Famous and Infamous Logans

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General Albert J. Logan (7/7/1857 - 12/28/1934) First mattress factory in West Pennsylvania.  Service in W.W.I.  Responsible for the union of Allegheny City and City of Pittsburgh.  Ran for Congress in 1914. One of the four founders of Highland National  Bank in Pittsburgh.  Developed the Wharf parking concept in Pittsburgh.

Cornelius Ambrose Logan (1832-1899) U.S. Minister to Chile, 1873, 1882; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1879; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1879; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1879; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1879; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1879-82. Burial location unknown.

George Logan(1753-1821) Born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 9, 1753. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1785; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801-07. Died April 9, 1821. George Logan's Letters Addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States: Shewing the Necessity of Confining the Public Revenue to a Fixed Proportion of the Net Produce of the Land; and the Bad Policy and Injustice of Every Species of Indirect Taxation and Commercial Regulations, "by a Farmer" (Philadelphia, 1791). As the title suggests, Logan is a dogmatic Physiocrat, and to this extent not entirely representative of the vaguer and more eclectic ideas that were generally current. But his praise of "an independent yeomanry," virtuously aloof from the dissipations, effeminacy, indolence, and vice of cities, is thoroughly typical ( pp. 34-35). Interment at Logan Graveyard in Stenton Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

George Logan (1778 - 1861)born in Charleston, S.C., January 4, 1778, and died in New Orleans, La. February 13, 1861. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and for more than fifty years practiced his profession in Charleston. Works: Practical Observations on the Diseases of Children: Comprehending a Description of Complaints & Disorders, Incident to the Early Stages of Life, and Method of Treatment. Charleston, [S.C.]: A.E. Miller, c1825.
 

George Washington Logan 1815-1889) Born in Rutherford County, N.C., February 22, 1815. Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1866-68; state court judge, 1868-74. Died in Chimney Rock, N.C., October 18, 1889. Interment at St. Francis Episcopal Cemetery, Rutherfordton, N.C.
 

Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan , born about 1865, from Montana, died 1904?

In "The Western Detective," novelist and historian James D. Horan commented: "After World War II, I was very fortunate in finding and interviewing extensively three men who were real Western detectives. Not fictional detectives. They went out and they arrested the famous outlaws that we all know about. One was Frank Demaio. Frank Demaio was the Pinkerton who . . . found and chased Butch Cassidy in the Argentine Republic. The other one was Lowell Spence, who chased Kid Curry, Harvey Logan alias Kid Curry, who I have always maintained was the most dangerous man in the American West. He was the brains behind the Wild Bunch, not Butch Cassidy."
Henry Logan (1784-1866) Born near Dillsburg, Pa., April 14, 1784. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1818; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1828; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1835-39. Died December 26, 1866. Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dillsburg, Pa.

James Logan, Secretary to William Penn. In the 18th century, the intellectual and cultural development of Pennsylvania reflected, in large measure, the vigorous personalities of two men: James Logan and Benjamin Franklin. Logan was secretary of the colony, and it was in his fine library that young Franklin found the latest scientific works. In 1745 Logan erected a building for his collection and bequeathed both building and books to the city. James Logan, as President of the Council, acted as governor of Pennsylvania for two years, from 5 Aug 1736 until Gov. George Thomas arrived in Philadelphia on 1 June 1738.

John Logan (abt 1791-?) Father of John Alexander Logan. Born in Ireland? (author believes Aryshire, SCT). Member of Illinois state legislature. Burial location unknown. Logan County, Ill. is named for him.

General John Alexander Logan   (1826-1886) Son of John Logan. Born in Murphysboro, Ill., February 9, 1826. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1852; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1859-62, 1867-71; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1871-77, 1879-86; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1884. Conceived the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance in May 1868. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1886. Interment at Soldiers' Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Logan counties in Colo., Kan., Neb., N.Dak. and Okla. are named for him.

