Biography of Lyman Beecher Kellogg

Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. 
Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912.

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LYMAN BEECHER KELLOGG was born September 28, 1841, at Lorain, Lorain county, Ohio, the son of Hiram Kellogg and Delia 
Beecher. The father was born in Cortland county, New York, and died at Fremont, Neb., in 1870; the mother was born in 
Connecticut and died in McHenry, Ill., in 1863. Mr. Kellogg was educated in the public schools and the State Normal 
University, Bloomington, Ill. His first wife was Abbie Horner, who died in 1873. His second wife was Jennie Mitchell, the 
daughter of Rev. D. P. Mitchell. She was born March 4, 1850, and died at Emporia May 9, 1911. The following are his 
children by the first wife: Vernon L. Kellogg, Palo Alto, Cal., and Fred H. Kellogg, Santa Rosa, Cal.; children of the 
second wife; Charles M. Kellogg, Santa Rosa, Cal., and Mary V. and Joseph M. Kellogg, of Emporia, Kan. Three are graduates 
of the Kansas University, one of Stanford, and one of Cornell. Mr. Kellogg has held the following positions in public 
service: Principal State Normal School, Emporia. 1865-'71; member of the state house of representatives, 1877-'79; probate 
judge, Lyon county, 1879-'85; state senator, 1885-'89; attorney-general, 1889-'91; and regent of the State Normal eight 
years, ending in 1907.

(Included with the article, "The Founding of the State Normal School.", page 88)