Adna Barnes Kellogg

. John Jay Kellogg, born April 11, 1801 in Paris, Oneida Co.,New York; died July 05, 1857 in Kellogg, Douglas Co, Oregon. He was the son of 48. Timothy Kellogg and 49. Eleanor Loomis. He married 25. Jane Maria Bull December 25, 1823 in Watertown, Jefferson Co,, NewYork.

25. Jane Maria Bull, born April 28, 1802 in Floyd, Oneida Co, New York; died February 26, 1881 in Kellogg, Douglas Co, Oregon. She was the daughter of 50. Benjamin Robert Bull and 51. Sarah Ann Wilson.

Notes for John Jay Kellogg: First settled Kellogg, Oregon in 1849. Became the first postmaster in 1856. had the first gristmill in the Umpqua Valley. There are two books about the Kellogg family (John Jay and his two sons Lyman & Adna Barnes (Barney) who were the first settlers in Kellogg, Douglas Co, Oregon. They first called their home "Pleasant Plains" in Feb 1856 the first U S Post office was opened and then they officially called it "Kellogg". John Jay was the first post master and at his death Lyman became postmaster for about 13 years. John Jay and Jane were Married in Watertown, New York in 1823 and settled in Oregon in 1849. All seven of their children were born "before their parents crossed the plains" according to one book. There are two book with information about the Kellogg's in Oregon (1) The Saga of the Kellogg Cresent by Leona Spayde Madison and Umpqua Valley Oregon and its Pioneer's by Harold Minter. John Jay Kellogg was a wagon-maker in Oswego, New York. He move to Elkhart, Indiana then to Union Grove Township., Whitside Co, Illinois, and then to the Oregon Territory.

More About John Jay Kellogg: Burial: Kellogg, Douglas Co, Oregon Notes for Jane Maria Bull: Jane M. Kellogg is found on the 1860 census for Umpqua Co., Oregon pg 2, line 18. It reads

Jane M. Kellogg age 58, female, white, value of real estate $4,000, value of personal estate $2,900, born in New York.

1870 census Elkton Prec. Douglas Co., Oregon pg 1

Kellogg, Jane, age 68, female, white, keeping house, born in New York The post office is listed as Locust Grove, Umpqua county, Oregon