Keith, William – Kellogg, Edward
Keith, William
governor, author, was born in 1680, in England. For many years he was surveyor-general of customs in America; and during 1717-26 was governor of Pennsylvania. He was the author of The History of the British Plantations in America; and other historical works of value. He died Nov. 17, 1749, in England.
Keitt, Lawrence Massillon
soldier, congressman, was born Oct. 4, 1824, in Orangeburg, S. C. He was elected to the South Carolina state legislature in 1848; in 1853 was elected to a seat in the national house of representatives, and was consecutively re-elected until 1860. Just before leaving congress he was elected to the seceding convention of South Carolina.
He was killed June 4, 1864, in battle in Virginia.
Keliher, John Austin
journalist, legislator, was born Nov. 6, 1866, in Boston, Mass. For many years he has been successfully engaged in journalistic work; and in 1896-97 served with distinction as a member of the Massachusetts state legislatures.
Kellam, a. E
public official, was born July 6, 1849, in Northampton county, Va. He has filled various public offices of trust; has been clerk of the county and circuit courts of Princess Anne county, Va.; secretary of the railroad commissioners of Virginia; and has always taken an active part in the public affairs of his county and state.
Kellar, Andrew J
soldier, lawyer, journalist. In 1860 he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Tennessee. During the war he was in the confederate service; and served as captain, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the fourth regiment of the Tennessee infantry from April, 1861, to May 1, 1865. He is now one of the leading lawyers of South Dakota at Hot Springs; and a well-known journalist.
Kellar, Ezra
clergyman, college president, was born June 12, 1812, in Middleton Valley, Md. In 1844 he established Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio, serving as its president till his death. He died Dec. 29, 1848, in Springfield, Ohio.
Keller, Elizabeth Catharine
educator, physician, was born April 4, 1837, near Gettysburg, Pa. After receiving her education she taught in the State School for Soldiers' Orphans, in Lancaster, Pa.; then entered the Woman's Medical college, of Pennsylvania, in 1868, and graduated from that institution in 1871.
During 1871-75 she was attending physician and surgeon of the Woman's hospital in Philadelphia; then resident physician and surgeon to the New England hospital for women until 1877; and ever since has been senior surgeon of that hospital.
Since 1889 she has been a member of the Boston school board; and is now serving a third term.
Keller, Joseph Edward
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1827, in Bavaria. He was a Jesuit educator, president of St. Louis university, and the author of Life and Acts of Pope Leo XIII.
He died Feb. 4, 1886, in Rome, Italy.
Kelley, Abby
reformer, was born Jan. 15, 1811, in Pelham, Mass. She founded the Anti-Slavery Bugle, and did much toward organizing the Webster Anti- Slavery society.
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin
soldier, was born April 10, 1807, in New Hampton, N. H. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers. At the close of the civil war he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the first district of West Virginia; in 1876 became superintendent of Hot Springs reservation, Ark.; and after 1883 he was an examiner of pensions. He died July 17, 1891, in Oakland, Md.
Kelley, Hall Jackson
educator, author, was born Feb. 28, 1790, in Northwood, N. H. He was an educator of Boston, who organized the first Sunday-school in New England; and made an unsuccessful attempt to colonize Oregon in 1830. He was the author of Geographical Description of Oregon; Letters from an Afflicted Husband; and History of the Settlement of Oregon. He died Jan. 17, 1874, in Palmer, Mass.
Kelley, Harrison
soldier, farmer, state senator, congressman, was born May 12, 1.836, in Millgrove, Ohio. During 1861-65 he served in the fifth Kansas cavalry volunteers; and attained the rank of captain. He was subsequently made brigadier-general of the state troops; which he commanded during the Indian troubles succeeding the rebellion. He served one term in the Kansas state house of representatives; and one term in the state senate. He was receiver of the United States land office; and treasurer of the state board of charities. He was elected to the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy. He died in 1897.
