Enhanced photo, Fair Grounds, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, 1912

On April 23, 2017, we posted this wonderful photograph furnished by Sharon Pursell Wright. Another cousin, Patrick Logan, has provided an enhanced version (above). Patrick’s work brings out the facial expressions, the checkered pattern in the dresses, and the facial hair on the gentlemen. Our thanks to both Sharon and Patrick!

1. Scott Miller (son)
2. John Miller (father)
3. Fannie Miller (mother)
4. Charlie Miller (son)
5. James W. Logan (Union Civil War veteran)
6. James Wayland “Wale” Logan (father)
7. Edna Lou Logan (mother)
8. Verna Logan (daughter) (married, first, Choisser; second, Van Horn; third, Setzkorn)
9. Labeled Choisser Van Horn [assume this is Rex Choisser?]
10. ?
11. ?
12. [second row] Josie Taylor (father)
13. Pauline Taylor (daughter)
14. ?
15. Dora Taylor (mother)
16. Ethie Morton (mother)
17. Essie Morton (daughter)
18. John Morton (father)
19. Mrs. John Keene Morton
20. Mary Tipton
21. Joshua Tipton
22. Asa Hall
23. Mary (Hill) Pursell
24. Benjamin Hill
25. [third row?]
26. Gladys Miller (died young)
27. Edith Taylor (daughter) married Dempsey Keene
28. ?
29. Edgar Pursell
30. Arthur Pursell
31. Rewey Pursell
32. Leonard Pursell
33. Albert Pursell
34. Philip Ray Pursell
35. Ira Pursell
36. George Pursell
37. Harry Pursell
38. [bottom row] Laurie Miller (daughter of John and Fannie)
39. Bill Miller (son of John and Fannie)
40. Floyd Davis
41. Mother Davis
42. Father Davis
43. Cecil (Kuhnert) Pursell
44. Wilma Pursell
45. Viola (Kuhnert/Keene) Pursell
46. Elmer Pursell
47. Lena (Birkner) Pursell
48. Bessie Pursell
49. Grayell Pursell
50. Myrna Pursell
51. Roy Arkell Pursell
52. Blanche Pursell
53. Pluma (Jones) Pursell
54. Velma Pursell
55. Henrietta (Jones) Pursell

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Some Logan (and affiliated families) references, “Nashville Journal,” Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, 1879, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906

25 April 1879: Oakdale (property tax): Sarah Logan is listed.

10 July 1902: Personal Property Tax, Oakdale Township: Elihu Logan is listed.

15 October 1903: Rice: Bert Logan and Wm. Folden, of Pinckneyville, spent Sunday among friends here.

23 June 1904: Rice: Misses May and Lucy Logan, of Pinckneyville, called on friends here Wednesday.

17 August 1905: Oakdale: Ivenson [sic: Iverson] Jones is supplying our town with a nice grade of melons.

6 September 1906: Misses Gail and Dorris Watson, of Ashley, were the guests of Miss Reba Meyer, Sunday. [Gail Watson married Robert O. Logan.]

 

Reuben Logan family updates: “Nashville Journal,” Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, 1902, 1903

6 February 1902 — Rice: Mrs. Ruben [sic: Reuben] Logan and Mrs. J.B. Logan have been on the sick list but are convalescing at present.

8 May 1902 — Rice: Mr. and Mrs. Ruben [sic: Reuben] Logan attended the dedication of the Denmark Baptist church last Sabbath.

29 May 1902 — Rice: The crowd that went to the Okaw river fishing consisting of Ruben [sic: Reuben] Logan, H.C. Jones, Louis McQuade, Bert Redenbo, Squire Chapman, E.J. Jones, Ed. Hunter returned with good success and plenty of fun.

17 September 1903 — Rice: J.W. Ragland and family will move to Pinckneyville in a few days, also E.J. Jones and family and Ruben [sic: Reuben] Logan and family.

 

Carrick family updates: “Nashville Journal,” Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, 1902-1907

30 October 1902 — Oakdale: Ed. Carrick, of Three Mile, is able to ride out and was greeted by his friends on our streets Monday.

24 September 1903 — Oakdale: Ed. and Willis [sic] Carrick have returned home, after spending a few months in Kenney, Ill. [Kenney is a village in DeWitt County, Illinois.]

29 December 1904 — Oakdale: Robert Carrick attended the funeral of Mrs. Apps, of Chicago, Saturday.

23 February 1905 — Entertainment for Oak Grove. The Slade school district will give an entertainment at Oak Grove church, Friday February 24, beginning at 7:45 o’clock p.m.The following program will be rendered: [Play: “Reunion of Longfellow’s Characters”]. Ruth Carrick played the role of Precosia.

2 March 1905 — Rice: Ed. Carrick left for Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday.

28 December 1905 — Rice: Robert Carrick sold a horse to Wm. Gorman; consideration $140.

1 February 1906 — Oakdale: Ed. Carrick visited Pinckneyville and Sparta this week.

8 February 1906 — Rice: Wilfred Carrick and sister, Ruth, visited relatives in Pinckneyville Sunday.

6 September 1906 — Oakdale: Robert Carrick and Jas. Sloane are attending the reunion at Johnson City. [This was a Civil War — Union — veterans’ reunion.]

6 September 1906 — Oakdale: Ed. Carrick came in on the train Wednesday nursing a broken arm caused by falling when trying to catch a train at some point on his route. He had been gone most of the summer representing the American Yeast Co., and his friends are sorry to learn of his misfortune.

4 October 1906 — Robert Carrick has moved from the farm to this city [Nashville] and now occupies the Marx homestead.

1 November 1906 — The Point: Ed. Carrick, of Pilot Knob, is husking corn for W.G. Martin.

1 November 1906 — Miss Ruth Carrick, of Nashville, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. W.G. Martin.

8 November 1906 — The Point: Ed. Carrick spent Sunday at Pilot Knob.

15 November 1906 — Oakdale: Mr. Carrick visited the home place last week.

20 December 1906 — The Point: Robt. Carrick and daughter Ruth, of Nashville, spent Sunday with Wm. G. Martin and family.

27 December 1906 — The Point: Miss Ruth Carrick, of Nashville, spent Sunday at W.G. Martin’s.

17 January 1907 — The Point: Martin [sic] Carrick called on Sylvia Martin one day during the week.

7 February 1907 — Rice: Roy Carrick spent Sunday with Howard Chapman.

Photograph, Fair Grounds, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, circa 1912 (some Logans included)

Photograph and labeling courtesy of Sharon Pursell Wright. Our thanks to Sharon so these folks — and this photograph — aren’t lost to time. If anyone has additional information to help fill in the blanks, it would be greatly appreciated.

Top row:

1. Scott Miller (son)
2. John Miller (father)
3. Fannie Miller (mother)
4. Charlie Miller (son)
5. James W. Logan (Civil War veteran)
6. James Wayland “Wale” Logan (father)
7. Edna Lou Logan (mother)
8. Verna Logan (daughter) (married, first, Choisser; second, Van Horn; third, Setzkorn)
9. labeled Choisser Van Horn [assume this is Rex Choisser?]
10.  ?
11. ?
12. [Second row] Josie Taylor (father)
13. Pauline Taylor (daughter)
14. ?
15. Dora Taylor (mother)
16. Ethie Morton (mother)
17. Essie Morton (daughter)
18. John Morton (father)
19. Mrs. John Keene Morton
20. Mary Tipton
21. Joshua Tipton
22. Asa Hill
23. Mary (Hill) Pursell
24. Benjamin Hill
25. [Third row] ?
26. Gladys Miller (died young)
27. Edith Taylor (daughter) md. Dempsey Keene
28. ?
29. Edgar Pursell
30. Arthur Pursell
31. Rewey Pursell
32. Leonard Pursell
33. Albert Pursell
34. Phillip Ray Pursell
35. Ira Pursell
36. George Pursell
37. Harry Pursell
38. [bottom row] Carrie Miller (daughter of John and Fannie)
39. Bill Miller (son of John and Fannie)
40. Floyd Davis
41. Mother Davis
42. Father Davis
43. Cecil (Kuhnert) Pursell
44. Wilma Pursell
45. Viola (Kuhnert/Keene) Pursell
46. Elmer Pursell
47. Lena (Birkner) Pursell
48. Bessie Pursell
49. Grayell Pursell
50. Myrna Pursell
51. Roy Arkell Pursell
52. Blanche Pursell
53. Pluma (Jones) Pursell
54. Velma Pursell
55. Henrietta (Jones) Pursell

 

Memory card, James W. “Bob” Logan, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, 1918-2006

James Walter “Bob” Logan was the son of James Logan and Blanche Helen Norbury Logan.

Cross Baptist Church, near Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois

Many of our Logans and affiliated families attended Cross Church in Perry County, Illinois. Several are buried in Brown Cemetery, close to the former church site.

Cross Baptist Church was torn down, which is unfortunate, but perhaps understandable without a viable adaptive re-use. What is unconscionable is that all the church records were destroyed. This would have been a rich trove of Logan (and many other families’), Baptist, Cross Church, and Perry County history. This archival destruction has to stop! If there were sensitive items in the church minutes, they could have been gently edited out before being shared. Shameful and inexcusable to just destroy them.

James W. Logan Bible “presented to Evaline Logan,” Perry County, Illinois, 1889: births

This document was unearthed by James W. “Bob” Logan from the Jackson County, Illinois, Historical Society.

 

Obituary: George Nehrkorn, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, 1929-2010

Obituary: “Mrs. A.J. Logan” — Martha Elizabeth Norton Lamer Logan, Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois, 1860-1927

Martha Elizabeth Norton Lamer married A.J. Logan 23 December 1897 in Cobden, Union County, Illinois. A.J. Logan — Andrew Jackson Logan — son of James W. Logan and Eveline Wilson Logan, was born 19 July 1868 and died 24 March 1944 in Pinckneyville, IL.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 10th, at the Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. E.H. Zipprodt, assisted by Rev. I.E. Lee, of Herrin. Burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Obituary shared by James W. “Bob” Logan