Bio: Kellogg, John Azor (1879)
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Surnames: Kellogg, Wadleigh

----Source: The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin For 1879, page 482, 483

John Azor Kellogg (Rep.), of Wausau, Marathon county, was born in Bethany, Wayne county, Penn., March 16, 1828; receiving an academic education; is a Lawyer by profession; came to Wisconsin in 1840, and steeled at Prairie du Sas, removed to Mauston in 1857, to La Crosse in 1866, and to Wausau in 1876; was district attorney of Juneau county in 1861, and U.S. pension agent at La Crosse for 1866 to 1875. Entered military service in April, 1861, as 1st Lieut., Co. K., 5th Wis. Vol. Infantry; promoted to captaincy Co. I, same regiment, December, 1861; served with the regiment until January, 1863; returned to duty with regiment in January, 1864; was wounded the 5th of May, 1964; at the battle of Wilderness; escaped from the enemy by jumping from train of cars near Bransville, South Carolina, October 5th, 1864; traveled thence by night to Calhoun, Georgia; reaching the Union lines October 26th, 1864; was promoted, while in prison, to Major, Lieut. Col., and Col. Respectively; took command of regiment in November, 1864; assigned to the command oh the Iron /brigade in February, 1864; commanded the same during the last campaign; ended with the surrender of Gen. Lee, at Appomattox, April 9th, 1865; participated in the battle of Gainesville, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Hatcher’s Run, Boydon Plank Road, Five Forks, Appomattox; was promoted Brig.Gen. by brevet, with rank from April 9th, 1865; mustered out August 5th, 1865. He has been a Republican since the organization of the party in June, 1855, and is a Republican now of the strictest kind; he believes the federal government should guarantee protection to the citizens of every state, regardless of color or former condition of servitude, in the exercise of every political right; he believes in honest money, and the payment of the nation’s debt, both in letter and spirit, in strict accordance with the contract. He was elected to the state senate for 1879, ’80, receiving 4,550 votes, against 8, 066 votes for Matt Wadleigh (Dem.), of Stevens Point.