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Photo of the Week: The Founder of Kelloggsville

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Francis William Kellogg (Photo by Mathew Benjamin Brady – Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.)

)Originally from Worthington, Mass., Francis William Kellogg moved to the Paris Township area in 1855 where he engaged in lumber business with the firm Kellogg, White & Co. He would help to establish the Kelloggsville School district which was named after him. Kellogg was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served from 1863-1865. During the Reconstruction, he was appointed by then U.S. President Andrew Johnson as collection of the U.S. internal revenue for the southern portion of Alabama. Kellogg moved to Mobile, Alabama and event served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Alabama.