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1821; he, 12 Ap. 1824), and were buried in the old cemetery on North Street. He gave up his profession on the death of his brother, Dan Hyde, settled his estate, and continued the business. He was always active in the cause of education and religion; was one of the founders and first trustees of the Auburn Theological Seminary, and its first treasurer; assisted in laying its corner-stone in 1820; and gave it money by his will.
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VII. Laura Hyde, b. at Sharon, Conn., 22 March 1786; married at Auburn, N. Y., in 1802, Daniel Kellogg, a lawyer, son of Samuel Kellogg, of Williamstown, Mass., where he was born, 19 Ap. 1780. He was a student in Williams College for about two years; and studied law with Abraham Van Vechten, Esq., of Albany, N. Y., where he was admitted to practice in Oct. 1800. He settled in Auburn, N. Y., in the Spring of 1801; and moved, in the Spring of 1803, to Skaneateles, N. Y., where he resided till his death, 4 May 1836. Clark's Onondaga, pp. 301 to 305, contains, besides an engraved portrait of Mr. Kellogg, a sketch of his life, by Phares Gould, Esq., from which the following is taken: "Though always taking a lively interest in important public questions, he never sought political preferment; yet, besides holding several offices of minor consideration, he was appointed, in 1813, to that of District Attorney for the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland and Onondaga; the duties of which lie discharged, with characteristic ability, for three years.
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"In 1818, he was elected to the Presidency of the Bank of Auburn, which station he held at the time of his death. For the eighteen years, he had the principal direction of the financial affairs of the bank, which he found in a state of almost inextricable confusion. His talents and habits of business were admirably suited to the duties of the station; and he soon succeeded In restoring its affairs to order, and in establishing its credit on a sure and enduring basis. His mind, clear and comprehensive-tenacious of its convictions, and only yielding to the force of reason-profound rather than brilliant, was never satisfied short of the most thorough and searching scrutiny. To a mind thus constituted, he added habits of untiring industry, a love of order, observable in the minutest details, and an integrity almost proverbial. Such qualifications could not fail to raise him to the first rank in his profession, to secure him an unlimited measure of public confidence, and consequently a large and lucrative practice.
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"His death, occurring as it did at an age when his mental powers were still in full vigor, and when many years of active usefulness might have been reasonably anticipated, was regarded as a public calamity; especially by business men, who knew and could best appreciate his worth.
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"In person, Mr. Kellogg was rather above the common height, well formed and imposing, as well as prepossessing in his appearance and address; which was uniformly courteous and engaging. These, together with an open and intellectual countenance, and a disposition always
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