Orlando Kellogg, who was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, died yesterday in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of pneumonia following an attack of blood poisoning. He was in his 90th year and resided with his daughter, Miss Frances Kellogg at 469 Washington ave. He was the last
surviving member of the honor guard which kept watch over the coffin of John Brown, the abolitionist.
Mr. Kellogg was for years one of the best-known hotel men in the Adirondacks and erected the Windsor Hotel in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
He was born in Elizabethtown, the son of the late Congressman Orlando Kellogg. The latter was an intimate friend of Lincolns and through this friendship Mr. Kellogg became well acquainted with the President.
During the Civil War, Mr. Kellogg was stationed at Washington where he was head of the muster roll department in the Paymaster Generals office. Later he was superintendent of the folding rooms in the House of Representatives and subsequently served for 11 years as executive clerk in the State Senate at Albany.
He is survived by two daughters, Miss Kellogg and Mrs. H. K. Ferris and a son, William S. Kellogg. Burial and services will be held in Elizabethtown tomorrow.
Orlando Kellogg, who was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, died yesterday in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of pneumonia following an attack of blood poisoning. He was in his 90th year and resided with his daughter, Miss Frances Kellogg at 469 Washington ave. He was the last
surviving member of the honor guard which kept watch over the coffin of John Brown, the abolitionist.
Mr. Kellogg was for years one of the best-known hotel men in the Adirondacks and erected the Windsor Hotel in Elizabethtown, N.Y.
He was born in Elizabethtown, the son of the late Congressman Orlando Kellogg. The latter was an intimate friend of Lincolns and through this friendship Mr. Kellogg became well acquainted with the President.
During the Civil War, Mr. Kellogg was stationed at Washington where he was head of the muster roll department in the Paymaster Generals office. Later he was superintendent of the folding rooms in the House of Representatives and subsequently served for 11 years as executive clerk in the State Senate at Albany.
He is survived by two daughters, Miss Kellogg and Mrs. H. K. Ferris and a son, William S. Kellogg. Burial and services will be held in Elizabethtown tomorrow.
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Orlando Kellogg Jr
1839 - 1929
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