War; buried in Idaho
(m.2): Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
9th of 9 children of Rev. Jesse Emery Church & Julia Cody Bailey
Born: Dec 15, 1845, Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: May 20, 1891 (age 45), Fresno, Fresno Co., California; cancer
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California
Service: Woman’s Relief Corps (chartered 1883, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc (GAR)
Married: Oct 17, 1867, Milo Bailey Kellogg, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Two children: Glenn Emsley Kellogg, Marjorie Elva Kellogg
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
Born: Mar 9, 1872, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Died: Jul 31, 1872 (age 4 mo, 22 days), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg
Born: Aug 28, 1879, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Died: May 31, 1965 (age 85), Yakima City, Yakima Co., Washington
(m.3): Apr 15, 1896, Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
(note: Milo was age 53, Alice age 21)
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, vascular thrombosis, arteriosclerosis
Buried: Oct 19, 1959, Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Married (1): Sep 29, 1890, Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, San Francisco, California
Divorced: abt 1896, San Francisco, California
Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement, Edna Marguarite Clement
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg]
Note: Roy Leavitt Clement took the last name of his stepfather, Milo B. Kellogg
Born: Apr 16, 1892, San Francisco, California
Died: Sep 26, 1959 (age 67), Anaheim, Orange Co., California
2. Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg]
Note: Edna Marguarite Clement took the last name of her stepfather, Milo B. Kellogg
Born: Feb 25, 1896, California
Died: Dec 25, 1983 (age 86), Sonoma, Sonoma Co. California
Married (2): Apr 15, 1896, Milo Bailey Kellogg, San Francisco, California
Two children: Leo Yates Kellogg, Milo Martin Kellogg
1. Leo Yates Kellogg
Born: May 25, 1899, Seattle, King Co., Washington
Died: Nov 21, 1952 (age 53), Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California; coronary thrombosis
2. Milo Martin Kellogg
Born: Feb 28, 1903, California
Died: Jun 12 , 1918, (age 15), Lake Stevens, Snohomish Co., Washington; Bright’s Disease (kidney disease)
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Milo Bailey Kellogg line
Rodney K. Kellogg
Youngest of 11 or 12 children of Ezekiel Kellogg & Elizabeth Stanley
Born: Jan 22, 1808, Johnston, Fulton Co., New York
Died: Mar 8, 1873 (age 65), Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan
Buried: unknown
Occupation: Farmer, butcher, ran a meat market in Marion, Wayne Co., New York
Married: 1838, Harriet M. Bailey, Marion, Wayne Co., New York
Five children: Laura Ann Kellogg, Norton Porter Kellogg, Milo Bailey Kellogg, Lewis T. Kellogg, Mary Jane Kellogg
Harriet M. Bailey
Daughter of Joseph Bailey, Jr. (a preacher) & Patty T. Fuller
Born: Apr 20, 1815, Marion, Wayne Co., New York
Died: Oct 22, 1879 (or 1882) (age 64), New York, while on a visit to her family home
Buried: unknown
Married: 1838, Rodney K. Kellogg, Marion, Wayne Co., New York
Five children: Laura Ann Kellogg, Norton Porter Kellogg, Milo Bailey Kellogg, Lewis T. Kellogg, Mary Jane Kellogg
1. Laura Ann Kellogg
1839–1897
2. Norton Porter Kellogg
1841–1905
3. Milo Bailey Kellogg
1843–1918
4. Lewis T. Kellogg
1846–1888
5. Mary Jane Kellogg
1849–1936
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Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church line
Rev. Jesse Emery Church
Born: Sep 25, 1804, Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Died: Jun 10, 1885 (age 80), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Buried: reinterred Sep 24, 1889, Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; Lot # 310, Sec. K, New Grounds
Occupation: Clergyman
Married: Mar 3, 1829, Julia Cody Bailey, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., New York
Nine children: Jarvis Servetus Church, Lucius Bailey Church, Camillus Colby Church, William Bailey Church, Josiah B. Church, Mary Ann Church, Julia May Church, George E. Church, Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
Julia Cody Bailey
Daughter of Joseph Bailey & Susannah Cody
Born: Aug 22, 1802, Oneida Co., New York
Died: Nov 21, 1889 (age 87), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Buried: Nov 24, 1889, Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; Lot # 310, Sec. K, New Grounds
Married: Mar 3, 1829, Jesse Emery Church, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., New York
Nine children:
1. Jarvis Servetus Church
1830–1905
2. Lucius Bailey Church
1832–1857
3. Camillus Colby Church
1833–1925
4. William Bailey Church
1836–1916
5. Josiah B. Church
1838–1838
6. Mary Ann Church
1839–1931
7. Julia May Church
1841–1932
8. George E. Church
1843–1928
9. Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
1846–1891
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Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement line
Martin Huffman Yates
Son of Chapman Leavitt Yates, Sr. & Harriet Barton
Born: 1855, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California
Died: Feb 26, 1898 (age 42), Fresno, Fresno Co., California; consumption
Buried: unkn
Education: Attended Santa Clara College in Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., California
Languages: English, Spanish, and German
Occupation: Clerk, typesetter, telegraphic stationmaster for Southern Pacific, musician, piano player with CA Stock Company
Married: Dec 26, 1874, Josephine Cecille Des Granges, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
Three children: Alice Josephine Yates, Martin “Matthew” Loweree Yates, Jr., Josephine Marie Yates
Josephine Cecille Des Granges
Only child of the Marquise Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
Born: May 10, 1858, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Jul 5, 1884 (age 26), San Francisco, California; in childbirth with 3rd child
Buried: Jul 7, 1884, Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco, California
Reinterred: Her body was removed between 1931-1933 to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Married: Dec 26, 1874, Martin Huffman Yates, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
Three children:
