Ellen Enos ⁷ BIGELOW

Children of Rufus and Ellen (Bigelow) Kellogg:

16A56.1B1     Ansel Marshall Kellogg, b 06 June 1880 Milwaukee; res. Pasadena, CA.

16A56.1B2     Janet Kellogg, b 21 July 1882 Green Bay, WI; d 22 July 1882.

16A56.1B3t    Rufus Gardner Kellogg, b 24 Feb 1884 Milwaukee,, WI; d 30 June 1943 Ft Lauderdale,, FL; m (1) Elizabeth Fuller (see below); m(2) 06 June 1928 Kathryn Arnold; 1 child 1st m; 2 2nd.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page.273; error as 16A56.5B
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
records of Bigelow Society.
Letter 21 Dec 1998 from Winifred O'Donnell, 11601 Bunnell Ct.So., Potomac, MD 20854;
Book by Betsy Foley "In that Place, in that time---Remembering Rufus B. Kellogg" published by Brown co. Historical Society, Green Bay, WI 1999;
Fuller Note:
Subject: Help finding a birth record
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:38:04 EST
 From: MJK34817@aol.com
 
Hi Rod, I got your name from a lady named Bev at the Clinton County site. She
suggested contacting you. I need to find some sort of birth record for my
GGGM Elizabeth L. Fuller. On her marriage record filed in WI in 1882 she
stated that she was born 24 Mar 1839 in Saranac, N.Y. Do you think there's a
chance of some record existing? I'd really appreciate any assistance you
could give me.
Thanks ahead of time.
Jane Hayes Kennedy (in WA state)

I thought you might want to know that Joseph Kellogg was baptized on April 1, 1626.  My reference is the excellent 3 volume set on the Kelloggs by Timothy Hopkins.
This set is mentioned at another web site:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkellogg51/.
 Hope this helps.
 Lee Kellogg

Kellogg Family:

First Generation
Lt. Joseph Kellogg, (bapt 01 April 1626) who came to America from England, was born 1626 Essex, England; d __ ; son of Phillippe Kellogg,
( Essex, England 1583). Lt. Joseph settled in Hadley, MA; his parents remained in England.

Second Generation
Nathaniel Kellogg, son of Lt. Joseph Kellogg, was born in Amherst, MA

Third Generation
Ephraim Kellogg, son of Nathaniel Kellogg, was born 02 Aug 1709 Hadley, MA; d 12 Mar 1777 Amherst, MA; He was disciplined for "coming close" to being one of the opponents of the American Revolution. Ephraim took part in Shay's Rebellion August 1786-Feb 1787.

Fourth Generation
Joseph Kellogg, son of Ephraim Kellogg, was born 28 Nov 1758 Amherst, MA; d ____ ; youngest of seven children. He had 3 daughters and 3 sons.
 

Fifth Generation
Rufus Kellogg, son of Joseph (Ephraim, Nathaniel, Lt. Joseph) Kellogg, was born 16 July 1794 at Leverett,, MA, one of 10 children, four sons and 6 daughters. He married Nancy Stetson 22 June 1820, she born 7 Oct 1799,  Rufus and Nancy owned a farm, a store and a tavern in Amherst.  (one progenitor, Ebenezer, was the areas 1st innkeeper 1734-37).  Her (Nancy Stetson's) lineage was also distinctive, being 7th generation of NE pioneer "Corner" Robert Stetson who settled in Scituate, MA 1634, leading to NYC where the famous Astor House remained in the Stetson family proprietorship fornearly 40 years.  Nancy's father Gideon Stetson was b. 18 Jan 1762.  He married 24 Dec 1783 Nancy Thayer and settled in Amherst. She died 4 Oct 1820 a few months after her daughter's marriage.  Gideon Stetson married (2) and and died fifteen years later at age 73, two years before RBK was born.

Children of Rufus and Nancy (Stetson) Kellogg:

1. Ansel Wales Kellogg, b 21 June 1821 North Amherst, MA; d 23 Oct 1870 Milwaukee, WI;

2. Sally Warner Kellogg, b 12 Aug 1823 North Amherst, MA; d 26 Aug 1826 North Amherst, MA;

3. Anna Maria (Nancy) Kellogg, b 31 Mar 1827 North Amherst, MA; d 22 Oct 1900 Milwaukee, WI;

4. Albert Kellogg, b 06 Oct 1828 North Amherst, MA; d 20 Jan 1829 North Amherst, MA;

5. Amasa Stetson Kellogg, b 03 Dec 1830 North Amherst, MA; d 23 Aug 1882 Green Bay, WI;

6. Mary L. J. Kellogg, b 16 May 1833 North Amherst, MA; d 07 Oct 1833 North Amherst, MA;

7. Bela Kellogg, b 15 Apr 1835 North Amherst, MA; d 19 Nov 1836 North Amherst, MA;

8. Rufus Bella Kellogg, b 15 Apr 1837 North Amherst, MA; d 24 Sept 1891 Ridgefield, CT; m 21 Apr 1874 Ellen Enos ⁷ Bigelow;
 

