From The Journal Times.com: Revolutionary War veteran long gone, but not forgotten
YORKVILLE - Nearly 230 years after the Revolutionary War, one of the war's soldiers was honored Sunday with a historical marker dedication at the Racine County cemetery in which he's been laid to rest.
Visitors to the Sylvania Cemetery, located on West Frontage Road south of Braun Road, can now read from a bronze plaque about the life and history of Revolutionary War soldier Helmont Kellogg.
"I think it's just wonderful," said Carol Rhodes Lee, 79, of Sturtevant. Lee recently learned she is a descendent of Kellogg's.
During the ceremony, she carried with her a piece of paper where she wrote the names of relatives that trace back to the Revolutionary War soldier. Lee is a fourth generation great granddaughter.
"I never knew about him, but I remember always going to the Kellogg picnic on (Highway) KR," she said.
According to the marker, Kellogg served more than 13 months during the war. After the war, the Connecticut native moved to Wisconsin in 1837 with his family, and settled at what is now the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway KR.
The area, called Kellogg's Corners, was where a creamery, post office, church, school and blacksmith shop once stood.
On Sunday, more than 50 people attended the dedication. The Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution color guard donned Revolutionary War uniforms.
The ceremony included a prayer, the reading of a commendation from Gov. Scott Walker, an honor guard salute and the playing of "Taps."
"One of our most important missions has been to locate, record and identify with this special bronze marker the gravesites of those brave men and women who served the cause of independence during the Revolutionary War," said Brian McManus, WISSAR vice president.
McManus said the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, which was formed in 1889, has recognized more than 100,000 gravesites of Revolutionary War soldiers, 41 of those in Wisconsin.
