276 



HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YOEK. 



the then town of Painted Post, where he engaged in mer- 

 cantile business. He brought his family from Fairfield in 

 1836. He removed to Corning in 1841, where he con- 

 tinued to reside until his death, in 1845. He first engaged 

 in the mercantile business, in Corning, in connection with 

 Charles E. Osborne, and afterwards in the foundry business, 

 to which B. W. Payne & Co. succeeded at his death, and 

 which has been carried on so successfully since by B. W. 

 Payne & Co., Payne & Olcotts, Payne & Pritchard, and B. 

 W. Payne & Sons. 



The Kellogg family is of Scotch origin, the first settler 

 in America having been Stephen Kellogg, who settled at 

 Westfield, Mass., about the year 1700. Maria was a daugh- 

 ter of Alexander Cyrus Kellogg, who was a grandson of 

 Stephen before mentioned, and was a successful merchant 

 and prominent citizen of Troy, N. Y. 



The subject of this sketch began his residence in Steu- 

 ben County at the early age of six weeks, in the summer of 

 1836, at Centreville, moving to Corning in 1841, where, 

 with the exception of about seven years, he has always 

 lived. His education was received in the public schools in 

 Corning and the academy at Fairfield, Conn. He studied 

 law with Hon. Geo. T. Spencer and Charles H. Thomson, 

 then practicing law at Corning, under the firm- name of 

 Spencer & Thomson ; was admitted to practice in 1857 ; 

 went to New York City to reside i» 1858, and remained 

 until 1865,. when he returned to Corning and formed a law 

 partnership with Charles H. Thomson. Has since been 

 a member of the law-firms of Thomson & Mills, Spencer, 

 Thomson & Mills, and Spencer & Mills. 



He was elected district attorney in 1874, and re-elected 

 in 1877 ; was also elected member of the board of educa- 

 tion of the village of Corning in 1874, and re-elected in 

 1877. 



In politics he was originally a Democrat. He became a 

 war Democrat at the breaking out of the war, and soon after 

 became identified with the Republican party, and has acted 

 with that organization, substantially, ever since, and was at 

 one time chairman of the Republican county committee. 



He was married in 1862 to Eliza A. Wellington, a daugh- 

 ter of Samuel B. and Amelia Wellington, who died in 1869 ; 

 has two sons living, Charles L. and George A. 



He has one brother living, Dr. Augustus T. Mills, now 

 practicing his profession at Corning, and three sisters, Mrs. 

 Anna K. Curtis, of Ithaca, N. Y., Catharine L. Mills, and 

 Mrs. Margaret A. Green, both residents of Corning. 



Mr. Mills has a good reputation as a lawyer, and is highly 

 esteemed for his social and moral qualities. 



AUSTIN LATIIROP, Jr. 



The paternal ancestor of the subject of this sketch. Rev. 

 John Lathrop, was a native of Barnstable, England, and 

 settled in America, at Scituate, Mass., Sept. 28, 1634. He 

 died at Norwich, Conn., Nov. 8, 1653. The great-grand- 

 father of Austin Lathrop (sometimes spelled " Lattrop" by 

 many) was named Jedediah. He was a native of Stoning- 

 ton. Conn. He had seven sons, of whom Israel, the grand- 

 father of Austin, was the youngest, and was born in Bozra, 

 Conn., in October, 1770, and settled in Otsego Co., N. Y., 



in 1801. He was married to Miss Martha, daughter of 

 John White, of Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. 



John White was a brother of Dr. Joseph White, of 

 Cherry Valley, known far and near as a physician and sur- 

 geon of great skill. As the result of the above union, four 

 children — two sons and two daughters — were born, of whom 

 Austin Lathrop, Sr., was the eldest, and was born in Otsego 

 Co., N. Y., Aus;. 19, 1805. His brother Delos was two 

 years younger, and graduated at Union College with honors, 

 became a lawyer in 1832, and settled in Buffalo, and died 

 in the city of Albany, in 1835. 



Austin Lathrop removed to Chenango County, and from 

 thence to Lawrenceville, Pa., in 1830. He married Miss 

 Amy, only daughter of Daniel Walker, of Lawrenceville, 

 Pa., Nov. 5, 1832. Of this union, seven children — four 

 sons and three daughters — were born, viz. , Margaret, Martha, 

 Austin, Delos, Daniel, William, and Mary. Mrs. Lathrop 

 died March 19, 1850. 



In 1836, Mr, Lathrop removed to Covington, Tioga Co., 

 Pa., but at the present time (January, 1879) he is a resi- 

 dent of Academy Corners, Tioga Co., Pa. 



He has spent the most of his life as a farmer and lumber- 

 man, in Lawrence township, Tioga Co., and is now retired 

 from business, at the age of seventy-four years. 



Austin Lathrop, Jr., son of Austin and Amy Lathrop, 

 was born in Covington, Tioga Co., Pa., April 9, 1839. 



At the age of sixteen he left the paternal roof, and went 

 into the busy world for himself For two years he was 

 lumber inspector for Ballard & Sampson, of Williamsport, 

 Pa. ; for one year a clerk in a general merchandise store, at 

 Lawrenceville, for Mr. Ballard ; and March 30, 1859, came 

 to Corning, and engaged as a clerk for Hon. C. C. B. 

 Walker, in a general hardware store. June 13, 1862, Mr. 

 Lathrop was admitted as partner, with firm-name of Walker 

 & Lathrop, since which time, Messrs. Walker & Lathrop, 

 in connection with hardware, carry on an extensive busi- 

 ness as manufacturers and dealers in lumber. 



Mr. Lathrop is a member of the Democratic party, and 

 in matters of local interest has always been connected with 

 such enterprises as tend to the growth and prosperity of the 

 town and village of Corning. 



He was treasurer of the village for one year ; for two 

 years following, its president ; and supervisor of the town 

 of Corning for nine years, ending February, 1878, during 

 which time he was elected four times as chairman of the 

 Board of Supervisors of the county. 



Mr. Lathrop was connected with the fire department of 

 the village for many years, and for some two years as chief 

 engineer. 



QUINCY W. WELLINGTON 



was born in Moriah, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 27, 1832. He 

 was second son in a family of seven children of Samuel B. 

 and Amelia (Greene) Wellington, — the former a native of 

 Alsted, Yt., born Sept. 7, 1805, the latter born at Saratoga, 

 N. Y., June 29, 1813. Of the children, all are living 

 except two. 



Mr. Wellington removed with his parents to Tioga in 

 the year 1845, and in the year 1849 entered the store of 



