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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Russell KELSO
(1831-1891)
KELSO, John Russell, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio, March 23, 1831; received a classical training and was
graduated from Pleasant Ridge College, Missouri, in June 1859;
during the Civil War served in the Union Army as a member of the
Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry, the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry,
and the Eighth Missouri Cavalry, and was captain of Company M;
elected as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress
(March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1866; principal of Kelso Academy, Springfield, Mo., 1867-1869;
moved to Modesto, Calif., in 1872 and to Longmont, Colo., in July
1885; author and lecturer; died in Longmont, Boulder County, Colo.,
January 26, 1891; interment on his estate near Longmont;
subsequently the remains were cremated and the ashes scattered.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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