D. C. KELLOGG
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D. C. Kellogg, one of the prominent citizens of Cass county, was born July 28, 1830, in Castleton, Vermont. He is a son of Charles C. and Abigial (Drake) Kellogg, who were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living. In 1836 Mr. Kellogg senior left his native State for the west, traveling with teams. He stopped in Richwood township, Peoria county. In 1854 another move was made to Jasper county, Iowa, and a settlement made near Prairie City, where he died August 9, 1868. The mother of D. C. Kellogg died May 31, 1867. The parents of the subject of this sketch were very worthy people, the father having held various local offices of trust. D. C. Kellogg left Vermont when a small boy, and spent his young days as a pioneer living in a small log cabin without the many conveniences now deemed indispensable. He was married March 4, 1852, to Sarah E. Graham. They are the parents of nine children, three of whom are now living. Mr. Kellogg has held the office of trustee for twenty-five years. In 1880 he was elected county supervisor, and was an efficient member of the court house building committee. He is among the best class of Cass county's citizens, and to a considerable extent has been identified with public enterprises.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 687.
