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From 1887 History of Vernon County,
Missouri, page 589:
JOHN H. LOGAN
(Fruit-raiser and Proprietor of Nursery,
Post-office, Nevada).
There is perhaps no man in
this portion of the county more satisfactorily or substantially
established, or whose outlook for the future is more promising, than
John H. Logan. Born in Henry county, Ky., March 2, 1842, he was
the youngest of nine children (five now living) in the family of his
parents, John H. and Lorinda (Stewart) Logan, both Kentuckians by birth.
When four years old he was taken to Lee county, Iowa, where he remained
until 1857, passing the most of his time on a farm, occupied in
attending to farm duties. In the year last mentioned he removed to
Nebraska, and being located there during the war troubles, he enlisted
when about 20 years old in the 2d Nebraska cavalry, his service
consisting principally in operating on the frontier against the Indians,
who were then occasioning much trouble. After the close of the war
he located a homestead in Douglass county, Nebraska, and from that time
on for a number of years he was actively and prominently associated with
the affairs of that portion of the State. He it was who laid out
the town of Waterloo and he was appointed its first postmaster, and also
built the first hotel there in 1871, at a cost of $2,600. Besides
these interests he was engaged in the real estate business and also
served as notary public. October 31, 1864, Mr. Logan married Miss
Hannah H. Thomas, a native of Jay county, Indiana, who removed to
Nebraska with her family in 1856. Jonathan Thomas, her father,
came originally from Darke county, Ohio; her mother was formerly Mary L.
Mendenhall. Mr. Thomas died in 1859, leaving a family of 10
children living, out of 13 born to himself and wife. Mr. and Mrs.
Logan are the parents of two sons, James A. and John E. Mrs.
Logan, before her marriage, taught the first school held in Waterloo,
Nebraska, in the summer of 1865, the session being held in the sod house
of a homesteader. Mr. L. became a resident of Vernon county in
December, 1883. His present place, some two miles west of the
court-house, is one admirably adapted to the raising of fruits, etc.,
and while not as large as other homesteads that might be mentioned, it
is so managed and conducted that far greater returns are secured than
would be the case where the same amount of labor bestowed upon a more
extensive farm. The quality of all that he raises can be depended
upon, and the business which he has built up is one of surprising
magnitude. Mr. Logan belongs to the Christian Church. He is
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