Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 520
CLARENCE W. KELLOGG

The whole career of more than half a century of Clarence W. KELLOGG has been spent in Harrison county, Iowa. For more than twenty years he has been engaged in the practice of law in Missouri Valley, where he has met with that success which naturally follows the endeavors of the conscientious lawyer. He received his training in the Iowa State University and has supplemented this by intensive study, so that he stands today as one of the leading members of the Harrison county bar. In addition to his law practice he has taken an active part in the general welfare of the county. He has been largely instrumental in securing efficient drainage for Harrison and Pottawattamie counties, being a large land owner in both counties. He has filled various official positions at times, and in every position where he has been found, his duties have been administered in an efficient and trust-worthy manner.

Clarence W. KELLOGG, the son of Theodore P. and Parmelia (BISSELL) KELLOGG, was born in Harrison township, Harrison county, Iowa, November 22, 1862. His parents were both natives of Massachusetts, although his father's family removed to Connecticut when he was a child, and there he was reared to manhood.

After his marriage Theodore P. KELLOGG came west, stopping in Ohio and later in Chicago. He ultimately located in Harrison county, Iowa, near Dunlap, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Late in life he removed to Woodbine, where he died in 1910, at the age of eighty-three. His widow is residing in Woodbine with one of her daughters. Theodore P. KELLOGG and wife were the parents of four children, George E., of Audubon, Iowa; Walter E., of Duluth, Minnesota; Clarence W., of Missouri Valley, and Mrs. Grace DeCou, of Woodbine, Iowa. Theodore P. KELLOGG was prominent in church work and although reared a member of the Congregationalist church, joined the Presbyterian denomination upon removing to Woodbine. There was no Congregational church in Woodbine, hence the transfer of his membership to another church. He was a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, and served with honorable distinction. He was a man of sterling qualities of head and heart and highly esteemed throughout the community where he lived form more than fifty years.

Clarence W. KELLOGG was reared as a farmer's boy and lived on the farm until 1889, except when attending school. He received his primary education in the common schools, and later attended Tabor College in Fremont county, Iowa. He received his legal training in the State University at Iowa City, which he entered in the fall of 1892, and was graduated two years later. He at once settled in Missouri Valley for the practice of his profession, and has made this city his home now for more than twenty years. He was elected county attorney in 1894 on the Republican ticket and served in a satisfactory manner for two years. He was city attorney of Missouri Valley for a period of twelve years, during which time he gave his fellow citizens efficient service.

Mr. KELLOGG was married in June, 1896, to Harriet CRISHMAN, of Missouri Valley, and to this union one son was born, his birth occurring in January, 1899, and his death in July, 1905.

Mr. KELLOGG is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. He also holds membership in the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Grand Tribune of the lodge and has been a member of the Grand Lodge for six years. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

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