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He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by his descendants. —author unknown

Ellis Logue's Civil War Pension file

I sent away for Ellis Logue's Civil War Pension file and received 97 pages of incredible information...copies of handwritten documents by his parents, wife, doctors, ministers, fellow soldiers. Just amazing.
NARA Record Request Fees Go Up Oct. 1st
We’ve known it was coming since the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) proposed last February to raise its reproduction fees for records you order. The good news is, it could’ve been worse. Effective Oct. 1, NARA will charge $75 for a Civil War pension file of up to 100 pages, plus $.65 per additional page (for longer files, staff will contact the requestor with a price quote before filling the order). NARA will charge $50 for pre-Civil War pension files regardless of page count, and $.75 per page to copy other records. While still a steep increase from the current $37 for a Civil War pension file, these fees are less than the $125 and $60 NARA originally proposed for Civil War and pre-Civil War pensions, respectively. (Still, save some cash by sending your request before October.

Joseph Logue, great grandson of Samuel

From an interview with Darrell Day Cardwell:

He remembers that Joe Logue had a Model T. It ran better backwards...sometimes he had to drive it backwards up the steep hills, like Loudinville Hill in Gallia County, Ohio. He was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Fairborn, Ohio. According to his granddaughter, Marjorie, Joseph attended Rio Grande College. Marge also remembers a blacksmith shop and a covered bridge by their home in Gallia County. He is not listed in the Gallia County, Ohio, 1900 Census because, according to Abner's will, he was living in Muncie, Indiana in 1900.

From the Greene County (Ohio)Library:

Dec. 16, 1941 J. A. Logue

Joseph A. Logue, 73, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Hoak, 98 N. Main Street., Fairfield, Monday after an extended illness. He also leaves a son, Floyd A., of Akron. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

The Obituary of Abner Logue's wife

Eleanor Rife Logue
Abner and his wife, Eleanor Rife, were parents of 10 children. He lived to be 80 years old and I can find nothing on him as a resident of Gallia County. Here is his wife's (called Nellie rather than Ellie) obituary:

Logue, Nellie

Death in Morgan -- Mrs. Nellie Logue, widow, of the late Abner Logue, of Morgan Township, died at the home of her son, Mr. Timothy Logue, last Monday morning. She was about 82 years of age. The funeral and burial took place Tuesday. Five sons, Joseph, Wyatt, Zenas, James and Timothy, and one daughter, Mrs. Q. O. Thomas, are left to mourn the loss of a kind mother.

Gallipolis Bulletin

Friday, Nov. 8, 1901

Transcribed by Henny Evans



[And also the following]

Mrs. Nellie Logue, widow of Abner Logue of Morgan township, living with her son Tim, died Monday morning aged about 82 years. She was a sister of the late Sheriff Aaron Rife and a splendid woman. She will be buried at the Rife graveyard Tuesday. She left sons Joe, Wyatt, Zene, James and Timothy and one daughter Mrs. Q. O. Thomas.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune

November 5, 1901

Transcribed by Henny Evans

Heirs of Abner Logue

Wyatt Logue, being duly sworn, says that Abner Logue a resident of the Township of Springfield in said County, died on or about the 24 day of May A.D.1891 leaving Eleanor Logue his widow whose P.O. address is Vanceton and the following persons his only heirs at law:

Wyatt Logue son Pine Grove, Ohio

Avalon Reeves daughter Pine Grove, Ohio

Joseph Logue son Lone Tree, Mo

Zenas Logue son Seymore, Iowa

Addie Thomas daughter Domino, Ohio

Timothy Logue son Vanceton, Ohio

James Logue son Chillicothe, Ohio

Joseph Logue grandson Muncie, Indiana

Edith Logue Glen granddaughter Ohio

Mina Logue granddaughter Vinton, Ohio

Amos Logue grandson Kansas, Ohio

Clarence Whitman grandson

Clara Whitman granddaughter

Samuel Logue family

Samuel's family
Samuel Logue was married twice. His first marriage produced son, Alexander. He married Hannah Gross in 1816 in Gallia County, Ohio, and they became parents of:
Abner, Martin, James, Samuel, Emeline, William, Polly, Margaret, and Esther.I know these are his children because they are named in his will of 1851; he died the following year. There are hundreds of descendants of Samuel but I will focus on Abner, an interesting man who died without leaving a will and his son, Wyatt, was appointed as Administrator after putting up a bond of $900.

Samuel Logue

Samuel Logue, patriarch
The first Logue in Ohio

Samuel Logue (who was the father of Alexander, Abner, Martin, James, Emeline, and Samuel G. Logue) was among the pioneers who settled in Augusta County, Virginia in 1756 on the tributaries of the Cowpasture River. When he journeyed over the mountains from Botetourt County in 1804, horseback was the method of travel; everything that could be brought was packed into saddlebags.