$2,015
Framed Watercolor Kellogg Family Register of Hadley, Massachusetts, "Executed by Ebenezer W. Kellogg, ae 11," c. 1826, watercolor on paper register depicting a clock over two columns flanking the vital statistics of Giles C. Kellogg (b. August 12, 1781) and Martha H. Warner (b. October 9, 1787) and their six children ending with the date 1826, (minor foxing and toning), 18 x 22 in., in the original molded giltwood frame. Note: According to the Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, by Franklin Bowditch Dexter and published by Holt, 1911, p. 407 for the year 1801, it mentions Giles Crouch Kellogg was born in Hadley, Massachusets to Dr. Giles C. Kellogg and his housekeeper, Mary Catlin. After graduating from Yale he studied law in Hadley, where he opened an office upon admission to the bar. He also served as a town clerk, treasurer, and register of deeds for Hampshire County, served in the War of 1812 as adjutant, and was an assistant teacher at the Hopkins Academy of Hadley. He died at eighty years of age in 1861; he and his wife Martha had four sons and four daughters.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
