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E. P. KELLAM.
Among the prominent business men of Topeka, who stood at the head of commercial life here for some 40 years, was the late E. P. Kellam, who died very suddenly on February 5, 1896, of neuralgia of the heart, superinduced by weakness from a former illness and also from grief felt over the death of his beloved kinsman, the late T. J. Kellam. The latter, of whom a sketch will be found in this work, died on February 4, 1896, and E. P. Kellam passed away on the following day. Both were men of importance and substance and Topeka was doubly bereaved.

E. P. Kellam was born at Irasburg, Vermont, February 28, 1832, and was a son of Sabin and Lydia Kellam, being one of 10 children born to his parents. His boyhood and early youth were spent in his native environment, where he received excellent educational advantages; and in young manhood he went to Boston to enter upon a business career. In 1857 he came to Topeka, and his subsequent life was spent in this city. With his cousin, the late T. J. Kellam, our subject was interested in charitable movements of various kinds. He is remembered as a man of strict integrity and independent views. The services at his funeral were conducted by Rev. Dean Bodley, of Topeka, who preached the sermon. Rev. Percival Mclntire, of Chicago, was also present.

Mr. Kellam was married December 31, 1862, to Orpha Beulah, daughter of Pearl De Wolfe. She still survives and makes her home in one of the handsomest residences of the city at No. 415 Topeka avenue, where she is spending the twilight of her life in comfort and ease. Mr. Kellam’s son, E. B. Kellam, lives at Cottonwood Falls, where he is connected with a telephone company. Mr. Kellam was a Mason and was buried with Masonic honors.