1. Alice Josephine Yates
1875–1959
2. Martin Loweree “Matthew” Yates, Jr.
1878–1942
3. Josephine Marie Yates
1884–1884
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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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Milo Bailey Kellogg Timeline:
1843: Born in Marion, Wayne Co., New York
1861: Enlisted in War of the Rebellion (Civil War), New York Infantry
1864 – 1865: Prisoner of War at Fort Sumter (Andersonville), Georgia
1865: Moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, engaged as salesman for 2 years
1865-1867: Married (1) unkn wife (who died and was buried in Idaho)
1867: Went to Indian Nation for one year (Oklahoma)
1867: Married (2) Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
1868 – 1873: (now Wichita) Kansas, employed by E.H. Durfee Trading Post; 1st postmaster for Wichita
1872: Child born, Glenn Emsley Kellogg, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
1878 – 1882: Grocery business in Kansas
1879: Daughter born, Marjorie Elva Kellogg, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
1879: Appointed Chairman of Republican County Convention
1879: Served as officer of Frontier Hook & Ladder Co. #1, Guardian Officer of Wichita Lodge #528
1888: Moved to Fresno, Fresno Co., California
1891: Death of wife, Elvira Miranda “Vira” (Church) Kellogg, Fresno, Fresno, Co., California
1896: Married (3) Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
1899: Son born, Leo Yates Kellogg, Seattle, King Co., Washington
1903: Son born, Milo Martin Kellogg, California
1918: Death of son Milo Martin Kellogg (age 15), Lake Stevens, Washington
1918: Died (age 75) in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington (living in WA Soldier’s Home)
Military Timeline:
Sep 9, 1861, enlisted Civil War, Union Army
2nd Lieut. U.S. Colored Inf, Co I 17th Reg., NY Inf, Pvt (out of Palmyra), Co I 146th Reg., NY Inf, Sergeant
Jun 15, 1864, taken as Prisoner of War at Andersonville (10 months)
Feb 1865: paroled from Andersonville in Wilmington, N.C., discharged Jul 1865
Note: served in Civil War w/brothers: Norton P. Kellogg and Lewis T. Kellogg
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Sep 16, 1843: Birth of Milo Bailey Kellogg, 3rd of 5 children of Rodney K. Kellogg & Harriet M. Bailey, in Marion, Wayne Co., New York:
Dec 15, 1845: Birth of Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, 9th of 9 children of Rev. Jesse Emery Church & Julia Cody Bailey, in Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania:
Sep 7, 1850: U.S. Federal Census, Spring Co, Crawford, Pennsylvania:
Name Jesse E Church
Gender Male
Race White
Residence Age 46
Birth Date abt 1804
Birthplace New Hampshire
Residence Date 1850
Home in 1850 Spring, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation Clergyman
Industry Welfare and Religious Services
Real Estate 1000
Household Members (Name), Age:
Jesse E Church: Age 46
Julia Church: Age 48
Jarvis Church: Age 20
Lucius Church: Age 18
Camelius Church: Age 16 (Camillus Colby Church)
William Church: Age 14
Mary Church: Age 10
Julia Church: Age 9
George Church: Age 6
Alvina Church: Age 4
Oct 9, 1850: U.S. Federal Census, Marion, Wayne Co., New York:
Name: Rodney Kellogg
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1850: Marion, Wayne, New York
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Value of Real Estate owned: 3000
Dwelling Number: 1606
Household Members (Name) Age:
Rodney Kellogg: age 45, born New York, head (Rodney was age 42)
Harriet Kellogg: age 30, born New York, wife (Harriet was age 35)
Laura A Kellogg: age 13, born New York, daughter
Norton Kellogg: age 11, born New York, son
Milo Kellogg: age 9, born New York, son
Lewis Kellogg: age 5, born New York, son
Mary Kellogg: age 1, born New York, daughter
1855: Population Census, Marion, Wayne Co., New York:
Note: Harriet’s mother, Patty Bailey (age 69), is living in the Kellogg household
Aug 14, 1860: U.S. Federal Census, Marion, Wayne Co., New York:
Name: Milo Kellogg
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Marion, Wayne, New York
Post Office: Marion
Dwelling Number: 1547
Occupation: Blacksmith Apprentice
Attended School: Y
Household Members (Name) Age:
James H Curtis: age 60
Maria Curtis: age 60
James L Curtis: ahe 32
Brainard T Curtis: age 25
Martha Rowling: age 27
Milo Kellogg: age 17
Charles Parrington, age 20
Aug 15, 1860: U.S. Federal Census, Marion, Wayne Co., New York:
Rodney Kellogg: age 52, Butcher, Value of Personal Estate $200, born New York (father of Milo Bailey Kellogg)
Harriet Kellogg: age 45, born New York (mother of Milo Bailey Kellogg)
Laura S. Kellogg: age 21, Com. L. Teacher, born New York
Norton Kellogg: age 19, Tri L. Apprentice, born New York
Lewis T. Kellogg: age 13, attended school within the year, born New York
Mary J. Kellogg: age 11, attended school within the year, born New York
Harvey Rice: age 30, born New York
Sep 9, 1861: Milo Bailey Kellogg, 1st enlistment War of the Rebellion (Civil War), Union Army, NY Infantry (a week short of 18th birthday)
2nd Lieut. U.S. Colored Inf, Co I 17th Reg., NY Inf, Pvt (out of Palmyra), Co I 146th Reg., NY Inf, Sergeant
CARTE de VISITE (CdV) card, front and back:
CARTE de VISITE (CdV):
The carte de visite is easily recognized by the small card on which the photograph is mounted. In this format, a small paper photographic print is mounted on a commercially produced card. The carte de visite (commonly abbreviated to CdV) today is not a rare item, being produced by the millions in the nineteenth century. The CdV image and card stock were both made to a standard size. The dimensions of the standard carte de visite mounting card were 2 1/2 x 4 inches. The standard dimensions of the CdV photograph (the image or print itself) were 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches.
