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Edward Brinley Kellogg
b.21 Aug 1850 Sheboygan, WI
 
m. 17 Jan 1849
  1. Edward Brinley Kellogg1850 -
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Name Edward Brinley Kellogg
Gender Male
Birth? 21 Aug 1850 Sheboygan, WI
Occupation? Physician

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VI K. KELLOGG, Edward Brinley, physician, was born in Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 21, 1850; son of Eliot Eaton and Hannah B. (Foster) Kellogg; grandson of Alpheus and Augusta (Dix) Kellogg of Jamaica, Vt., and of John Standish and Theoda Williams (Bartlett) Foster of Boston, Mass. His first ancestor in America, Lieut. Joseph Kellogg, from whom he was eleventh in descent, settled in Boston in 1659, and commanded the troops from Hadley in the Great Falls fight in King Philip's war, 1675. He was also eighth in descent from Capt. Myles Standish. He attended the district school in Vermont and grammar school in Boston, and was graduated from Nunda academy, N.Y., in 1868. He was an editor and proprietor of the Jacksonville, Fla., Union, 1868-75, and one of the three partners who established the first daily paper published in the state. While in Florida he was correspondent for New York and Boston newspapers. He removed to the north in 1878, took up the study of medicine, was graduated from the medical school of Bowdoin college in 1882, and practised in Boston, Mass. He was married Jan. 17, 1879, to Minnie W., daughter of Isaac W. Bradbury of Hollis, Maine. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts Medical society and of the American Medical association, and became connected as medical examiner with several large life insurance companies.