Kelley, Henry Smith
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Dec. 18, 1832, near Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar; was elected prosecuting attorney in 1854 for the district composed of the counties of Blackford, Delaware and Grant, Indiana. After serving two years he was elected judge of the court of common pleas in the same district; and served four years.
In 1862 he moved to Vermillion, Dakota territory; was elected auditor of the territory; but returned to Marion, Ind. He there edited the Grant County Union, practiced law, participated in politics as a republican; and has since filled similar positions in various cities. In 1872 he was elected circuit judge; receiving the reelection in 1874 and in 1880. He was a candidate for congress in 1884; and has lectured extensively on medical jurisprudence at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Joseph, Mo.; and before other medical bodies. He is the author of Kelley's Treatise for Justices, Constables and Attorneys, a book of eleven hundred pages, which has passed through several editions; Kelley's Probate Guide; Kelley's Criminal Law and Practice; and other standard law works.
Kelley, James Douglas Jer- Rold
soldier, author, was born in 1856.
He is a lieutenant in the United States navy; and the author of The Question of Ships; Our Navy; and A Desperate Chance, a story.
Kelley, James F
journalist, state senator, was born Nov. 20, 1863, near White Oak Springs, Wis. In 1890 he became the editor and owner of The Day County Herald of Webster, S. D. In 1894 he was elected a member of the South Dakota state senate; and received the reelection in 1896. He has been president of the people's party, state league of South Dakota; and is now the president of the J. F. Kelley and Company, of Webster, South Dakota.
Kelley, John Edward
journalist, legislator, was born March 27, 1853, in Columbia county, Wis. He received his education at the public schools of Wisconsin, and from private instructors. In 1891 he was elected a member of the South Dakota legislature; and became a leader of the independents during that session. In 1892 he was nominated for congress by the people's party; and made a brilliant campaign; was renominated for congressman at large in 1894; again in 1896, when he was successful. He is now serving with distinction in the fifty-fifth con- He is a successful journalist of gress.
Flandreau; and an able writer on economic questions.
Kelley, John Elmer
lawyer, was born Nov. 12, 1862, in Birmingham, Iowa.
He was mayor of McCook, Neb., in 1894- 96; and is now state president of the American Protective association in Nebraska. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Nebraska; and is prominently identified with the public affairs of his county and state.
Kelley, Samuel Harlan
lawyer, was born March 27, 1861, in Marion, Ind.
He attended the University of Missouri and the Columbian Law school; and is now a successful corporation lawyer of Benton Harbor, Mich. In 1882-86 he was adjudicator of claims, United States treasury, Washington, D. C.; and in 1886-87 was chief clerk of the United States land office in Wakeeney, Kan. He is the attorney of the C. C. C. and St. Louis railway company; and general solicitor for the St. Joseph Valley railway company.
Kelley, William Darragh
lawyer, congressman, author, was born April 12, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa. He held the office of judge of the court of common pleas in Philadelphia for some years. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican. He was the author of Speeches, Addresses, and Letters on Political Questions; Letters from Europe; Lincoln and Stanton; and The Old South and The New. He died Jan. 9, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Kellogg, Albert
botanist, was born Dec. 6, 1813, in New Hartford, Conn. The first accurate description of the big trees of California was made by him and published by John C. Frémont in his Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44.
He died March 31, 1887, in Alameda, Cal.
Kellogg, Alfred Hosea
clergyman, author, was born in 1837, in Pennsylvania. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Detroit; and the author of Abraham, Joseph, and Moses in Egypt, an attempted solution of the Exodus problem.
Kellogg, Charles
congressman, was born in Berkshire county, Mass. He served six years in the New York assembly from Cayuga county; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1825 to 1827.
Kellogg, Clara Louise
vocalist, was born July 12, 1842, in Sumterville, S.
C. Her first success was as the Marguerite of Faust, which she sang in Italian opera.
Kellogg, Edward
economist, author, was born Oct. 18, 1790, in Norwalk, Conn. He was the author of Labor and Other Capital. He died April 29, 1858, in Brooklyn, N. Y.