History of Worthington Center, (Hampshire County) Massachusetts United States of America

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George Ward Kellogg, journalist, was born in Worthington, Mass., March 28, 1822; son of Giles and Eunice (Cottrell) Kellogg and grandson of Nicholas Cottrell, who was with Arnold in the attack on Quebec in 1775. His parents removed to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was a boy, and in 1841 he returned to Massachusetts and was graduated at Marlboro academy. In 1849 he went to California and in 1858, returning east, settled in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he established the lumber firm of Kellogg, White & Co., in connection with his brothel Francis W. Kellogg, who had a lumbering plant at Kelloggville, Mich. In 1861 he visited Washington, where his brother was a representative in congress, and he was employed in the pension department thirty-eight years, residing in Laurel, Md., and becoming a member of the board of review. He was a Washington correspondent for Michigan newspapers and for the New York Tribune. He was also a talented artist, caricaturist, humorist and poet. He was married to Maria, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Douglass, of Saratoga Springs, and their son, Thomas M. Kellogg, became a well-known architect in Philadelphia. He died in Laurel, Md., Dec. 31, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Worthington Center, (Hampshire County) Massachusetts

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