| Notes |
- Chauncey and Mary Eliza Kellogg resided in Northfield, Connecticut until they moved to Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1851.
Sauk County Wisconsin Biographies
Chauncey W. Kellogg, was born December 15, 1821, at Plymouth, Connecticut, his father, Frederick Kellogg, was descended from the youngest son of the martyr, John Rogers, who was burned by Queen Mary in 1555. He was a wholesale and retail merchant in New York City for about fourteen years; he subsequently came to Baraboo and died at his son's, in May, 1860. C.W. Kellogg was married, October 4, 1846 to Mary Eliza Bassett, who was born in Derby, Connecticut, March 3, 1826; one of Mrs. Kellogg's paternal ancestors held a Colonel's commission in the army of George III, and was sent to America to help subdue the colonies. Chauncey Kellogg came to Greenfield while it was yet a part of Baraboo, helped organize the town, and was its first School Superintendent, which office he held many years, greatly advancing the interest of public instruction; he served his own district as Clerk and Director, helping to make it the best school of the town. Mr. Kellogg was educated at the Cheshire Academy, and adheres to the Episcopal Church, where his family worships; he is a member of the Republican party. His present residence on Sec. 32, where he has 135 acres of choice land, is one of the nicest sites on Peck's Prairie, and marks a home of intelligence and refinement, so pleasant that all his children - two sons, George T. and Archibald, and two daughters, Mary A. and Kate, seem to prefer abiding there.
1860 Federal Census of Greenfield, Sauk County, Wisconsin (25 Aug 1860)
C.W. Kellogg - 38 - M - Connecticut - Farmer 13,000 600
Mary - 34 - F - Connecticut
George - 12 - M - Connecticut
Mary - 5 - F - Wisconsin
Kate - 3 - F - Wisconsin
E. Bassett - 23 - F - Connecticut
H. - 14 - F - Connecticut
S. Houndsell - 21 - M - England - Laborer
|
Bassett Family Association Database
1826 - 1906 (79 years)