Austin Kellogg (1814-1895) was a farmer in

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, who served three terms as a member of the

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from Jefferson County.

Early years

Kellogg was born on October 1, 1814, in

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. 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

for the 1850 session from the second Jefferson County Assembly district as a

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, succeeding Whig Jarvis K. Pike. He would be succeeded in the next year by fellow Democrat Patrick Rogan. In March 1850, when the new "Waukesha, Jefferson County and Madison

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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

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. He spent some years on the county board of supervisors representing the

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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. In 1853, Kellogg was the

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of Jefferson County; and the lieutenant colonel of the Third Regiment (Jefferson County) of the Wisconsin

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. 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 by the

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, by means of which non-citizens had been fraudulently permitted to vote in the recent election.

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, Farmington, Concord, Lake Mills,

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, and

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, and the village of

) with 842 votes to 460 for Republican Stephen Faville. He became

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of the

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. He was re-elected in 1874 as a Democratic-

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candidate, with 990 votes to 697 for Republican John Spencer. He transferred to the committee on

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Private life

For many years, Kellogg and his wife owned and managed a hotel in Concord called the Western Hotel 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."Mrs. Austin Kellogg, Aged 90, Dies."
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'' 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; nor with the Austin Kellogg of the 1850s who was a farmer in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Austin People from New Hartford, Connecticut People from Concord, Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin sheriffs 1814 births 1895 deaths Farmers from Wisconsin American hoteliers American justices of the peace 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature