JOHN H. LOGAN

From the 1887 History of Vernon County, Missouri, p. 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 also a member of the G. A. R. 

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