Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
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Kellogg Ancestors in America
TLDR: My 8x great grandfather, son of an English colonist, was stolen by the French and Indian soldiers, became a successful interpreter and trader , was assigned to one of the first recorded expedition to Illinois by the French, and later was reclaimed by the British, quoted in Royal Society papers, given a commission in……
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Bill Kelly
A year ago today we lost Chris’s father, Bill Kelly. He was 85. Born in Keokuk Iowa in 1939, he was the second child of Henry and Alberta (Chrisman) Kelly. He graduated from Keokuk High School in 1957 as Senior Class President and then attended Carthage College, graduating in 1961. He married Judy Perry in……
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Murder? ! ?
I came across an incredible story about the death of my 4x great grandfather. My paternal grandmother’s father was Ray Myers. His maternal grandfather was George J Byars Jr. George died on 12 Oct 1873 in Steen Township in Knox County, Indiana. George had come to Indiana from Smyth County, Virginia with his new wife……