Belle Kellogg Towne

Isabella Electa Kellogg Towne (June 1, 1844–1923) was an author and journalist born in Sylvania, Wisconsin. In the 1880s, Belle Kellogg Towne was charged with coordinating and organizing young people's papers for the Young People's Weekly, published by the Chicago-based David C. Cook Publishing Company.^[1]

The Weekly, was one of the most notable periodicals of religious papers for the young.^[1]^[2] Kellogg earned the reputation as being '"one of America's first leading women in the literary and publishing fields.'"^[3]

Personal life

Belle Kellogg was born to Seth H. and Electa S. Kellogg. She married doctor, and musical composer Professor Thomas Martin Towne (1835-1912), of Chicago, Illinois.^[1]^[3] She died in 1923 and is buried with her husband and son, Walter Washburn Towne (1868-1941), at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.^[4]

Works

Around the Ranch, D. Lothrop & Company, ©1883^[5]
The Transformation of Job, and the Taking in of Martha Matilda, with Frederick Vining Fisher, Dodo Press, 2008, originally published in1900^[6]
On the Mountain Top, David C. Cook, 1904^[7]
Snowflakes and Heartaches, David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1912^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 720. Retrieved 8 August 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Isabella Electa Kellogg Towne". www.hymntime.com. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
^ ^a ^b "Thomas Martin Towne - [ Music Style, Composer Bio, Famous Works ] -". Public Domain Music. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
^ "Isabella Electa "Belle" Kellogg Towne (1844-1923)..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
^ Towne, Belle Kellogg (1883). Around the ranch. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. OCLC 25646095.
^ Fisher, Frederick Vining; Towne, Belle Kellogg (2008-11-01). The Transformation of Job, and the Taking in of Martha Matilda. Dodo Press. ISBN 978-1-4099-1803-5.
^ Towne, Belle Kellogg; Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (1904). On the mountain top. Elgin, Ill.: David C. Cook. OCLC 18956547.
^ Towne, Belle Kellogg; Caswell, Edward C; David C. Cook Publishing Co (1912). Snowflakes and heartaches. Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Pub. Co. OCLC 20604922.