Hiram Kellogg was born in 1795, according to Columbiana county, Ohio records. He died June 8th 1883, however no burial site is listed for him. Census record verify that he lived in Sandy Stark County. David appr 22 years older than Hiram, also lived in Sandy Stark County. He is also from New York . Many Family trees place David as Hiram's father, but since we have found no birth record for either, this cannot be verified.
I have called the Stark County Historical Society, and they have given their opinion that David , born 1773 in Columbia county NY, and Hiram, Born Circa 1795 were brothers rather than Father and son. I tend to agree.
Hiram left his property to his wife, 2 of his sons, Cyrus and George, and to the rest of his children, $10 a piece. A newspaper article found by the Columbiana County research center found that the will was in preparation to be contested, but nothing further was found. There is no Grave cited as his, leading me to believe that he wasn't buried there. While most of the many children probably couldn't have cared less about his gravesite, I don't think Cyrus or George would have let him lie in an unmarked grave in Columbiana County.
I am proposing this theory: Hiram was temporarily buried on the family property and then 2 1/2 months later was quietly moved to a gravesite in Butternut Falls, North Olmsted Ohio, where his burial date was recorded as his death date on the tombstone, Is there anybody here who could find documentation to verify my theory?
This is a mystery that I intend to solve, and from where I stand right now, I am not the first person to try to solve it, but I would like to be the final one who did.
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Your opening sentence that Hiram was born 1875 cannot be correct.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the correction... 1795 is the correct date and I greatly appreciate you finding it and letting me know!
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