FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Glenn Emsley Kellogg
1st of 2 children of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira Miranda “Vira” Church
Born: Mar 9, 1872, Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Died: Jul 31, 1872 (age 4 mo, 22 days), Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan; cholera infantum
Interred: Jul 31, 1872, at Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
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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, parents of Glenn Emsley Kellogg, in Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Two children:
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
1872 – 1872
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg
1879 – 1965
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; Lot #310, Section K, New Grounds in the Church family burial plot; no headstone or marker
Cholera Infantum:
Definition:—Cholera infantum is an acute infectious disease of infancy, characterized by diarrhea, and in severe cases by vomiting, rapid emaciation and extreme prostration.
Etiology:—This disease is largely confined to the summer months in temperate zones, and has its acme of occurrence and mortality in the period of greatest heat. Cases may occur as early as April and May, but in June the disease may be said to begin, and the curve rises steadily during July, beginning to decline late in August, and lasting till October.
Children in the crowded portions of cities are more subject to cholera infantum than those in the suburbs and in the country.
The factors producing digestive disorders are directly causative. Artificially fed children are more frequently attacked than those breast fed. A contaminated milk supply is commonly responsible for the disease.
The eating of unripe or decomposing fruit, and of articles unsuited to infantile digestive powers, may precipitate an attack. As suggested above, a period of hot weather will positively influence its occurrence.
The bacterial agents causing the disorder are numerous. In many cases Shiga’s bacillus—bacillus dysentereae—is found. In other cases the streptococcus occurs, also the staphylococcus, the bacillus pyocyaneus, and a spirillum, though not the spirillum cholerae asiaticae.
Source: Ellingwood, 1910: the Eclectic Practice of Medicine. XVIII. Diseases of the Intestines.
https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/ellingwood1/cholera-infantum.html
Note: Both family and historical records reflect Glenn Emsley Kellogg was a male, but two burial records state the infant was female, one recording the name as Glenna E. Kellogg. I doubt it can be confirmed which is correct, but more records lean to the fact the infant was a boy so I have put him to rest as such.
Jul 31, 1872: Michigan Death and Burial Index:
Name: Glenn E Kellogg
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Death Age: 5/12 (5 of 12 months)
Birth Date: 1872
Birth Place: Kansas (Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan)
Death Date: 31 Jul 1872
Death Place: Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan
File Number: 306
Jul 31, 1872: Michigan Death and Burial Record (pg 127):
Record #306
Death Date: 31 Jul 1872
Name: Glenna E. Kellogg
Gender: Female
Color: White
Marital Status: Single
Death Age: 5 (5 months)
Death Place: Marshall City, Calhoun, Michigan
Cause of Death: Cholera Infantum
Birth Place: Kansas (Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan)
Parents names: Unknown
Date of Record: Jun 14, 1873
FHL Film Number: 1009292
Note: infant is listed at the bottom of this record:
Kellogg and Church Burial Records for Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun Co, Michigan, provided by Phil Smith, Superintendent of Public Works of the City of Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Oakridge Cemetery Book: Interred Jul 31, 1872; Kellog Glen E.; K; 310; 5; Kansas; Marshall, Michigan; Cholera Infantum
Oakridge Cemetery record for Lot #310, Group/Section K:
1. Glen E. Kellog, child of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg; interred Jul 31, 1872
2. Julia B. Church, mother of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg; died Nov 21, 1889, interred Nov 24, 1889
3. Jesse E. Church, father of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg; died Jun 5, 1885, interred Dec 24, 1889
4. William B. Church, owner of lots and the brother of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg; died Feb 16, 1916, interred Feb 19, 1916
Oakridge Cemetery map: Glenn E. Kellogg, interred in Lot #1:
Oakridge Cemetery Lot Owners: Lot 310, Group K, Price $35, purchased by Dr. Wm B. Church (Dr. William Bailey Church, the older brother of Elvira M. (Church) Kellogg):
Headstone for the parents and brother of Elvira (Church) Kellogg interred in the same section (K) as Glenn Emery Kellogg, infant child of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Elvira (Church) Kellogg: Glenn has no stone or marker
Milo Bailey Kellogg, Wichita History:
From the notes of Kent McCormick (Wichita historian, Jun 2009):
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.
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2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researchers, especially to Phil Smith, Superintendent of Public Works of the City of Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan who contributed the four photos of the record books regarding the family burial information.
Note: The cemetery headstone photos from Find A Grave contained herein are the property of those who photographed them.