Francis William Kellogg

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Francis William Kellogg

Francis William Kellogg (born May 30, 1810 in Worthington , Hampshire County , Massachusetts , † January 13, 1879 in Alliance , Ohio ) was an American businessman, officer and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Francis William Kellogg attended community school. Then he moved to Columbus (Ohio) in 1833 and from there to Grand Rapids ( Michigan ) in 1855 , where he pursued the timber trade in Kelloggville . Kellogg also had a political career. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858 . Then he was elected to the 36th US Congress and re - elected to the two subsequent US Congresses . He served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1865. He also set up the 2nd, 3rd and 6th  Regiments at the behest of the Department of War during the American Civil War and was then appointed Colonel in the 3rd Regiment. Kellogg was appointed tax collector for the southern district of Alabama on April 30, 1866 by US President Johnson , a post he held until July 1868. At that time he lived in Mobile, Alabama. After Alabama was re-admitted to the Union, he was re-elected to the 40th US Congress , where he remained from July 22, 1868 to March 3, 1869. He then moved to New York City and from there later to Alliance (Ohio), where he died in 1879. He was buried in Fulton Street Cemetery in Grand Rapids.

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SURNAME Kellogg, Francis William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman, officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Worthington , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1879
Place of death Alliance , Ohio