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The Logan Family
Early Dundy County Residents
This story is developed from information in the
1976 Haigler Book, Who's Who in Nebraska: Dundy County and
correspondence with Lois (Logan) Horn who lived in Haigler, Nebraska as
a child. (Read her story) Lois is the daughter of Lee Logan who worked for Mr. Larned at the State Bank.
The
following pictures from the 1976 Haigler Book were scanned and sent to
Lois and her responses are recorded along with comments from other
sources.
Pictures from 1976 Haigler Book
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Logan in their home in Haigler.
Mr. Logan was elected and served in the position of Treasurer of Dundy County. | JOHN R. LOGAN FAMILY
Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Logan came to Dundy County in 1886. Settled on a
homestead near Parks. Moved to Haigler in 1907. Built the
house west of school. Seven children: Earl, employed at Wood
garage; Eugene succeeded his father as County Treasurer; Lee worked at
Larned, Ashton Bank; Glen, railway station operator, mail carrier; Guy and
J. B. , Pharmicist in Haigler for many years. Married May Clegg;
Daughter, Hazel, taught school in Dundy County. Married
Ernest Pierson.
After Mrs. Logan's death, "Aunt Mary Morrison", J. R.'s sister lived with him until he died in 1934.
Their son, Guy died in an accident as a young man. | 
| Lois writes:
"When the Nebraska State Banks went broke, we
moved to an Ohio
farm my parents had inherited. After one year of disasters, we moved to Omaha and later to the
Sandhills on Pine Creek. (crick in those days.) In 1936, we came to Seattle where
our fortunes turned for the better."
" I remember... the Larned Family, of course, because my dad worked in their bank and kept in
touch with them almost until his death."
"Fred Crone's bank went broke in the 1929 crash
and the Crone's moved to California.
I visited them in WW II when I was in the Navy."
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Mrs. Lee (Rozella) Logan, Linda, (sp: Lynda) L. W. (Bill) Logan, Lee Logan, Mrs. L. W. (Ruth) Logan | On December 17, 2008, Lois writes:
"The only living relative in my brother Bill's family is Lynda,
Bill's daughter, now 52. She is in the photo I took at the airport in
1966 when I concocted a trip to Hawaii for her parents and mine. My
brother, Bill, had fought a 5-year battle with colon cancer and was
headed for his last year of life. It was just so sad and gloomy that I
could not stand it, so I sent them off to Hawaii for a great vacation.
Bill died at 46. His daughter is still close to me. She
works as a
dental office receptionist and bookkeeper, and is a very attractive,
gregarious woman. Her mother died in 1993 after Lynda cared
for her many months. Her mother, Ruth, was 71 at her death. | State Bank of Haigler, c. 1920
Wm Larned, Jr., Lee Logan, Wm. Larned, Sr.
| From a note in December 2008
"My
Dad, Lee C. Logan, died in 1970 at age 82 of old age and my mother,
Rozella, died in 1977 at age 89 of old age. Mom's story "Rozella" is
in the Kansas Collection at the U. of Kansas."
From a note written in November 2008 "...my "Rozella" l00-page book resulted partly
from notes Mom left around her house, but mainly from a couple of tapes we did
when she was around 80. I just had her over to our house and had my
family there to make it easier for her to spin her story. Not really
necessary, though, because she was a great storyteller.
"... she said she had one
regret: that she had never completed the story of her life as a child on
the Kansas homestead (Norton County).
I promised her I would write the story. Later, I gathered
up the notes she left and transcribed the tapes (on a Selectric typewriter!) and just
quoted her story, adding a few fill-ins that I knew about. After I
self-published in Copy-Mart fashion, I sent copies to the University of Kansas,
Kansas Collection. I may have sent it to several other places. The
Seattle Public Library was delighted to get it and the library bound it in a
professional book binding."
|  Katye (Hickman) Logan Age 15  Earl Logan 1883 - 1942  Katye
E. Logan taught school in and near Haigler. Moved to
Benkelman when she was elected County Superintendent of schools in
1930. Held the position for twenty-two years. Died in 1953
at age 67. | In December 2008, Lois writes:
My
aunt Katye, Earl's wife died in her 60's after a very productive,
community service life in education in Dundy County. My uncle Earl
died awhile before that."
In November 2008, Lois writes: "Katye Logan was Superintendent of Dundy County
Schools and she was my first teacher."