Note: The back of the stamp is affixed with a 2-cent revenue stamp, used to show proof that the federal tax was paid.
The stamp exists in three varieties: partly perforated (perforations on two opposite sides only), fully perforated (perforations on all four sides), and fully perforated on silk paper, identified by tiny hairs of dark threads sporadically weaved through the paper.
Online source: Experts: Stamps (Philately), Mark Leon, www.GemStamps.com
Timeline:
• Introduced. In November of 1854, the French photographer A.A. Disderi introduced a method for producing multiple images on a single glass plate, a format for mounting the resulting images on card stock and the name “carte de visite” to describe the product. Examples of cartes de visite before 1858 are extremely rare and are unlikely to be encountered outside of museums. The carte de visite began appearing in the United States late in the summer of 1859. By the end of 1860 the carte de visite had become the fashion throughout the country.
• Peak. The height of the “carte craze” was the period 1860-1866, which included the photography boom that occurred during the American civil war. The early 1860s period saw the first commercial photographic albums (the carte album), which began to grace ordinary middle-class parlors. By 1864, a family would have to be poor indeed to not own a carte de visite album.
• Waned. Starting in 1866, the cabinet card began to erode the position held by the carte de visite. Carte production waned from 1870 to the late 1880s when they all but disappeared from the scene.
• Last Used. Cartes were, however, produced after 1900, perhaps to 1906 or perhaps in limited numbers to 1920 (unused card stock dating to the turn of the nineteenth century can still be purchased from dealers in antique photographica).
Source: CITY GALLERY website, founded Aug 1995 by Steve Knoblock
Sep 4, 1863: U.S. Civil War Muster Rolls:
Name: Milo C Kellogg (Milo B. Kellogg)
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Palmyra, New York
Enlistment Year: 1863 (2nd enlistment)
Enlistment Location: Palmyra, New York
Muster Year: 1863
Muster Regiment: 1st Veteran Cavalry
Feb 17, 1864: New York Clerk Register of Men Who Served in Civil War:
Name: Milo B Kellogg
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1843
Birth Place: Arcadia, Wayne Co, New York
Father: Rodney Kellogg
Mother: Harriet Kellogg
Residence Place: Field Camp
Enlistment Date: 17 Feb 1864
Enlistment Location: Marion, Wayne, New York
Regiment: 146th Regiment
Company: H
Rank: Private
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Note: Milo’s brother Norton P. Kellogg is listed below hm:
1864: Sergeant Milo Bailey Kellogg, abt age 20; 146th New York Infantry; he wears a 5th Corps badge on his jacket (at bottom of photo is written: Sar 1, Milo B. Kellogg, Co I 146 NYV 1864):
Jun 15, 1864: Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 20) is taken prisoner of War at Andersonville (interned for 10 months)
Feb 1865: Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 21) is released from Andersonville in Wilmington, North Carolina
Jul 1865: Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 21) is discharged from the Union Army
Note: Milo served in the Civil War with his two brothers, Norton P. Kellogg and Lewis T. Kellogg
Circa 1865-1866: Death and burial of Milo’s 1st wife:
Picture captioned: Milo B. Kellogg at 1st wife’s gravesite, Idaho
This appears to be during or right after the Civil War, circa 1865-1866
Oct 17, 1867: Marriage of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; married by Elvira’s father, Rev. Jesse Emery Church
Two children:
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
1872 – 1872
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg
1879 – 1965
Oct 17, 1867: Michigan Marriages:
Name: Milo B. Kellogg
Residence: Leavenworth, Kansas
Occupation: Clerk
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Spouse’s Name: Elvira M. Church
Spouse’s Sex: Female
Spouse’s Age: 21
Spouse’s Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Oct 1867
Event Place: Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan
Reference: book 1, page 3, no 45, volumes 1-2
Feb 17, 1869: Milo B. Kellogg becomes 1st postmaster in Wichita, Kansas. He was at the time in the service of the Durfee-Ledrick Ranch
First Postmasters & Post Offices:
The first informal postal service started up in 1868, the same year Wichita settlement was founded. The service was operated from the first permanent business establishment, Durfee’s Trading Post. Housed in a sod-roofed, log structure near 9th and Waco, the post office was managed by Milo Kellogg. The mail route ended at Towanda and mail was brought to Wichita by stagecoach and by individual travelers on horse back or buggy. On Feb 17, 1869, the first official post office in Wichita was established with the appointment of Milo B. Kellogg as postmaster. Wichita was incorporated as a town in 1870, with the railroad coming to Wichita in 1872 and by 1886 was chartered as a city.
Source: by Neal Danielson, Editor, www.wichitastampclub.org/KPH.html
“Forgotten Settlers” Kansas Council of Genealogical Society:
Many of the early pioneers who have helped make Kansas a great state have been lost in history because no other information existed except in family records. In order to gather information on these pioneers, the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies has a project of issuing a Territorial, Pioneer or Early Settler certificate to a direct descendant of a person who lived in Kansas before 1900.
