Charles Roderick Judson Kellam was born August 16, 1837, at the Choctaw Agency, in Indian Territory. In 1859, while living in Arkansas, he anticipated the conflict between North and South, and his sympathies lying with the north, he relocated to Peacham, Vermont that fall. He started a book store there and later worked at the Fairbanks Scale Company in St. Johnsbury.
On April 15, 1861 he enlisted as a member of Company C of the 3rd Vermont regiment of infantry and took part in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac up to the evacuation of the peninsula. Because of illness he was discharged in October 6, 1862, but enlisted in the 9th Vermont Infantry on December 12, 1863. He was promoted to the position of hospital steward and served in that capacity until he was discharged on November 6, 1865.
Charles spent the rest of 1865 and part of 1866 at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and later practiced medicine in Vermont and New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical Collage in 1868 and later moved to Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1876 he relocated to Heron Lake, Jackson County, Minnesota where he worked as a physican and druggist until his death there on September 17, 1924.
He married Sarah E. Carter of Peacham, VT on 16 Aug 1856. they had the following children:
Albert Clayton Kellam was born ABT 1871 in Haverhill, NH William I. born 1860 in Arkansas,
T.H. Kellam (I think a son), and 2 other unknown children who died previous to 1910.
Charles then married Emma Noyes (of Chelsea, VT) and had a daughter Alice E. born in 1873 in Massachusetts.
He married Mary C. Schermerhorn (of Albany, NY) on 1 Jan 1880. Their children were: Ansel B. Kellam of St. Paul, MN, Alex S. of Duluth, MN, Maud E., William H, Clarence W, Herbert K, Ruth, and Charles R.J.
Charles Roderick Judson Kellam was born August 16, 1837, at the Choctaw Agency, in Indian Territory. In 1859, while living in Arkansas, he anticipated the conflict between North and South, and his sympathies lying with the north, he relocated to Peacham, Vermont that fall. He started a book store there and later worked at the Fairbanks Scale Company in St. Johnsbury.
On April 15, 1861 he enlisted as a member of Company C of the 3rd Vermont regiment of infantry and took part in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac up to the evacuation of the peninsula. Because of illness he was discharged in October 6, 1862, but enlisted in the 9th Vermont Infantry on December 12, 1863. He was promoted to the position of hospital steward and served in that capacity until he was discharged on November 6, 1865.
Charles spent the rest of 1865 and part of 1866 at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and later practiced medicine in Vermont and New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical Collage in 1868 and later moved to Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1876 he relocated to Heron Lake, Jackson County, Minnesota where he worked as a physican and druggist until his death there on September 17, 1924.
He married Sarah E. Carter of Peacham, VT on 16 Aug 1856. they had the following children:
Albert Clayton Kellam was born ABT 1871 in Haverhill, NH William I. born 1860 in Arkansas,
T.H. Kellam (I think a son), and 2 other unknown children who died previous to 1910.
Charles then married Emma Noyes (of Chelsea, VT) and had a daughter Alice E. born in 1873 in Massachusetts.
He married Mary C. Schermerhorn (of Albany, NY) on 1 Jan 1880. Their children were: Ansel B. Kellam of St. Paul, MN, Alex S. of Duluth, MN, Maud E., William H, Clarence W, Herbert K, Ruth, and Charles R.J.
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Dr Charles Roderick Judson Kellam
1910 United States Federal Census
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Dr Charles Roderick Judson Kellam
1880 United States Federal Census
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Dr Charles Roderick Judson Kellam
Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915
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Dr Charles Roderick Judson Kellam
1870 United States Federal Census
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Dr Charles Roderick Judson Kellam
Minnesota, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980
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