Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ommunity, and gives hisearnest support to the Democratic party. Alba H. Kellogg is the eldest in a family t)ffour children, but two have now passed away. Inthe public schools he acquired his education, andremained upon the home farm until he had reacheiithe age of seventeen years, when he began learn-ing telegraphy with the Western Union Tele-graph Co
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ommunity, and gives hisearnest support to the Democratic party. Alba H. Kellogg is the eldest in a family t)ffour children, but two have now passed away. Inthe public schools he acquired his education, andremained upon the home farm until he had reacheiithe age of seventeen years, when he began learn-ing telegraphy with the Western Union Tele-graph Company, at Springfield, In the time telephones first began to be used,he was employed in putting them up in differentcities, and in that capacity came to Xewburgh in1879. He was thus engaged for three years, aft-er which he returned to his Vermont home, butin 1S87 located here as a lineman. Later he be-came manager for the outside work for the Xew-burgh Fllectric-light and Power Company, whichposition he filled until the spring of 1893. whenH. B. Odell, the superintendent, resigned, andhe was appointed in his place. He now has fromeight to eleven men under him. The plant isquite large, l^eing .supplied with twenty two dy-. JDHN C. MARSHALI,. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAI, RECORD. 419 namos, with a capacit)^ of over five thousand in-candescent and one hundred and sixty-five arclights. The plant was erected since his arrival. In Newburgh, Mr. Kellogg was united in mar-riage with Miss Lydia Pine, who was born inthis city, and who is a daughter of Mrs. G. GPine. They have many warm friends in the city,and by all who know them are held in the high-est esteem. Mr. Kellogg casts his ballot in sup-port of the men and measures of the Republicanparty, and socially belongs to Mt. Vernon LodgeNo. 8, F. & A. M., of , Vt. (TOHN C. MARSHALL, who is a well knownI man of Newburgh, and a memberG) the retail meat firm of H. W. Marshall &Sons, was born in Hyd
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