BARTON, Harriet: Volume 17, Page 148
DES GRANGES, Josephine: Volume 17, Page 148
DES GRANGES, Josephine Cecille: Volume 17, Page 63
DES GRANGES, Marquise: Volume 17, Page 148
HAINE, Marie Rose: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Leo Yates: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Margaret B.: Volume 17, Page 63
KELLOGG, Margaret Beatrice: Volume 17, Page 148
KELLOGG, Milo Bailey: Volume 17, Page 25, 63, 148
KELLOGG, Rodney: Volume 17, Page 63, 148
YATES: Alice Josephine: Volume 17, Page 63, 148
YATES, Chapman, Sr.: Volume 17, Page 148
YATES, Martin Hoffman: Volume 17, Page 148
YATES, Martin Hoffman, Sr.: Volume 17, Page 63
Source: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/D%20E%202.html
Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, PO Box 3858, Topeka, KS 66604-6858
Circa 1870: Elvira Church (pictured in middle) “Looking Back” Historical Changes of North Iowa:
Jun 21, 1870: U.S. Federal Census, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas:
Kellogg, Milo B: age 26, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $300, Value of Personal Estate $150, born New York, cannot read, cannot write
Kellogg, Vira M: age 24, wife, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, cannot read, cannot write
Mar 9, 1872: Birth of Glenn Emsley Kellogg, 1st of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Jul 31, 1872: Death of Glenn Emsley Kellogg, (age 4 mo, 22 days), 1st of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; cholera infantum
Jul 31, 1872: Interment of Glenn Emsley Kellogg at Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Glenn is buried in the Church family plot along with his maternal grandparents Jesse Emery Church & Julia Cody (Bailey) Church and his uncle, Dr. William Bailey Church, the owner of the plots.
Sep 30, 1875: Birth of Alice Josephine Yates, 1st of 3 children of Martin Huffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges and the 3rd wife of Milo Bailey Kellogg, in Mayfield (now Palo Alto), Santa Clara Co., California
1879: Milo Kellogg serves as an officer of the Frontier Hook and Ladder Company #1 and was Guardian Officer in Wichita Lodge #528, Knights of Honor
Aug 28, 1879: Birth of Marjorie Elva Kellogg, 2nd of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Aug 30, 1879: Milo B. Kellogg is appointed Chairman of the Republican County Convention
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 (born 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)
Milo Bailey Kellogg, Wichita History:
Milo Bailey Kellogg was born September 16, 1843 at Marion, Wayne County, New York, the son of Rodney Kellogg and Harriet Bailey. While a boy, he was trained as a blacksmith’s apprentice. He had two brothers, Norton P. Kellogg and Lewis T. Kellogg.
On Sep 9, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the New York Volunteers in Company I, 17th Regiment, as did his brothers. Later Milo was promoted to sergeant in Company I, 146th Regiment. He was involved in about seven major battles before taken prisoner by the Confederates at the “Battle of the Wilderness” on Jun 15, 1864. Then he was confined in the dreaded Andersonville Prison in Georgia. The conditions there were so terrible that over 12,000 of the inmates died before the end of the War. Milo survived, and in Feb 1865, he was paroled at Wilmington, N.C., and then in Jul 1865 was discharged near Washington, D.C.
He made his way to Kansas, and in about Nov 1865 he arrived in Leavenworth, Kansas, and for nearly two years was employed as a salesman for a wholesale house that sold Indian goods. Later he traveled to Marshall, Michigan, to wed a young woman whose name was Elvira Miranda Church, the daughter of the Rev. Jesse Emory Church and Julia Bailey, from and at Calhoun County, Michigan. The wedding took place on Oct 17, 1867. (My source of this particular information described her as “pretty and petite”).
Two known children resulted from this marriage, namely, Glen Emsley Kellogg, born Mar 1872, in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, and died there in Jul 1872; his sister, Marjorie Elva Kellogg, was born Aug 30, 1879 in Wichita, Kansas, and died May 31, 1965, in Yakama Washington. She married an Arthur L. Smith in 1900; he was from Lenawee County, Michigan. They had two children: Lucy Smith, born 1901 in Lenawee, County, Kansas and Carrie “Marie” Smith.
In Oct 1867 Milo returned with his wife Vira to Leavenworth, Kansas, and teamed up with an Indian trader by the name of William “Dutch Bill” Greiffenstein, who was born in Germany, and who from time to time was undoubtedly loading his wagons with various things that the Indians in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) liked to acquire in exchange for their buffalo robes and the like. “Dutch Bill” liked to meet them at a place on the tributary of the North Canadian River after having passed through what is now Wichita where he could acquire more supplies at times. “Dutch Bill” had no language problems because he was married to an Indian, “Cheyenne Jennie” who could interpret for him. Milo may have accompanied them, or he may have stayed in what is now Wichita to “mind the store”. Or he may have accompanied Bill to Leavenworth to obtain more supplies. At any rate, he and Bill were well acquainted. Bill is sometimes called “the father of Wichita”.
By 1869, Wichita was a prosperous trading center, and at the junction of the Big Arkansas and the Little Arkansas Rivers a trading post, owned by a man named Durfee, had been built in the shape of a fort. Milo worked there. The trading post contained several “apartments” and I assume that he and his wife/family lived in one of them. I gather that he was well-regarded by the owner; Milo was, I have discerned, a hard worker with a good reputation in the small community.
Some of the pioneers who settled Wichita contributed a great amount to the forming of the town; others contributed to some degree or another; others, particularly farmers and their families in Sedgwick County, seldom visited the town. I would put Milo Kellogg in the middle/second category. He was a postmaster during part of Wichita’s early days, but he was not the first. He served as justice of the peace for awhile in 1870, but his jurisdiction was limited to minor misdemeanors. He was Register of Deeds during the years, 1874 to 1877, which probably was a political reward for previous political loyalty. Of course his friend Bill Greiffenstein was probably helpful in this regard. I surmise that their years together while trading with the Indians helped him acquire these political posts; moreover, there is little doubt that “Dutch Bill arranged for Milo to acquire a good-sized parcel of land just south of Bill’s tract… hence, the designation of Kellogg Street bordering the south edge or so of Milo’s tract.
Nevertheless, when Sedgwick County and its farmers were struck by not only a drought but also an attack of hundreds of thousands of grasshoppers in 1876—literally wiping them out—Milo was appointed a kind of government agent to seek and receive commodities of food to help alleviate the starvation. Trainloads of food arrived from states such as Ohio and Illinois and other mid-western states. Also, the War Department shipped food to Wichita. It was not enough but it surely helped.
