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Deacon Judah Kellogg

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Birth	:	8 Mar 1740 Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	20 Apr 1819 Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Cornwall Cemetery, Cornwall, Litchfield County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8461876, -73.3242874
Plot	:	Unknown
Description	:	Judah is mentioned in "Historical Records of the Town of Cornwall", by Theodore S. Gold, 1904. Deacon Judah Kellogg ... a gentleman of liberal education — a graduate of Yale College — a man whose counsel was sought when questions of civil law were involved. In 1776 he was elected Deacon for many years until about 1812. In 1795 he appears in records as Justice of the Peace and from 1778 to 1806 is in State Records as a Representative. Biography on Page 304 304: The Kellogg Family. Judah Kellogg from Colchester graduated at Yale 1763, taught... Read More	Judah is mentioned in "Historical Records of the Town of Cornwall", by Theodore S. Gold, 1904. Deacon Judah Kellogg ... a gentleman of liberal education — a graduate of Yale College — a man whose counsel was sought when questions of civil law were involved. In 1776 he was elected Deacon for many years until about 1812. In 1795 he appears in records as Justice of the Peace and from 1778 to 1806 is in State Records as a Representative. Biography on Page 304 304: The Kellogg Family. Judah Kellogg from Colchester graduated at Yale 1763, taught school in Stratford, where he married Mary Tomlinson, an aunt of the late Governor Tomlinson, came to Cornwall in 1774, and bought 160 acres of land with a small house, of Stephen Royce, Here he lived till his death, in 1820, aged eighty. He represented the town in the General Assembly the first four years of his residence here, and was Justice of the Peace for a long period. As deacon of the church he is referred to elsewhere. He was chosen clerk in 1776, and continued to hold the office till 1810, a period of thirty-six years. His skill and accuracy in penmanship was complete, while in accuracy in punctuation he was surpassed by none. "William, his oldest son, succeeded him as clerk, and at his death Frederick, the fourth son of William, was chosen to the office, which he held till 1845. the clerkship having been in the family sixty-nine years. William Kellogg had four sons, two of whom died young. Philo, the eldest son, was a farmer, and owned and occupied the site of his grandfather Judah. He was a partner in the firm of P. & F. Kellogg for twenty years. He represented the Seventeenth District in the Senate of Connecticut two terms, and was a representative from Cornwall two years. He was appointed Judge of Probate at the organization of the district, and held the office two years. He died in 1862, aged sixty -eight. Frederick Kellogg, the youngest son of William, was a merchant; in 1829 he succeeded his father as Town Clerk, which office he held uninterruptedly for sixteen years, and was four times elected to the same office at various times afterwards; in 1852 he was appointed Judge of Probate for the District of Cornwall, which office he held, with the exception of two years, till constitutionally disqualified. In 1841 he was appointed County Commissioner, which office he held for three years. From 1830 to 1841 he represented the town of Cornwall in the Legislature four years. Is still living, enjoying his faculties of both mind and body, and the fruits of his industry and frugality. John Kellogg, the second son ©f Judah, resided in Cornwall, and died at the age of seventy-seven. He raised a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters; the entire family emigrated to the Western States, viz., Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Kansas, and have become prosperous citizens. Lucius, the third son of Judah, settled at Oyster Bay, Long Island, where he became an eminent physician. Thank you to Jon Sterling for confirming Judah and Mary Kellogg's burial site and also for providing reference to Cornwall Cemetery's Index at Cornwall Historical Society's website ( cornwallhistoricalsociety.org ).

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Deacon Judah Kellogg death on 20 Apr 1819 in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Latitude: 41.8461876
Longitude: -73.3242874

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