Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Logan, Ellis 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ELLIS LOGAN.

   One of the well-known farmers and business men of Carroll county, Indiana, is
Ellis Logan, the owner of "Darwin Stock Farm," a tract of two hundred and eighty
acres of land situated in section 23, of Burlington township. By his enterprise
and progressive methods he has contributed in a substantial measure to the
agricultural advancements of Burlington township. He enjoys the distinct
prestige of rank as a representative citizen of Burlington township. Besides
"Darwin Stock Farm," he owns forty-six acres of additional land in Burlington
township, six lots in Lafayette, Indiana, and property in Royal Center, Cass
county, Indiana, and also properties in Burlington. Moreover, he is one of the
directors of the Burlington Telephone Company and a heavy stockholder in the
Burlington State Bank.

   Ellis Logan is a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born on October 11,
1855.    His parents were Samuel A. and Abigail (Railman) Logan, the former of
whom was born in New Jersey and reared in that state. After reaching manhood,
Samuel A. Logan emigrated to Illinois where he located on a farm and- where he
remained for one year, when he settled in Warren county, Indiana. Still later
the family removed to Cass county, Indiana, and there Samuel A. Logan died
several years later. His wife died in 1875, after bearing her husband six
children, five of whom are living. William H. is a resident of White county,
Indiana; Spencer is a resident of Cass county; George is a resident of Carroll
county; Elizabeth is the wife of Moses Sifeld, of Carroll county; Ellis is the
subject of this sketch.

   Ellis Logan was ten years old, when his parents settled in Warren county. He
attended the district schools for a short time, but his educational advantages
and opportunities were somewhat limited not only by the educational facilities
of his neighborhood but by the fact that he attended school only for a short
time. When he was old enough, he worked by the month on his father's farm and on
neighboring farms.

   Upon reaching his majority, Ellis Logan was married, October 19, 1876, to
Nancy E. Thompson, the daughter of William A. and Sarah J. (Thompson) Thompson,
who were natives of Delaware. They came to Indiana when children, grewr up in
the Hoosier state, were married here and here spent the remainder of their
lives. Mrs. Logan was reared on the farm and received a common-school education.

   After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Logan rented a farm for three years and
then purchased land in White county, Indiana, upon which they lived from 1879 to
1891, when they removed to a farm of one hundred and forty acres west of
Burlington, arid moved to Burlington in 1898. Subsequently, they sold this farm
and purchased a tract of two hundred and eighty acres, in Burlington township,
this county, where the son now lives.

   Mr. and Mrs. Logan have had only one son, William E., who was born on May 19,
1879. He is a graduate of the common schools of Carroll county and spent one
term in the high school. He married Nona M. Gardner, who has borne him one son,
Robert E., born on May 28, 1903.

   Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Logan are members of the Methodist church at Burlington
and Mrs. Logan has always been active in church work. Fraternally, Mr. Logan is
a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and is a charter member of the
Burlington lodge. Although he is nominally identified with the Democratic party,
he has never taken any active part in politics.

   As one of the directors of the Burlington Telephone Company, he has had much
to do with improving the means of communication in Burlington township. He is
well known in the township where he lives and he enjoys the confidence and
respect of his neighbors and fellow townsmen.


Additional Comments:
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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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