Milo was has been described as a quiet man—very shy at times and a gentle person. He was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, the first church built in Wichita.
Source: Information above is from the Wichita Public Library, from the notes of Kent McCormick (Wichita historian, Jun 2009)
1883: History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler (Sedgwick County, Part 10):
M.B. KELLOGG, salesman, born in Wayne County, N.Y., in 1843, — son of Rodney Kellogg and Harriet (Bailey) Kellogg — married in 1867, and has one child, Marjorie. Came to Kansas in 1865, and located at Leavenworth, engaged as a salesman for two years. In 1867 he went to the Indian Nation, and remained one year. In 1868 was employed by E.H. Durfee, at his Trading Post, where the city of Wichita now is; was appointed Postmaster that year, being the first Postmaster at Wichita. Was employed as salesman until 1873, when he was elected Register of Deeds, and held that office for four years. In the spring of 1878, he engaged in the grocery business with S.E. Joslin; continued in the firm of Joslin & Kellogg until 1881, when Mr. Joslin retired from the firm, Mr. Kellogg continuing the business until 1882, when he closed it out, and engaged as salesman for A. Hess’s grocery house. Was in the War of the Rebellion, enlisted in 1861, Seventeenth Regiment New York Volunteers, Company I. Was in the battles of Fredricksburg, Mine Run, Melvin Hill, Chancellorsville, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Williamsport, and the Battle of the Wilderness, and others of his command. In the spring of 1863, he was transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regular New York Volunteers, and in 1864 was veteraned. Was taken prisoner in May, 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness; was held at Linchburgh, Danville, Va., Andersonville, Ga., Florence, S.C., and at Goldsboro, N.C. Was paroled in February, 1865, at Wilmington, N.C., and was mustered out of the service July, 1865. Is a member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, A.F. & A.M., and of Chapter No. 33. Is a member of the Knights of Honor. Is a member of Garfield Post No. 25, G.A.R.
From: William G. Cutler’s History of the State of Kansas, Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, Copyright 1883
Source: www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sedgwick/sedgwick-co-p10.html
Jun 1888: Milo Bailey Kellogg, his wife Vira, and their daughter Marjorie (age 11), relocate to Fresno, Fresno Co., California
Feb 15, 1890: California Voter Registration:
Name: Milo Bailey Kellogg
Age: 46
Nationality: New York
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 15 Feb 1890
Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California
Precinct: Fresno No 2
Birth Year: 1844
Birthplace: New York
Sep 29, 1890: Marriage of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement (her 1st marriage), San Francisco, California
note: Alice was a day short of age 15, Edmond was 37
Alice and Edmond divorced about 1896, in San Francisco, California
Two children:
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [took the name Kellogg]
1892 – 1959
2. Edna Marguerite Clement [took the name Kellogg]
1896 – 1983
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.
May 20, 1891: Death of Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church (age 45), daughter of Rev. Jesse Emery Church & Julia P. Bailey and 2nd wife of Milo Bailey Kellogg, Fresno, Fresno Co., California; stomach cancer
May 22, 1891: Burial of Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California
May 23, 1891: The Daly Morning Republican, Fresno, Fresno Co., California (pg 1):
May 28, 1891: Kingman County Democrat, Kingman, Kingman Co., Kansas (pg 3):
May 30, 1891: The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas:
Apr 16, 1892: Birth of Roy Leavitt Clement, 1st of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, San Francisco, California
Oct 6, 1892: California Voter Registration:
Name: Milo Bailey Kellogg
Age: 49
Nationality: New York
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 6 Oct 1892
Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California
Precinct: Fresno
Birthplace: New York
Oct 6, 1894: California Voter Registration:
Name: Milo Bailey Kellogg
Age: 49
Nationality: New York
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 6 Oct 1894
Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California
Precinct: Fresno No 6
Birth Year: 1845
Birthplace: New York
Circa 1896: Divorce of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, San Francisco, California
From the notes of Karen (Farcy):
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 Yates Kellogg died in 1952; Martin Huffman Yates, Sr. is the father of Alice
Feb 15, 1896: Birth of Edna Marguarite Clement, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, in San Francisco, California
Apr 15, 1896: Marriage of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
note: Milo was age 53, Alice age 21; her son Roy is a day short of age 4, her daughter Edna is two months old
Two children:
1. Leo Yates Kellogg
1899 – 1952
2. Milo Martin Kellogg
1903 – 1918
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
May 25, 1899: Birth of Leo Yates Kellogg, 1st of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, Seattle, King Co., Washington
circa 1899: (Friend Dollie Genasso at left) Alice Josephine (Yates) [Clement] Kellogg, and her young daughter Edna Clement/Kellogg (born Feb 1896), Fresno, Fresno Co., California; photo is a cabinet card:
CABINET CARD
The Cabinet Card has the appearance of a larger version of the carte de visite, retaining the photographer’s imprint and exhibiting similar styles of decorative artwork on the card face or back. Like the carte de visite, it consists of a paper photographic print mounted on commercially produced card stock of standard size. The dimensions of the standard Cabinet Card are 6½ x 4½.
Timeline:
• Introduced. In 1866, the Cabinet format was adapted for portraits.
• Peak. Although not uncommon in the 1870s, the cabinet card, however, did not displace the CdV completely until the 1880s.
• Waned. The 1890s witnessed the decline of the cabinet card and the card photograph album, replaced by the snapshot (an unmounted paper print) and the scrapbook album. A variety of other large card styles of various names and dimensions came about for professional portraits in the 1880s and 1890s. After 1900, card photographs generally had a much larger area surrounding the print. An embossed frame around the image, heavy, gray card stock, and blind imprints were hallmarks.
• Last Used. The cabinet card was popular and continued to be produced until the early 1900s. The last cabinet cards were produced in the twenties, perhaps as late as 1924.
