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Ebenezer Noble Kellogg
1817 - 1903
BiographyEbenezer Noble Kellogg was born in Vernon, Connecticut, on November 2, 1817, a son of George and Eliza (Noble) Kellogg. After spending a couple of years in Troy, NY, where he was a clerk in a wholesale grocery store and then in the wool business, Kellogg moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where he formed a wool business with Daniel Crosby, Ezra White, and Austin Dunham. The name of the firm was E.N. Kellogg & Co. It handled domestic and foreign wools, and led to the establishment of scouring mills in Ellington and Windsor Locks.
Politically, Kellogg was a Republican who enthusiastically participated in primaries, conventions, and at the polls on election day. He was a member of the Wide Awakes during the 1860 presidential election season, supporting Abraham Lincoln.
Kellogg was a charter member of the Putnam Phalanx, a member of the Old North Church and the Park Church, a director of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, and a director of the Mercantile National Bank.
On August 17, 1843, Kellogg married Lydia Billings. Their children were George B. Kellogg (1844-1914), Robert Winthrop Kellogg (born 1850), Ebenezer Noble Kellogg, Jr. (1852-1853), Nathaniel Olmsted Kellogg (born 1854), Lydia Grace Kellogg (born 1856), and Harriet E. Kellogg (born 1858). He died on December 13, 1903, in Hartford.
Politically, Kellogg was a Republican who enthusiastically participated in primaries, conventions, and at the polls on election day. He was a member of the Wide Awakes during the 1860 presidential election season, supporting Abraham Lincoln.
Kellogg was a charter member of the Putnam Phalanx, a member of the Old North Church and the Park Church, a director of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, and a director of the Mercantile National Bank.
On August 17, 1843, Kellogg married Lydia Billings. Their children were George B. Kellogg (1844-1914), Robert Winthrop Kellogg (born 1850), Ebenezer Noble Kellogg, Jr. (1852-1853), Nathaniel Olmsted Kellogg (born 1854), Lydia Grace Kellogg (born 1856), and Harriet E. Kellogg (born 1858). He died on December 13, 1903, in Hartford.
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