Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Logan, Robert Emmet 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Robert Emmet Logan, deceased, late Representative in the Legislature, was born 
in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1828, and died of heart disease in the 
Illinois State Capitol, while in the performance of his duties as a 
Legislator, on Thursday, Feb. 26, He was educated at Bath Academy, N. Y. He 
learned the trade of cabinet-making, working at it for several years in the 
East, and in 1853 turned his steps westward, coming to Davenport, Iowa, where 
for some time he was foreman in a furniture factory. In December, 1854, being 
attracted by the influence of family relations, he took up his residence in 
Portland Township, Whiteside Co., Ill., where he taught school, and afterward 
pursued the business of cabinet-making. In 1860 he became Deputy Sheriff of 
the County, and served in that capacity until he was elected Sheriff in 1862, 
holding the latter position for one term. General Oglesby was first elected 
Governor in November, 1864, and early in 1865 he appointed Mr. Logan a 
Penitentiary Commissioner. Mr. Logan was re-appointed at the end of two years, 
and in 1868 was elected to the same position by the people, the office having 
become elective. He is one of the proprietors of the present Revere House at 
Morrison at its opening, Dec. 26, 1865, and maintained his connection with it 
for about a year. In the meantime, he had, in 1864, entered largely into the 
business of farming in Union Grove Township, about four miles west of 
Morrison, and moved upon his farm in 1867. He was President of the Whiteside 
County Central Agricultural Society from 1875 to his death, and by his energy 
made it one of the most successful in the State. His executive ability gave 
him great prominence among his fellow men, and as a presiding officer he had 
few equals in his party. For the past 20 years he has been actively interested 
in politics. He was a Delegate to the National Republican Convention at 
Chicago, in 1880, and was Presidential Elector from the old Fifth District 
that year. He was very popular at home, and on all occasions where the 
interest of the community was to be subserved, Robert E. Logan was the modest, 
liberal and efficient man, and to him the meed of praise was cheerfully 
accorded. He served as Supervisor of his town continuously from 1875 until 
November, 1884, when he resigned upon his election to the Legislature; he was 
Chairman of the Board for several terms. In the fall of 1884 he was the 
unanimous choice of the Republican Convention of Whiteside County for the 
Legislature, and was nominated shortly after by the Republican Convention of 
the Nineteenth Senatorial District, comprising Whiteside and Lee Counties. 
Upon the convening of the Legislature he took a very active and influential 
part, and gave promise of a useful career. He was a member of the Masonic 
Lodge at Morrison. Seldom is it that a community is called to mourn the loss 
of a person so generally and warmly appreciated as was Mr. Logan—a man who 
willingly aided every good work. No one could manage anything of a public 
nature better than he. His friends loved him because he was true to them; his 
enemies respected him because he was just to them. Mrs. Malvina (McCoy) Logan, 
who survives him, is the daughter of Hon. James McCoy, of Fulton, of whom a 
sketch is given elsewhere. Their marriage took place Feb. 23, 1864, and their 
children are three sons and a daughter.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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