Source: CITY GALLERY website, founded in Aug 1995 by Steve Knoblock
Jun 9, 1900: California Voter Registration:
Name: Milo B. Kellogg
Age: 56
Nationality: New York
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 09 Jul 1900
Event Place: Fresno, Fresno, California
Precinct: East Fresno
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1844
Birthplace: New York
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)
Clement, Leroy: Lodger, male, born Sep 1875, age 8, born California, father born France, mother born California (Roy Leavitt Clement)
Clement, Leon: Lodger, Male, born May 1898, age 2, born Washington, father born France, mother born California (Leo Yates Kellogg)
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).
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.
1901-1902: California Voter Registration 1900-1912, Baden Precinct, South San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California:
Kellogg, Milo Bailey
Age: 58
Address: So. San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California
No. Affidavit: 150
Feb 28, 1903: Birth of Milo Martin Kellogg, the 2nd of 2 children Milo B. Kellogg, & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement
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 State, 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
1913: Photo: Milo B. Kellogg “w/family & friends, 1913” (Milo B. Kellogg is #12, back row, 2nd from right):
Source: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Assumptions are in red as to unknown identities:
1. Lucy Smith (age 12) born 1901, Clinton, Lenawee Co., Kansas
(daughter of Marjorie E. Kellogg & Arthur L. Smith)
2. Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (age 21) born Apr 16, 1892, San Francisco, California
(son of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement, stepson of Milo B. Kellogg)
3. Leo Yates Kellogg (age 14) born May 25, 1899, Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
(son of Milo B. Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
4. Carrie “Marie” Smith (age 10) born 1903, 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, Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California
(3rd wife of Milo B. Kellogg)
7. Milo Martin Kellogg (age 10) born Feb 28, 1903, California
(son of Milo B. Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
8. Helen “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg (age 18) born 1895, 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, Kansas
(Helen (Halverson) Kellogg’s mother) or daughter of Milo B. Kellogg & Elvira 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, Marion, Wayne Co., New York
(patriarch of this family and 2nd 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
Sep 4, 1915: The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas (pg 16):
circa 1915: photo of Alice & Milo Kellogg:
Dec 20, 1917: Milo B. Kellogg applies for admission to the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington:
Jan 10, 1918: Milo B. 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), 3rd of 2 children Milo B. Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, 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 at 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 B. Kellogg (age 75), Orting, Pierce Co., Washington; of chronic kidney trouble, paresis, gradual decline, inability to take food:
Photo Circa 1918, Milo B. Kellogg (age 75), California
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 in the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington:
The Washington Soldiers Home and Colony is located on 181 acres in the beautiful Puyallup Valley near Orting. Established in 1891, this was the first of three homes built for Washington state veterans. The cemetery is on the grounds of the Washington Soldiers Home. Veterans have been buried there since it opened in the 1890s. Even though there are over 2,000 veterans in the cemetery, the site has largely gone unmaintained due to lack of funding over the last several decades.
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index:
Name: Milo B Kellogg
Gender: Male
Spouse: Alice J Yates
Child: Edna Marguerite Sevenau
Oct 17, 1918: The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas (pg 5):
Oct 18, 1918: The Leader Courrier, Kingman, Kingman Co., Kansas:
circa 1920: Alice standing, with sons Leo and Roy (in front); unknown woman on rock:
Nov 27, 1923: U.S. Civil War Pension Index:
1926: U.S. City Directory for Seattle, Washington (pg 846):
Kellogg, Alice J. (wid Milo B) mach ope res 5010 13th av s
Sep 22, 1927: Death of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement (age 74), 1st husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg and father of Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg]; arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage:
Oct 7, 1939: The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas (pg 3):
Nov 21, 1952: Death of Leo Yates Kellogg (age 54), 1st of 2 children Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, in Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California; coronary thrombosis:
1952: Burial of Leo Yates Kellogg, at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., California:
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 Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, 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
1st of 3 children of Martin Hoffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges; 1st marriage to Edmond Peter Clement, 2nd marriage to Milo Bailey Kellogg:
Oct 19, 1959: Burial of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California; no marker, Sec R3 Row 12 Grv 25
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
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 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
Jan-Mar 1982: MIDWEST Historical and Genealogical REGISTER, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Wichita, Kansas:
History written by William Clark Ellington (pg 175):
THE ORIGIN OF KELLOGG STREET
by William Clark Ellington, Jr.
For the record, Kellogg definitely wasn’t named for a breakfast cereal!!! This wide traffic way, known today as U.S. 54, was named after one of Wichita’s earliest citizens to reside in the original village, Milo Bailey Kellogg.
Kellogg, born September 16, 1843 at Marion, New York, trained in his youth aa a blacksmith’s apprentice, served in the Civil War, entering the conflict 9th September, 1861 as a private in the New York Volunteers, later promoted to sergeant. He participated in seven major battles of the war and was taken prisoner by the Confederates at the Battle of the Wilderness on June 15, 186k. He later was confined at the dread Andersonville, Georgia prison where conditions were so poor, over 12,000 of his comrades died at the compound. Paroled at Wilmington, North Carolina in February, 1865, he was discharged near Washington, D.C., in July, the same year.
In November, 1865, he arrived at Leavenworth, Kansas and was employed as a salesman for a wholesale Indian goods house for nearly two years. At the end of this period, Kellogg traveled to Marshall, Michigan to wed the girl of his choice, pretty and petite, Vira Church, on October 17, 1867. Returning to Leavenworth with his bride, Kellogg teamed up with “Dutch Bill” Greiffenstein (later known as the”Father of Wichita”) in a trade partnership that blazed a trail from Leavenworth southward to a spot on a tributary of the North Canadian river ( in Oklahoma) via Lawrence, Emporia, El Dorado and following the Chisholm Trail to where
the two Arkansas rivers Join in Wichita. From Wichita the teams labored southward to their destination where “Dutch Bill” and Kellogg built a cabin. Trading with the Indians was a very successful mission, for “Dutch Bill’s” wife, “Cheyenne Jennie”, was an excellent interpreter. Greiffenstein and Kellogg returned to Kansas the following March (1868) where they proceeded to Leavenworth to sell their buffalo robes, a few furs and some mules.
In May, 1868, Kellogg took over the position as manager of the Durfee ranch and stockade trading post, the first above-ground dwelling in Wichita of any size, measuring 25′ x 100’ with an attached ell that ran back about 50 feet, used as
residence and sleeping quarters for Kellogg and his wife. While employed at the ranch, Kellogg served as Wichita’s first postmaster, officially approved on February 17, 1869. In 1870, he served as Justice of Peace. In 1873, he was elected Register of Deeds, serving from 1874 to 1877. Kellogg was responsible for saving many settlers of this area from starvation during the famine and drought of 1875, when he was appointed government agent to secure food commodities for these people.
In 1879, Kellogg Joined with S.E. Jocelyn in a successful grocery house at No. 3k N. Main Street, known as Jocelyn & Kellogg. In 1881, Jocelyn retired and Kellogg continued the business another year. In 1883, he moved to Kingman, Kansas to establish a real estate and loan business, taking advantage of the booming town and exercising his business experience. During this time, he also served as the food inspector of food items for the Indians that were provided by the Department of the Interior.
New horizons lured Kellogg away from Kansas for he ventured next to Colorado Springs, Colorado; Chadron, Nebraska and Fresno City, California, where Vira Kellogg died in 1891. Milo Kellogg became quite proficient as a male nurse at the Fresno County hospital where he brought many patients back to health with his skill. During this time, he met Alice Clement, a nurse at the same institution, who later became his wife in 1897. Later moves took the Kelloggs to San Francisco, Harford, Washington; Oakland, California and Lake Stevens, Washington. Kellogg died October 7, 1918 in a soldiers home at Orting, Washington, nearly 1600 miles from the little village that he pioneered in the “60’s”.
Kellogg School also honors his name.
First published under the by-line “Time Was” by William Clark Ellington, City Historian for Wichita.
Source: http://mhgswichita.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MHGS_Register_Vol_16_No_4_OCR.pdf
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
May 31, 1965: Death of Marjorie Elva (Kellogg) Sorensen (age 85), 2nd of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church, in Yakima City, Yakima Co., Washington
Jun 1965: Burial of Marjorie Elva (Kellogg) Sorensen at West Hills Memorial Park in Yakima, Yakima Co. Washington; Devotion 155C, Space 2
Dec 25, 1983: Death of Edna Marguarite [Clement] (Kellogg) Sevenau Blackman, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, in Sonoma, Sonoma Co., California:
Dec 28, 1983: Burial of Edna Marguarite [Clement] (Kellogg) Sevenau Blackman with her 3rd husband at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. San Mateo Co., California; Section V, Site 974:
Jul 16, 1995: Kansas Trails, Sedgwick County, Wichita at 125 years:
A lot can happen in 125 years, and a lot has in Wichita.
Turning 125, as the city does on Friday, gives us a chance to recall some of those happenings.
Listed below are 125 facts, including some that even long-time Wichitans may be surprised to learn about their hometown:
24. Milo Kellogg, the city’s first postmaster, each day could fit all of the city’s mail in his hat or hip pockets.
32. Col. Stephen Everett Jocelyn, along with Milo Kellogg, developed the leading grocery house in Wichita during the 1870’s. Jocelyn’s wife was the great-granddaughter of President Zachary Taylor.
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Family of Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
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Rev. Jesse Emery Church
Son of Joshua Church & Deborah Brown
Born: Sep 25, 1804, Walpole, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Died: Jun 10, 1885 (age 80), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Buried: Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Occupation: Preacher, clergyman (welfare and religious services), Christian Minister
Married (1): Apr 4, 1821, Jane Smith
Married (2): Mar 3, 1829, Julia Cody Bailey, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., New York
Nine children: Jarvis Servetus Church, Lucius Bailey Church, Camillus Colby Church, William Bailey Church, Josiah B. Church, Mary Ann Church, Julia May Church, George E. Church, Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
Julia Cody Bailey
Daughter of Joseph Bailey & Susannah Cody
Born: Aug 22, 1802, Oneida Co., New York
Died: Nov 21, 1889 (age 87), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Buried: Nov 24, 1889, Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Married: Mar 3, 1829, Jesse Emery Church, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., New York
Nine children: Jarvis Servetus Church, Lucius Bailey Church, Camillus Colby Church, William Bailey Church, Josiah B. Church, Mary Ann Church, Julia May Church, George E Church, Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
1. Jarvis Servetus Church
Born: Apr 2, 1830, Springboro, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: May 1, 1904/05, Nemaha or Lancaster Co., Nebraska
Buried: Sheridan Cemetery, Auburn, Nemaha Co., Nebraska
Married: Sabra Eleanor Van Patter
2. Lucius Bailey Church
Born: Apr 8, 1832, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: 1857
3. Camillus Colby Church
Born: Dec 25, 1833, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Mar 4, 1925 (age 91), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; stroke, paralysis
Buried: Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Married: Mar 3, 1864, Anna Matilda Logan, Champaign, Illinois
Six children:
1. Jesse Camillus Church
1861–1946
2. Julia Mary Church
1863–1942
3. Edith Church
1866–1965
4. George E. Church
1871–1961
5. Thomas Emsley Church
1874–1954
6. Vera May Church
1875–1973
4. Dr. William Bailey Church
Born: May 24, 1836, Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Feb 16, 1916 (age 79) Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Buried: Feb 19, 1916, Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Occupation: Physician
Married: 1861, Georgia A. Hoyt or Phoebe Georgiana Hoyt
No children
5. Josiah B. Church
Born: 1838, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: 1838, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
6. Mary Ann Church
Born: Oct 8, 1839, Springboro, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Mar 21, 1931 (age 91), Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Buried: Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Married (1): 1870, Thomas George/Goodwillie Emsley
