Kellogg, John E.

He was born in Cortland County, N.Y. He is a Civil War Veteran, enlisting in Company K, One Hunded and Twenty-third Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, but was discharged on account of failing health after a little over one years's service. Married 11-7-1863 in N.Y.
He came to Nebraska in 1869, located in Butler Co. Section 18-16-2 east, where he took up a homestead in Savanna Precinct. He had crossed the state as early as 1860, en route for Pike's Peak. He farmed and inproved his homestead up to 1880 when the village of Bellwood was started, then he moved there and started in his business, the firm of Royce & Kellogg, dealers in grain, lumber, etc. He served as Assessor and Justice of the Peace of his precinct and as a Notary Public.
Information from History of Nebraska, by A. T. Andreas in 1882.