Sophia Kellogg

Brief Life History of Sophia

When Sophia Kellogg was born on 28 July 1828, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States, her father, Ezekiel Kellogg, was 27 and her mother, Naomi Harris, was 28. She married Spicer Wells Crandall on 5 December 1850, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Fairfield, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States for about 13 years. In 1870, her occupation is listed as keeping house in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. She died on 21 December 1913, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spicer Wells Crandall
1822–1879
Sophia Kellogg
1828–1913
Marriage: 5 December 1850
Irinda Naomi Crandall
1851–1935
Spicer Wells Crandall Jr.
1853–1873
Charles Edward Crandall
1859–1937

Sources (29)

  • Sophia Crandall in household of Spicer Crandall, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sophia K. Cook, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Sophia Baester in entry for Spicer Wels Crandal, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1853

The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.

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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