Married (2): 1900, Charles Morrill Adams
7. Julia May Church
Born: May 10, 1841, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Sep 16, 1932 (age 91)
Buried: Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Married: 1867, Dr. James Briggs Dakin
Children
8. George Emery Church
Born: Jul 1843, Erie, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: Feb 1, 1928 (age 84), Fresno Co., California; stroke, paralysis
Buried: unknown
Occupation: Superintendent of Schools, Professor of Latin at State University, Attorney, Superior Judge
Married (1) Alice Sophia Adams, divorced in 1900 census
Five children:
1. George Edward Church
1870–1951
2. Henry C. Church
1872–1889
3. Percy Clarke Church
1876–1951
4. Walter Adams Church
1877–1945
5. Carl Church
1880–1880
Married (2): Aug 28, 1904, Harriet McLaren, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
9. Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
Born: Dec 15, 1845, Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania
Died: May 20, 1891 (age 45), Fresno, Fresno Co., California; cancer
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno Co., California
Married: Oct 17, 1867, Milo Bailey Kellogg, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Two children:
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
1872–1872
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg
1879–1965
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Oakridge Cemetery Burials:
- Glen E. Kellog, son of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg, interred Jul 31, 1872
- Julia B. Church, mother of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg, interred Nov 24, 1889
- Jesse E. Church, interred Dec 24, 1889
- William B. Church, owner of lots and brother of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg, interred Feb 19, 1916
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Sep 7, 1850: U.S. Federal Census, Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania:
Name: Jesse E Church (Jesse Emery Church, father of Elvira)
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 46
Birth Year: 1804
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1850: Spring, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Clergyman
Industry: Welfare and Religious Services
Real Estate: 1000
Dwelling Number 268
Family Number 270
Inferred Spouse: Julia Church
Inferred Child: Jarvis Church; Lucius Church; Camelius Church; Milliam Church; Mary Church; Tillet Church; George Church; Alvina Church
Household members, Name, Age:
Jesse E Church: Age 46, male, born New Hampshire
Julia Church: Age 48, born, female, New York
Jarvis Church: Age 20, farmer, male, born Pennsylvania (Jarvis Servetus Church)
Lucius Church: Age 18, farmer, male, born Pennsylvania (Lucius Bailey Church)
Camelius Church: Age 16, male, farmer, born Pennsylvania (Camillus Colby Church)
Milliam Church: Age 14, male, born Pennsylvania (William Bailey Church)
Mary Church: Age 10, female, born Pennsylvania (Mary Ann Church)
Tillet Church: Age 9, male, born Pennsylvania (Julia May Church)
George Church: Age 6, male, born Pennsylvania (George E. Church)
Alvina Church: Age 4, female, born Pennsylvania (Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church)
Jul 11, 1860: U.S. Federal Census, Spring, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania:
Name: Jesse E Church (Jesse Emery Church)
Age: 55
Birth Year: 1805
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Home in 1860: Spring, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Post Office: Meadville
Dwelling Number 1838
Family Number 1755
Occupation Christian Minister
Real Estate Value 3700
Personal Estate Value 500
Inferred Spouse: Julia Church
Inferred Child: Mary Church; Maria Church; George Church; Alvira Church
Household members, Name, Age:
Jesse E Church: Age 55, male, born New Hampshire (father of Elvira)
Julia Church: Age 57, female, born New York (mother of Elvira)
Mary Church: Age 20, female, born Pennsylvania (Mary Ann Church)
Maria Church: Age 19, female, born Pennsylvania (Julia May Church)
George Church: Age 17, male, born Pennsylvania (George E. Church)
Alvira Church: Age 14, female, born Pennsylvania (Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church)
Jun 9, 1870: U.S. Federal Census, Mason, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa:
Name: J E Church (Jesse Emery Church)
Age in 1870: 65
Birth Date: 1805
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Dwelling Number 183
Home in 1870: Mason, Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Mason City
Occupation: Preacher
Male Citizen Over 21: Yes
Personal Estate Value: 1000
Real Estate Value: 25000
Inferred Spouse: Julia Church
Household members, Name, Age:
T G Emsley: Age 26, Druggist, born Ohio (Thomas George Emsley)
Mary A Emsley: Age 28, keeping house, born Pennsylvania (Mary Ann (Church) Emsley, daughter of Jesse & Julia Church)
Mable Emsley: Age 2, born Iowa
Lilly Emsley: Age 4/12, born Iowa
Selah C Hanson: Age 16, servent, born Prussia
J E Church: Age 65, Preacher, born New Hampshire (Jesse Emery Church)
Julia Church: Age 68, keeps house, born New York
Jun 5, 1880: U.S. Federal Census, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan:
Name: Jesse E. Church (Jesse Emery Church)
Age: 75
Birth Date: Abt 1805
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1880: Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan,
Street Name: Hanover
House Number: 43
Dwelling Number: 168
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Julia Church
Father’s Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother’s Birthplace: New Hampshire
Occupation: Christian Minister
Household members, Name, Age:
Jesse E. Church: Age 75, Christian Minister, born New Hampshire, father born New Hampshire, mother born New Hampshire
Julia Church: Age 77, Wife, Keeping House, born New York, father born England, mother born Massachusetts
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2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researchers. Photographs and miscellaneous information from the records of Margaret Beatrice (Kellogg) Andersen (daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Ida May McKay, granddaughter of Alice Josephine Yates & Milo Bailey Kellogg). Thank you to Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson, fellow researcher and contributor of herein newspaper articles.
Note: The cemetery headstone photos from Find A Grave contained herein are the property of those who photographed them.