Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Kellogg was born on 11 May 1817, in Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States, his father, Eli Kellogg, was 39 and his mother, Grace Rogers, was 33. He married Phebe Clark on 30 December 1841, in Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Denmark, Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States in 1855 and Adams, Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 9 April 1888, in Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Alonsa Kelogg, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Alonzo Kellogg, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Alonzo Kellogg, "United States Census, 1870"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (London): nickname for a pig-slaughterer, from Middle English kille + hog(ge).
History: Daniel Kellogg (1630–88), from Great Leighs, Essex, England, settled in Norwalk, CT, in 1656. His son, Edward (1790–1858), was a financial reformer and the intellectual father of Greenbackism (a movement favoring promotion of economic growth by increasing the paper money supply, regardless of the inflationary side effects).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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