DR. J. C. KELLOGG DEAD.
Well Known Puget Sound Pioneer Passes Away.
Dr. J. C. Kellogg died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. H. Denny in Seattle early Sunday morning. Dr. Kellogg is well known on Bellingham Bay and was a brother of Judge George A. Kellogg of Fairhaven. His death resulted from heart disease from which he has been a sufferer for the past year or more. The Post-Intelligencer contains the following biographical sketch of the dead pioneer:
Dr. Kellogg was a native of Starkey, N. Y., and was born October 11, 1820. While a child he moved with his parents in 1835 to Humboldt county, Ohio. In 1845 he took up the study of medicine, graduating from college as an eclectic physician four years later. He began practice in Concord, Mich., in April, 1850, but two years later determined to emigrate to Puget sound. He started with his family across the plains, arriving at The Dalles in November, 1853. Here he was snow bound for three weeks, being compelled to spend the time in tents. Later he made his way down the river as far as Vancouver. Thence he came to Puget Sound, settling at Oyster Bay, near Olympia.
In the fall of 1854 Dr. Kellogg settled on Whidby island, taking up a donation claim near Admiralty Head. Here he lived until 1873, practicing his profession in all the lower Sound district[s]. He moved to this city in the fall of 1873, but returned to the island after three years, where he remained until 1890. Since this time he has been a resident of Seattle. His wife died in 1891.
Dr. Kellogg was a member of the constitutional convention, and for many years was one of the leading citizens of the North Sound district. He is survived by two children, Mrs. R. H. Denny, of this city, and Albert H. Kellogg, of Sumner. The funeral will take place from the residence of his daughter at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, after which the remains will be conveyed to Whidby island for interment in the family burying ground.
