My Genealogy Hound

CHARLES HERBERT KELLOGG, junior member of the firm of Daniels & Kellogg, grocers, of Northampton, was born in 1858 in the town of Hadley, son of Benjamin A. and Sarah (Moody) Kellogg. Benjamin A. Kellogg, now a resident of Northampton, was born in Hadley in 1832, son of Charles Austin Kellogg, also a native of Hadley, who was born in 1803. Charles Austin Kellogg was a very prominent man of that town, in which he spent his entire life of fourscore years, being a prosperous farmer, a leader in public affairs, and an adherent of the Democratic party. He married Maria Augusta Cook, who died at the good old age of seventy-five years. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Kellogg, Alvin Moody, was also an influential citizen of this county, belonging to one of the oldest of the South Hadley families.

Charles H. Kellogg was given every opportunity for obtaining a substantial education, being a regular attendant at school until his eighteenth year. At this time he was suspended from school privileges on account of the misdemeanor of another pupil. He subsequently served an apprenticeship at plumbing in Northampton, and worked at that trade for four years. He then entered the employment of Allan Clark and J. A. Ross as clerk in their grocery store, where he remained for seven years. At the end of that time, being familiar with the details of the business, he formed a partnership with Charles A. Daniels for carrying on a similar business, and bought out the firm of C. H. Boyden, since which he has been prominently identified with the mercantile interests of this city.

Mr. Kellogg was united in marriage November 9, 1888, with Miss Ada M. Day, of this city, a graduate of the high school and the daughter of Luke Day, a prominent city official. Since their union they had one child, Mabel, who died in 1893, thirty-two months old. In all the walks of life Mr. Kellogg is esteemed by all who know him as an able and upright business man, a devoted husband, a kind neighbor, and a loyal friend. He is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a Master Mason. In politics he is a Republican, uniformly casting his vote for the candidates of that party.