Marvel Mills Logan (1874-1939) Born near Brownsville, Ky., January 7, 1874. Kentucky state attorney general, 1915; state court judge, 1926; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1931-39. Died in Washington, D.C., October 3, 1939. Interment in private or family graveyard.

Dr. Samuel White Logan (1806-1852); son of Dr. George Logan and Margaret White Polk; married to Pauline Decomine D'Auterive; prominent physician of St. Charles Parish, near New Orleans, from 1827; trained at the Medical College of South Carolina. See his portrait.

Dr. Samuel Logan (1831-1893); nephew to Dr. Samuel White Logan (above); son of George William Logan and Anna D'Oyley Glover; married to Mary Virginia King; trained at the Medical College of South Carolina; Dean of New Orleans School of Medicine (1869); professor in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana; largest medical practice in New Orleans at the time; considered one of the most eminent surgeons in the United States. Source: John F. Geary

Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880)- jurist, born in Franklin county, Kentucky, 24 February, 1800; died in Springfield, Illinois, 17 July, 1880. He was educated at Frankfort, Kentucky, and when only thirteen years of age was employed as a clerk in the office of the secretary of state. He went to Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1817, studied law, and was admitted to the bar before he was twenty-one, but did not at once engage in practice. Subsequently he was appointed commonwealth's attorney, and followed his profession for ten years in Barren and the adjoining counties. Becoming pecuniarily embarrassed, he emigrated in 1832 to Sangammon county, Illinois, and in the following spring opened a law-office in Springfield, where he soon won reputation throughout the state. In 1835 he was elected judge of the 1st judicial circuit of the state, and in 1842 he was chosen to the legislature, and again in 1844 and 1846. In 1847 he was a delegate to the convention that framed the Illinois constitution. His efforts, both in the legislature and in the convention, were specially directed to securing economy in the public expenditures, and to making adequate provision for the payment of the state debt. For the next six years he devoted himself exclusively to his profession, and from 1841 till 1844 had as his law-partner Abraham Lincoln. In 1854 he was elected for the fourth time to the lower branch of the general assembly. In 1860 he was a delegate from the state at large to the Chicago Republican national, convention, and early in February, 1861, he was appointed by the governor of Illinois one of five .commissioners to represent the state in the National peace convention at Washington, in which he took an active part. This was Judge Logan's last appearance on any great public occasion. He retired soon afterward from politics, and gradually withdrew from the pursuit of his profession, but maintained his interest in current events. As an advocate he stood at the head of the bar in his adopted state. Judge David Davis has said of him" "In all the elements that constitute a great 'nisi prius' lawyer, I have never known his equal." See "Memorials of the Life and Character of Stephen T. Logan " (Springfield, II1., 1882).


Brigadier General Thomas Muldrup Logan, CSA , Civil War  See his house  Thomas Muldrup Logan was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 3, 1840.  He graduated at the top of his class at South Carolina College, and was a volunteer during the attack on Fort Sumter.  He helped organize the Hampton Legion, and took part in the First Battle of Bull Run.  Wounded at the Battle of Gaines' Mill in 1862, he was out of action for the rest of the Peninsula Campaign.  Logan made a major contribution to the Confederate effort at Antietam.  Leading troops at the Battles of Chickamauga and Knoxville, he was wounded in June of 1863.  Upon his recovery, he went to North Carolina to lead a cavalry brigade., and was promoted to brigadier general in February of 1865.  Before the surrender, he led a strong but unsuccessful charge at Bentonville.  After the Civil War, Logan moved to Virginia, got married and entered the field of railroad development.  He managed to gain control of the firm that became the Southern Railway.  His other activities included sponsoring investments and speculating on Wall Street.  Logan died on August 11, 1914, in New York City .


 Logan, William   (1776-1822) Born in Harrodsburg, Ky., December 8, 1776. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803; state court judge, 1808; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1819-20. Died August 8, 1822. Interment in private or family graveyard.

William Turner Logan (1874-1941) Born in Summerville, S.C., June 21, 1874. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1901; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1921-25. Died September 15, 1941. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
 

Canadian Sir William Logan