# Austin Kellogg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Austin_Kellogg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Austin_Kellogg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Kellogg > Source revision: 1351297784 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} '''Austin Kellogg''' (1814-1895) was a farmer in [Concord, Wisconsin](/source/Concord%2C_Wisconsin), who served three terms as a member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) from [Jefferson County](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Wisconsin). == Early years == Kellogg was born on October 1, 1814, in [New Hartford, Connecticut](/source/New_Hartford%2C_Connecticut). He had an academic education, and became a farmer. He and his wife Laura moved to Wisconsin between 1842 and 1844 (sources differ), coming first to Milwaukee but settling in Concord. He was first elected to the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) for the [1850 session](/source/3rd_Wisconsin_Legislature) from the second [Jefferson County](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Wisconsin) Assembly district as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), succeeding [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) [Jarvis K. Pike](/source/Jarvis_K._Pike). He would be succeeded in the next year by fellow Democrat [Patrick Rogan](/source/Patrick_Rogan_(Wisconsin_politician)). In March 1850, when the new "Waukesha, Jefferson County and Madison [Plank](/source/plank_road) and Turnpike Road Company" which the legislature had just chartered held its organizing meeting, Kellogg was chosen to chair the meeting, and was elected to the initial [board of directors](/source/board_of_directors).[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82153548/plank-road-meeting-at-delafield-1850/ "Plank Road Meeting at Delafield"] ''[Democratic State Register](/source/Democratic_State_Register)'' April 16, 1850; p. 2, col. 4 via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) He spent some years on the county [board of supervisors](/source/board_of_supervisors) representing the [Town](/source/political_subdivisions_of_Wisconsin) of Concord; and served not only as chairman of the town board, but on at least one occasion was elected a [justice of the peace](/source/justice_of_the_peace).[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82158584/town-of-concord-wi-town-elections-1852/ "the result of the recent election in the town of Concord...."] ''[Democratic State Register](/source/Democratic_State_Register)'' April 12, 1852; p. 2, col. 5 via newspapers.com In 1853, Kellogg was the [sheriff](/source/sheriff) of Jefferson County;[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 "List of County Officers: JEFFERSON" ''Manual for the use of the assembly, of the state of Wisconsin, for the year 1853'' Madison: Brown and Carpenter, Printers, 1853; p. 77] and the [lieutenant colonel](/source/lieutenant_colonel) of the Third Regiment (Jefferson County) of the Wisconsin [State Militia](/source/Militia_(United_States)).[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.V001 Utley, William L. ''Annual report of the adjutant-general of the Wisconsin militia'' p. 7, in ''Governor's message and accompanying documents, 1853'' (Covers 1852) Madison: David Atwood, 1853] He was again elected Sheriff for 1868. In late November 1872, accusations were levied that Kellogg and another local Democrat had been provided unsolicited pre-approved declaration of intent ("first papers") forms[https://uwm.edu/libraries/archives/genealogy/research-aid-naturalization-records/ "UWM Libraries: Homepage - Archives: Department-Genealogy: Research Aid: Naturalization Records"] [University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Libraries](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee_Libraries) by the [county clerk](/source/county_clerk), by means of which non-citizens had been fraudulently permitted to vote in the recent election.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82161532/republicans-accuse-democrats-of-fraudule/ The Republican. "Voting Made Easy"] ''[Watertown News](/source/Watertown_News)'' November 13, 1872; p. 2, col. 1 via Newspapers.com == Return to the Assembly == In 1873 he was again elected to the Assembly from the 2nd Jefferson County district (now consisting the Towns of [Aztalan](/source/Aztalan%2C_Wisconsin), [Farmington](/source/Farmington%2C_Jefferson_County%2C_Wisconsin), Concord, [Lake Mills](/source/Lake_Mills%2C_Wisconsin), [Milford](/source/Milford%2C_Wisconsin), [Oakland](/source/Oakland%2C_Jefferson_County%2C_Wisconsin), and [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_(town)%2C_Wisconsin), and the village of [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo%2C_Wisconsin)) with 842 votes to 460 for [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) Stephen Faville. He became [chairman](/source/chairman) of the [standing committee](/source/standing_committee) on [agriculture](/source/agriculture).[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1874 Turner, A. J., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.''] Thirteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; pp. 461, 479 He was re-elected in 1874 as a Democratic-[Reform](/source/Reform_Party_(19th-century_Wisconsin)) candidate, with 990 votes to 697 for Republican John Spencer. He transferred to the committee on [railroads](/source/railroads).[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1875 Bashford, R. M., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.''] Fourteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1875; pp. 244, 347 == Private life == For many years, Kellogg and his wife owned and managed a hotel in Concord called the Western Hotel[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82156154/david-keeler-visits-austin-kelloggs-wes/ Keeler, David M. "Wayside Letters: Editorial Correspondence: Concord, (Jefferson co.) June 25."] ''[Wisconsin Standard](/source/Wisconsin_Standard)'' July 7, 1849; p. 1, col. 4 via Newspapers.com or Kellogg's tavern. He died on October 22, 1895, and is buried in Concord Center Cemetery with his wife Laura A. Kellogg, who died at their Concord home in 1916 at the age of 90.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82154276/mrs-kellogg-obit-age-90/ "Mrs. Austin Kellogg, Aged 90, Dies."] ''[Portage Daily Register](/source/Portage_Daily_Register)'' November 18, 1915; p. 1, col. 3 via Newspapers.com == Identity == Kellogg is not to be confused with the Austin Kellogg who was an 1830s pioneer in [Pike Creek, later Southport, later still Kenosha](/source/Kenosha%2C_Wisconsin); nor with the Austin Kellogg of the 1850s who was a farmer in [Princeton, Wisconsin](/source/Princeton%2C_Wisconsin). ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Find a Grave|7995984}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Austin}} Category:People from New Hartford, Connecticut Category:People from Concord, Wisconsin Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Category:Sheriffs in Wisconsin Category:1814 births Category:1895 deaths Category:Farmers from Wisconsin Category:American hoteliers Category:American justices of the peace Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Austin Kellogg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Kellogg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Kellogg?action=history)). 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