Rufus Bela Kellogg, eighth child in family of eight, four of whom died in infancy or early childhood, of Rufus and Nancy (Stetson) Kellogg who both came from a long line of early American settlers in MA. His Kellogg line is from Phillippe Kellogg, who first appears in Essex, England in 1583.  The family was "noted for their piety and devotion to the Protestant faith," a reputation carried on through generations in the New World.  Lt. Joseph Kellogg-b.1626 to America from England bef. 1651 to Old Hadley, MA (later Amherst, MA, around 1661.  Along with Emily Dickinson's progenitors, the Kellogg name is famous. He was nephew of Ebenezer Kellogg, church organizer in 1739. Lt. Joseph may have come to America because of a depression in the weaving trade.  Joseph moved to Hadley in 1661 where he ran a ferry between Hadley and Northampton, taking pedestrians by canoe and horses by boat, business remaining in the family more than a century.  RBK descends from Lt Joseph's 3rd son, Nathaniel, father of nine children.  Nathaniel was born 1669, he settled in East Hadley which became Amherst, MA and one of the first members of the Amherst church.  Nathaniel's son Ephraim was born in Hadley August 2, 1709, Ephraim was "close to being an opponent of the Revolution"

Rufus was 13 when his father died.  Ansel C. Marshall was appointed guardian to Rufus B. Kellogg.  They remained close and RBK named his first son Ansel Marshall Kellogg.  Rufus Bela went to Oshkosh, WI where his brother Ansel had settled.  He traveled extensively and on 21 April 1874 he married ELLEN BIGELOW AT ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MILWAUKEE,WI. His journal noted that Ellen's weight was about 116. He was 37 and she was 23.  RBK's occupation was a Banker and his residence as Green Bay,WI.  Ellen was daughter of Thomas and Jeanette (Janet) Bigelow. Presiding clergy were Rev. Morison Byllesby and F. A. Haff.  Attendents were James N. Elarin, Martha W. Bigelow, and Jennie Bigelow officially witnessed the ceremony. Reception party at home of Ellen's sister, Mrs. H. H. Camp as reported in "The Milwaukee Sentinal".  Early the morning of the wedding a burglary took place at the home of Dr. Thomas Bigelow, Ellen's father.  The "burglars -- how it was determined to be more than one is not clear -- gained entry by forcing open a kitchen window.  After ransacking the home, the thieves took one of Dr.Bigelow's suits, a watch, a thousand mile ticket on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and other clothing.  A watch, pocketbook and wallet belonging to a houseguest were also missing.  Dr. Bigelow's wallet contained notes to several businesses amounting to nearly $2,000 ($30,571 today).  The notes, however, were made payable to Milwaukee banker F. G. Bigelow, the bride-to-be's brother, so were not negotiable.  The thief or thieves would have gotten more except Dr. Bigelow's grandchild awoke, called for his parents and frightened off the intruders.
     After the wedding ceremony, the new Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg left for a brief wedding trip to Washington, but postponed the "real" honeymoon trip until later.  On June 12 on a three-month so-journ in England, Ireland, France and Switzerland, making their headquarters in Paris.  About two months into the trip, Ellen miscarried.  The couple returned home Sept 19 and eventually had two children (listed).  Their first son was stillborn (Sept 29, 1875; a daughter, Janet, died in 1882, the day after birth.  Although as a banker, businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader, the portrait of RBK is well-documented.  less so his personal family and social life.  From scraps of correspondence and other documents there emerges a shadowy sketch of RBK as a person.  A journal survived, its entries beginning 20 Dec 1871, dealing primarily with finances; personal references were sparse. Some entries contain itineraries and places RBK visited in a given year, though without description of what he saw or whether he liked a place or not. There was an uncharacteristic entry in Paris:  "Sunday Aug 2 Ellen miscarried, being two months along." Nothing more, other than the couple remained in Paris for several more weeks before returning home, leaving paris Aug 27 for NY arriving in Green Bay Sep 19.  There was no reaction to the loss or whether the couple abbreviated their trip because of it.  The "fact that it was mentioned at all in a ledger devoted almost exclusively to finances implies an impact." Their home was at 1015 S Monroe St. and became St. Joseph's Academy (picture p. 32 of book).  It was razed in June 1964.  Ellen was one of nine children, six daus. and three sons, born to Dr. Thomas and Janet C. (Gordon) Bigelow.  A was a native of NY state, Dr. Bigelow practiced medicine in Hartford, NY and Burlington, VT 40 years before moving west to Milwaukee in 1872. They were there 2 years before Ellen's marriage.  They married and lived in Green Bay about 7 years until after Jenny's wedding in oct. 1881.  RBK, not long after moving to Green Bay, WI, built a home for his in-laws at what is now 926 S.Monroe St., just north of Morgan I. Martin's home (now Hazelwood historic museum).  He started building two houses 21 Jun 1875 one for Dr. Bigelow and one for myself.  A crew of 40 men worked on the structures. Ellen and RBK's grandson John G. Kellogg visited Green Bay in 1996 (picture p. 33)

Sources:
Book,  "In That Place, In That Time - Remembering Rufus B. Kellogg"
by Betsy Foley, published by the Brown County Historical Society, Green Bay, WI 1999;
Milwaukee Sentinal--Ellen and RBKs wedding;
Joan Hoban sent book, Brown co., Historical Society, GreenBay, WI, P.O. Box 1411, Green Bay, WI 54305-1411  e-mail:  Jwalk1229@aol.com.,
Letter from Judith O.Simonsen, Curator, Research Collections to Joan D. Hogan, from Brown co. Historical Society, P.O. Box 1411,Green Bay, WI 54305

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