Lewis County, West Virginia    Biography: James J. LOGUE

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 132-133

JAMES J. LOGUE is a practical expert in the oil and gas
industry, received his early training in the fields of Penn-
sylvania, for a number of years has been with the Reserve
Gas Company and is now acting as superintendent for that
company at Weston.

Mr. Logue was born in McKean County, Pennsylvania,
July 26, 1880, son of James and Sarah (McQuillan) Logue
and a grandson of Michael Logue, who came from Ireland
James and Sarah Logue were born and reared in New York
State, and the former early took up the oil and gas business
as a driller and producer. They were devout Catholics and
he was a democrat. Of their six children four are living:
Anna, wife of E. C. Byers of Texas; James J.; Joseph
M., superintendent of the Magnolia Oil Company in Kan-
sas; and Catherine, wife of W. J. Matych, of Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

James J. Logue spent his boyhood in McKean County,
Pennsylvania. He had a public school education, including
two years in high school, and when ho went to work it was
in the oil fields in the capacity of a roustabout. He knows
every phase of oil and gas production from the standpoint
of personal experience, and this experience and his abilities
have earned him his well deserved promotion. His first con-
nection with the Reserve Gas Company was as a field fore-
man, and subsequently he was appointed superintendent of
the company's business at Weston.
Mr. Logue is one of the popular citizens of Weston, is a
democrat, and is affiliated with Clarksburg Lodge of Elks.

September 11, 1907, he married Miss Edith Beall, of Gil-
mer County, West Virginia. They have two children: James
J., Jr., born August 30, 1908, and Edward Thorne, born
January 11, 1922.