Dana Selwin Logan

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
John Alden to Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
George Soule to Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
Captain Caleb Bentley to Jennie Luene Logan
Diana, Princess of Wales, and Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
King Ethelred II to Jennie Luene Logan
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Dana Selwin Logan, son of Samuel C. Logan and Paulina Girton, was born at Blandinsville, McDonough Co., Illinois, 14 March 1856.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 He died at Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, 9 September 1928,2,1 and was buried at Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, 10 September 1928.2,11

Dana married (1) Luilla Deville, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at McDonough Co., Illinois, 25 February 1879;12 he married (2) Harriett Marreah Bentley, daughter of George R. Bentley and Thursia Maria Jones, at Blandinsville, 3 July 1881;13,14,15 he married (3) Minnie Elizabeth Dochow, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Oberlin, Decatur Co., Kansas, 1 January 1900.14,16,17,18

Dana, a farmer, lived most of his life in Kansas. He moved there in the spring of 1885, rented a house in Burlingame, then moved, 1 June 1907, to 3 miles southeast of Eskridge onto a farm out of town. On 6 Oct 1908, he bought 400 acres 7 miles south of Topeka that was known as the "What Cheer Farm." Years later he sold this farm to the government and Forbes Air Force Base and Supply Depot was built there.

Dana's first wife died after 7 months of marriage.14,15

Family 1

Luilla Deville b. 19 Sep 1857, d. 22 Dec 1879

Family 2

Harriett Marreah Bentley b. 11 Aug 1862, d. 5 Apr 1899
Children
  • Thursia Estelle Logan14 b. 17 Dec 1883, d. 18 Sep 1928
  • Dana Roy Logan+19,1 b. 30 Aug 1885, d. 9 Oct 1957
  • Essie Blanche Logan14 b. 4 Nov 1887, d. Jun 1974
  • Henry Leslie Logan14 b. 9 Nov 1890, d. 13 Jan 1955
  • Kent Bentley Logan14 b. 20 Nov 1892, d. 6 Oct 1976
  • Elsie Viola Hattie Logan14 b. 12 Nov 1894, d. 26 Nov 1973

Family 3

Minnie Elizabeth Dochow b. 3 Dec 1879, d. 1954
Children
  • Ross Selwin Logan14 b. 10 Jul 1902, d. 1957
  • Earl Glen Logan14 b. 27 Aug 1909, d. 7 Oct 1948
  • Mamie Luella Logan14 b. 24 Dec 1910
This person was last edited on20 Sep 2020

Citations

  1. [S549] Dana Roy Logan Family Bible Records, 1852-1971, The Holy Bible: King James Authorized Version Containing the Old and New Testaments (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. J. Holman Co., 1930); held by Gregory Cooke, 2023.
  2. [S1021] Dana Selwin Logan, Death Certificates, File No. 289-13203 (1928), Kansas State Department of Health and Environment; Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
  3. [S611] Dana Selwin Logan Family, Bible Record, Photocopy of original pages removed from the bible. Publication data and present owner of the bible are unknown, Gregory Cooke Clarkdale, Arizona.
  4. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Hire Township, McDonough Co., Illinois, population schedule, sheet #283, dwelling #2049, family #2002, Samuel Logan household, age 4, born in Illinois; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #201.
  5. [S459] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Hire Township, McDonough Co., Illinois, population schedule, sheet #465/23, dwelling #176, family #176, S. C. Logan household, age 14, born in Illinois. Called "Sillw"; original data: NARA micropublication M593, Ninth Census of the United States, 1748 rolls, roll #256.
  6. [S460] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Hire Township, McDonough Co., Illinois, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet #8D, dwelling #77, family #77, Paulina Logan household, age 21, born in Illinois, a widower; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #227.
  7. [S461] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Allison Township, Decatur Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet #4A, dwelling #59, family #59, Selwin Logan household, age 44, born March 1856 in Illinois, he owned his farm, free of mortgage; original data: NARA micropublication T623, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1854 rolls, roll #477.
  8. [S462] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Williamsport Township, Shawnee Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet #6A, dwelling #154, family #154, D[ ] S. Logan household, age 54, born in Illinois, a farmer; original data: NARA micropublication T624, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1784 rolls, roll #457.
  9. [S463] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Topeka City, 3rd Ward, Precinct 7, Shawnee Co., Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 170, sheet #3A, dwelling #51, family #60, D. S. Logan household, age 63, born in Illinois, he owned his house at 1254 Topeka Ave, no mortgage; original data: NARA micropublication T625, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 2076 rolls, roll #551.
  10. [S111] Photocopy of transcribed Daily Journal of Dana Selwin Logan, Gregory Cooke Clarkdale, Arizona, Mar 14, 1906 he notes his 50th birthday. Whereabouts of the original is unknown.
  11. [S2323] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed Aug 2020), memorial page for Dana Selwin Logan, Find a Grave memorial #15839805, maintained by Cookie, further cited as Find A Grave.
  12. [S648] Libby Grim, et al., McDonough County Marriages, 6 vols. (Macomb, Illinois: McDonough County Genealogical Society, 1980 -), 4:82, #349, further cited as Grim, McDonough Co. Marriages. Parents: Samuel C. & Pelina Girtin Logan & A. H. & Mary Hungate DeWitt.
  13. [S648] Grim, McDonough Co. Marriages, 5:10, #1053, giving parents as Samuel C. Logan & Paulina Garten & G.B. Bentley & _____Jones.
  14. [S111] Photocopy of transcribed Daily Journal of Dana Selwin Logan. Gregory Cooke.
  15. [S110] Jo Benear. Billings-Logan Family Records, Clippings and Family Group Sheets, 1988, Gregory Cooke, Clarkdale, Arizona.
  16. [S2108] Joy L. Snow, Compiler, Decatur County Kansas Marriage Record Index - A-Z: 1881-1912----1917-1926(n.p.: s.p., 2014), 82, further cited as Snow, Decatur County Kansas Marriages.
  17. [S461] 1900 United States Census, Allison Township, Decatur Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 6, sheet #4A, dwelling #59, family #59, Selwin Logan household, married less than a year.
  18. [S462] 1910 United States Census, Williamsport Township, Shawnee Co., Kansas, pop. sched., e.d. 173, sheet #6A, dwelling #154, family #154, D[ ] S. Logan household, married 10 years, his third.
  19. [S634] Dana Roy Logan, Death Certificates, File No. 57 18 2096 (1957), Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records & Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah.