Dana Roy Logan

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
John Alden to Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
George Soule to Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
Captain Caleb Bentley to Jennie Luene Logan
Benjamin Franklin and Jennie Luene Logan
Diana, Princess of Wales, and Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
King Ethelred II to Jennie Luene Logan
George Washington - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
John Adams & John Quncy Adams - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
James Abram Garfield - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
Herbert Clark Hoover - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
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Dana Roy Logan, son of Dana Selwin Logan and Harriett Marreah Bentley, was born at Allison, Decatur Co., Kansas, 30 August 1885 Although some records indicate he was born in Lenora, His father's diary indicates that Allison, Kansas is where they were living when Dana was born. The Logans did not move to Lenora until 1904.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 He died at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, 9 October 1957,9,3,4 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, 14 October 1957.10,9,4

Dana married Chella Mae Gardner, daughter of Winfield Scott Gardner and Amy Jane Johnson, at Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, 25 March 1907.3,11,12,13

Dana ranched northwest of Gunnison in 1912. He later worked for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad for 33 years. Dana, along with Roy Mullens and H. L. Funk, built and operated the Gunnison Locker Service in 1941 but then sold out to Funk a year later. Dana and Chella moved to Salt Lake City in 1942 where he was employed by the Purity Biscuit Company for a few years but was retired when he died of a heart attack.

He registered for the WW I draft on 12 Sep 1915 in Gunnison County, Colorado. Described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and hair; 33 years old and born 30 Aug 1885. Occupation was ranching, and he was self employed. Chella M. Logan (wife) was his nearest relative. The certificate has his signature.14,4

Family

Chella Mae Gardner b. 20 Feb 1890, d. 3 May 1971
Children
  • Hazel Mae Logan3 b. 11 Feb 1908
  • Helen June Logan3 b. 24 Mar 1909
  • Harriet Ethelyn Logan3 b. 28 May 1910
  • Jennie Luene Logan+15,16,3 b. 2 Feb 1912, d. 24 Jul 1979
  • LeRoy Logan3 b. 12 Dec 1912, d. 12 Dec 1912
  • Lyman Boyce Logan3 b. 23 Oct 1913, d. 21 Oct 1944
  • Bruce Gardner Logan3 b. 21 Oct 1915, d. 21 Apr 1999
  • Paulina Logan3 b. 24 Apr 1917, d. 24 Sep 1917
  • George Washington Logan3 b. 22 Feb 1922, d. 4 Apr 1922
  • Lucille Geraldine Logan3 b. 9 May 1923, d. 9 Jun 1973

Citations

  1. [S111] Photocopy of the Daily Journal of Dana Selwin Logan, Compiler's genealogy files Clarkdale, Arizona, Also, Aug 30, 1900 was noted as his 15th birthday.
  2. [S611] Dana Selwin Logan Family, Bible Record, Photocopy of original pages removed from the bible. Publication data and present owner of the bible are unknown, Compiler's genealogy files Clarkdale, Arizona.
  3. [S549] Bible Record of Family and Descendants of Dana Roy and Chella (Gardner) Logan, The Holy Bible: King James Authorized Version Containing the Old and New Testaments, Indexed Self-Pronouncing Edition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. J. Holman Co., 1930); Compiler's genealogy files.
  4. [S134] "Funeral Services for D. R. Logan Held Monday at Salt Lake," The Daily Sentinel, Gunnison, Colorado, October [17-20] 1957.
  5. [S461] United States Census for 1900 [Twelfth Census of the United States], Allison Township, Decatur County, Kansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 4A, dwelling 59, family 59, Selwin Logan household, age 14, born August 1885 in Kansas, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T623, 1854 rolls, roll #477.
  6. [S462] United States Census for 1910 [Thirteenth Census of the United States], Burlingame Township, Osage County, Kansas, population schedule, sheet 23A, dwelling 398, family 400, Roy Logan household, age 24, born in Kansas, and was a farmer. He owned his farm free and clear, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T624, 1784 rolls, roll #451.
  7. [S463] United States Census for 1920 [Fourteenth Census of the United States], Gunnison, Precinct 5, Gunnison County, Colorado, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 3A, dwelling 3, family 3, Dana Roy Logan household, age 34, born in Kansas, owned a mortgaged farm, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T625, 2076 rolls, roll #164.
  8. [S464] United States Census for 1930 [Fifteenth Census of the United States], Breane Township, Gunnison County, Colorado, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 3A, dwelling 58, family 58, Dana R. Logan household, age 44, born in Kansas. He owned his farm, but not a radio, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T626, 2668 rolls, roll #242.
  9. [S634] Dana Roy Logan, Death Certificates, File No. 57 18 2096 (1957), Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records & Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  10. [S610] Utah History Research Center Cemetery Burials Database, Internet database (online: http://history.utah.gov/utah_history_research_center/cemetery_burials/), viewed Dana Roy Logan).
  11. [S462] US Census for 1910, Burlingame Township, Osage County, Kansas, pop. sch., sheet 23A, dwelling 398, family 400, Roy Logan hshld, married 3 years.
  12. [S111] Photocopy of the Daily Journal of Dana Selwin Logan. Compiler's genealogy files.
  13. [S1312] Grand Junction Third Ward, Mesa County, Colorado: Marriage Certificates, 1906-1912 (Grand Junction, Colorado: Grand Junction Stake, c1971), 3, further cited as Third Ward, Mesa Co. Marriages.
  14. [S1877] United States, Selective Service System, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Gunnison Co., Colorado, Serial #231, FHL microfilm 1561814, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, original data: NARA micropublication M1509, 4,582 rolls, further cited as WW I Draft Registration.
  15. [S478] Jennie Luene Logan, Birth Certificates, File No. Bk 41, #13 (1912), Gunnison County Registrar of Vital Statistics, Gunnison, Colorado.
  16. [S1021] Jennie Luene Billings, Death Certificates, File No. 79-011013 (1979), Kansas State Department of Health and Environment; Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.