The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-28

of the state Senate at Que Ttme. Waterburg. Jan. 27.-The Hon. Stephen Wright Kellogg. former con- gressman and widely known in public and business life in this city, the state and nations died at his home, ss Pros pect street. after brief illness. at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon. Congestion of the lungs, followed by heart failure was the cause of death.
 General Kellogg was born in Shell burn. Mass, in 1929, and was educated at Amherst and Yale colleges, graduat- | ing for the latter an honor man in his class in 1S46. He began the practice of law in 1S4S, opening his office in Nauga- tuck the same year. In 1854 he removed to this city, having been elected judge of probate for the Waterbury district. Since that time he has been one of the leading lawyers of the city and state.
 General Kellogg was clerk of the Con- necticut state senate in 1851, member o. the senate in 1853, and member of the house in 1856. Tn 1874 he was ap- pointed judge of the New Haven coun- l ty court. He served as city attorney from 1866 to 1S69 and during that time procured the first legislation for supply 1 ing water to the city He was city at torney again from 1877 to 1883.
 In the early history of the national republican party General Kellogg play ed prominent part. He was a delegate | to the republican national convention in 1S6O
 General Kellogg was a member of the committee which constructed the plat form on which Abraham Lincoln was elected president in the fall of that year. He also was delegate to the republican national conventions of 1868 and 1876, being chairman of the Con necticut delegation at the latter. He served as congressman from the Second Connecticut district from 1869 to 1873. While in congress he was member of many important committees. He held the rank of colonel in the Second regi- ment. c. N. G., and was brigadier- general of the National Guard from I 1866 to 1870.
 Of late years General Kellogg had devoted himself to his law business, having his son, John P. Kellogg the present city attorney. as his partner He visited his office daily up to t9feN l time of his death, and frequently con- ducted important cases in the state and federal courts. He was member Of the New Haven County Ear associa- tion, the Waterbury Bar association, the Waterbury club, the Union League clubs of New Haven and New York, a member of the board of agents of the Bronson library, a manager of the state board of the Sons of the American Rev. o1ution and a prominent FreemasOn, Knight of Pythias and Odd Fellow
 He was deacon Of the Second Con- gregational church and intimat tely asso- ciated with local charities. Since 1900 he has not been actively engaged in politics, delivering, however, several speeches throughout the state during the 1900 Mckinley campaign. He was a member of the electoral college that year and had the extraordinary exper- fence of being actively engaged in four-s teen presidential campaigns He is sur vived by his wife, three sons Leuten- ant Commander Frank Woodruff KeI-s logg, of the United States steamship Yankee, stationed at Kingston, Jannai- ca; City Attorney John Kellogg, and Charles Poole Kellogg, secretary of tho state board of charities; one brother, "A. J. Kellogg of Shelburn, Mass, and three daughters, Mrs. F. c. Plume and Mrs. Irving Chase, both of this city, and Mrs. E. H. English of New Haven.