Yukon who is who

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J. C. Kellum
	
J.C. Kellum was born in Westport, Missouri and graduated from Harvard University in 1873. He practiced law in Kansas City for twelve years and then moved to Arizona in 1887.  He joined the stampede north in 1898 and was associated with Wade, Clark and Wilson, the leading law firm in Dawson. In 1900 he travelled to Nome and settled in Fairbanks in the winter of 1902/03 with the law firm of Claypool, Kellum & Cowles.((//Alaska-Yukon Magazine,// January 1909.)) In 1903, Kellum accompanied Judge Wickersham to Circle to help set up law and order and later became a judge.((“Round Table Discussion of Fairbanks Street Names at Tanana Yukon Historical Society Meeting on April 23, 1970.” 2019 website: https://www.worldcat.org/title/round-table-discussion-of-fairbanks-street-names-at-tanana-yukon-historical-society-meeting-on-april-23-1970/oclc/212198564)) He was greatly interested in real estate, was one of the pioneer mining men of the Tanana Valley, and owned rich mining ground.((//Alaska-Yukon Magazine,// January 1909.)) Kellum Street in Fairbanks is named for him.((“Round Table Discussion of Fairbanks Street Names at Tanana Yukon Historical Society Meeting on April 23, 1970.” 2019 website: https://www.worldcat.org/title/round-table-discussion-of-fairbanks-street-names-at-tanana-yukon-historical-society-meeting-on-april-23-1970/oclc/212198564))