Connecticut western news., 1922-10-19
WALTER l. KELLOGG SELECTMAN SINCE 1883
Death Came Suddenly 10 Falls Village Official While at
 Riverton Fair .-
RESENTED TOWN
Was Continually on Board of Select
 men With the Exception of
 sa. Only Two Years 1~*

t#E Only Two Years r"
 Death came suddenly last Thursday at the Riverton Fair to Walter |. Kellogg, selectman of the town of < Canaan. With Mrs. Kellogg he had attended, the fair and about four o'clock suddenly dropped to the ground from an attack of the heart from which he never recovered. He had been in his usual good health and news of his death was a distinct shock to his many friends in this vicinity.
 MT. Kellogg comes from a line of Colonial ancestry the first of whom came to this country from England in 164O. He is a direct descendant of Lieut.. Joseph Kellogg who was baptised in Great Leighs, England, in April, 1926 and whose first wife died in Hadley, Mass. in 1866. In 1743 MT. Keliogg's ancestors, then land owners in Hartford and Pennington, came to the town of Canaan. MT. Kellogg was born in the Kellogg homestead on the undermountain road June 18th, 1847 and had always lived in that town. ... .... ...
 For a number of years MT. Kell logg, who was a carpenter by trade, was employed by the Housatonic railroad as a bridge builder. When his father died he returned to the farm where he had since been active ly engaged. I "tEf
 Tn 1877 he mayried Cora E. Weth- erill, of South Canaan, from which marriage one son was born, Mrs. Kellogg died in 1879, about two and one-haf years after her marriage. Tn April 1889 he was again married, taking as his bride Jennie l., Gillette, of Falls Village, who with one son survives him. .. I.
 Walter l. Kellogg was of the old school whose Puritan blood made him naturally industrious and thrifty. In ! his management of town affairs he was very economical with the result that the bonded indebtedness of E3O,O0O incurred in 1886 has been entirely retired. Year after year he had been returned to the board of selectmen- with the exception of two years, since 1883, which is an honor granted to few. In 1907 he was elected to represent the town in the legislature and was appointed to the committee on humane institutions.
 MT. Kellogg was member and past master of Hollenbeck Grange, in which he took great interest. He was also member of the South Ca- naan Congregational church, which was established in 1740 and in which his ancestors were deacons from its earliest history. He was also one of the seven original members of the Bald Head Club, of which he was a director. B..
 Funeral services were held from the South Canaan church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. James McKeirnan, pastor of the church officiating. The { church was filled to overfowing and for the first time in many years 1t was necessary to use the balcony. There was a profusion of floral tri- bntes. The pail bearers were Irving Shultis, George Astleford, William H. Hart, J. Lee Ensign, Levi Ganser and Leonard J. Morse. Interment was in the family plot in Grassy Hill cemetery. a The surviving relatives are Mrs. Kellogg, one sister, Adeline s. Kel- logg of Winsted, and two sons, Charles of Waterville and Lee H., of Falls Village. ..r.