Katye Logan is mentioned in Who's Who in Nebraska - Dundy County:
LOGAN, KATYE
ELIZABETH: County Superintendent of Schools; b Max, Neb Oct 15, 1886; d of
Charles J Hickman-Viola M Ostrom; ed Max; Benkelman; Colo St Tchrs Coll,
Greeley; m Earl Everett Logan Mar 17, 1907 Max; d Blanche B, Florence M (Mrs
Herman Cannon); 1902-07 tchr in rural schs Dundy Co; 1912-16 tchr Washington
Co, Colo; 1922-29 tchr Parks & Haigler; 1931- Dundy Co supt of schs;
Woman's Club; Rebekah; Neb St Assn of Co Supts; RNA; Meth Ch; hobbies, flowers,
books; res Benkelman.
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Blanche B. Logan taught school in Nebraska for eight years. Retired in 1967 after thirty-eight years of teaching. | Blanche, my cousin, never married. She
was a devoted educator and taught in Denver and Golden, Colorado, as
well as in Nebraska. Blanche and Florence died around the late 1960's
or early 70's. | Mr. and Marshall Logan Cannon, Denver, Data Process Supervisor, Karman Western Wear.
Gregory Cannon and David Cannon, Great-grandsons of Kayte and Earl Logan | I suppose Florence's son, Marshall,
is still living, as well as his offspring. They may even live in the
Pacific Northwest, so who knows? They may look me up someday. I have
never met them. | | Orval
and Florence (Logan) Anderson, Denver. He works for Thompson Pipe
and Steel. She is a tax consultant for H&R Block. | But I last saw Blanche and Florence in Denver in 1961.
We stopped at Florence's home on our way for an assignment by Boeing
Wichita, KS. | | My uncle
Gene and aunt Pearl Logan died in the 1960's, I believe.
She preceded him in death, as they say in obits. Their
four children, Don, Jack, Vance and Helen Louise, all served as
officers in the Navy or Army in WW II, as did I and my two brothers.
My brothers, Bill and Bob were in the WW II Army and I was a Navy
intelligence officer is D.C. (Japanese translator). The four of Gene
and Pearl's children have been deceased for a number of years. The
three sons were football stars in Nebraska in the 1930's. They
graduated from Hastings College, which my brother, Bob, attended for a
year or two. He had to quit to help support our family. | Mr. & Mrs. Glen Logan, Mrs. Hazel Pierson,
Jean, Marjorie, Bruce and Murray Pierson
Mark, Murray, Kerri, Hazel (Logan) Pierson | My
aunt, Hazel Logan Pierson, lives independently to age 93 in Seattle.
Her only child, Murray Logan Pierson, died about seven years ago. His
three children live in the Seattle area. Her husband, Ernie, died in
his early 60's, I think. Maybe his late 50s. | J. B. (Bud) Logan Family
Mrs. May (Clegg) Logan, Marilyn, Gerald, Jackie, J. B.
He
was a pharmascist in Haigler for many years. They built the house
(Stanley Zuege residence) in 1926. Mrs. Logan died at their home
in Seattle in 1971. | My
uncle Bud and aunt May's twins, Marilyn and Gerrald, died just this
year. She, in January, and Gerrald in September. They are buried in a
grave site where Bud and May are buried. Marilyn and Gerrald
were 77. (Gerrald is pronounced with a hard G and there are two r's)
Their sister, Jacqueline, died at the age of 62 in Alameda,
California. She was born in 1925, I believe. She was two years
younger than I. May died at age 74 and Bud died at age 82.
Jackie's husband survives and is an active 88 or so. They had two
daughters, Joellyn and Charlene, who live in Las Vegas.
Neither of the daughters has children. Jackie's married name was
Kasdorf. Marilyn's married name was Manning. She had two surviving
children, a son and a daughter, and lost an infant of SIDS when she and
her husband, Derrald were stationed in the US Army in Japan during the
Korean War..
Gerrald Logan had two children, John and Gerrald D. John and wife Sherrie have one child, Aubrey.
Aubrey
is an accomplished jazz singer who has studied and performed in
New York, Paris and other cities. John and Sherrie, her parents,
are
high school music teachers and John served many years as vice-principal
in secondary schools in the Seattle area. Gerrald is a
supermarket manager.
Note: It is interesting that down through the generations, those whose
married surname was not Logan, gave the name "Logan" to their offspring
as a middle name. For example, Murray Pierson's middle name was Logan. His son, Mark, has Logan as a middle
name. My son is named William Logan Horn and our granddaughter is
Claire Logan Horn.
| | Read more about Lois Logan Horn | Of my immediate family, I am the
only survivor. of my generation. Brother Bill died at 46. Bob
died at age 86 in 2008. The only cousins about whom I have no
knowledge are Glen Logan's two older children. I think their
names were Bruce and Jean and they lived in Denver as children. We
have had no contact. I never met them, but wish I had. The youngest
child died at age 5 of leukemia. |
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