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History of Sheboygan, (Sheboygan County) WisconsinOur database does not include an historic photo for Sheboygan, (Sheboygan County) Wisconsin, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Edward Brinley Kellogg Biographical Sketch Edward Brinley Kellogg, 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. |
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Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: SHEBOYGAN, a county in the E. part of Wisconsin, bordering on Lake Michigan, has an area of about 500 square miles. It is drained by the Sheboygan, Onion, and Mullet rivers. The surface is nearly level, and the soil fertile. A few years ago the whole county was covered by a dense forest of pine and other timber. Wheat, oats, potatoes, butter, and lumber are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 29,437 bushels of wheat; 36,979 of oats; 52,885 pounds of butter; 37,206 bushels of potatoes, and 1757 tons of hay. It contained 7 churches, 3 newspaper offices, and 624 pupils attending public schools. The rock which underlies the county is limestone of good quality. The county is liberally supplied with water-power. It is intersected by a plank-road from Fond du Lac to Lake Michigan, and by the Milwaukee and Green Bay railroad, in progress. The settlement began in 1836; it was organized in 1839, and named from its principal river. Capital, Sheboygan. Population, 8379. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: SHEBOYGAN, a post-township in the N. E. part of Sheboygan co., Wisconsin. Sheboygan is situated 193 meters above sea level. |