Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Floyd Logan
Age in 1870: 10
Estimated birth year: 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Parents: Floyd and Augusta Logan, ages 47 and 38
Home in 1870: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Post office: Saint Louis
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Father's occupation: real estate dealer
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lucy (age 15) and Augusta (8)
Census place: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M593_817; Page: 685; Image: 439
Date: 21 Jun 1870
Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1859
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: T9_734; Family History Film: 1254734; Page: 81.1000; Enumeration District: 393; Image: 0772
Date: 12 Nov 1880
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age at last birthday: 40
Date of birth: Feb 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Address: 6565 Yale Avenue
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 14
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Farm or home: home
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: manufacturer - sash and doors
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 284; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 955
Date: 12 Jun 1900
Extract from "Historical review of Chicago and Cook County and selected biography" Vol. III by Arba Nelson Waterman, Lewis Publishing Company (1908):
There are more victims to the virtue of faithfulness than the world knows of. Despite the physical dangers in continuous work, there are not a few rare characters whose conscience is so keen and whose natures are so self-sacrificing, that they first bring to a conclusion every task before they turn aside to pleasure, and even take upon themselves burdens for others beyond their strength to carry. Faithfulness and consideration for others were the key-notes of the life which passed away in the death of Floyd Tighman Logan, on July 26, 1906. So assiduously did he devote himself to business that he seldom had little time for recreation, although his honesty and strong character made him one of the most popular of those connected with the sash and door industry of Chicago.
Floyd T. Logan, the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta (Hayman) Logan, was born at Newport, Kentucky, February 20, 1860, and was therefore in the very prime of life when death claimed him. His father was a well known steamboat captain along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in 1865 the family settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where Floyd obtained a public school education and then commenced to strike toward independent manhood. At the age of eighteen he became connected with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, in the capacity of traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, in the same line, making his home with the head of the firm and traveling throughout the Southwest.
Mr. Logan's first identification with the sash and door business was as commercial traveler for the Western Sash and Door Company, of Kansas City, and his previous experience upon the road was the means of rapidly advancing his prospects in the new line. William Kuttig, the president of the company, soon gauged his value, and in 1889 promoted him to the management of the Wichita (Kan.) Sash and Door Company, the manufacturing branch of the parent concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Company, in the following January being given an interest in the business and assuming the management of the sales department. On January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Company, and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. His advancement was fully merited, since for several years he had borne the greater burden of the active management of the extensive business. During that period he came into only limited contact with the business world, but those with whom he was intimately associated - his partner, his office employees and the factory force - gave him their hearty co-operation and admiration, and at his death had only affectionate remembrance for his faithful personal labors and invariable consideration for those over whom he wielded such firm but kind authority.
In 1886, the deceased was married to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Missouri, and the widow with their only child, Floyd, survives him. The latter, who was born September 11, 1890, is now being educated at Racine College, Wisconsin, and is a most promising young man who bids fair to perpetuate the family name. The other members of the family who survive are an aged mother, who resides at Denver, Colorado, and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of that city, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis, Missouri. Although a member of the A. F. & A. M. (Normal Park Lodge No. 797, of Englewood), the Royal Arcanum, and the new South Shore Country, the Athletic, the Calumet and the Hamilton clubs, although formally connected with these fraternal and social organizations, and always welcome at their sessions and gatherings, Mr. Logan was so strongly bound by domestic ties that he seldom spent an evening from home. It is therefore to his household, to the home circle, to the wife for whom he so fondly and faithfully cared, that his loss reverts the keenest and heaviest.
Extract from the Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1878-1922:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 46
Estimated birth date: 1860
Birth place: Kentucky
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: married
Occupation: lumber dealer and manufacturer
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death date: 26 Jul 1906
Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's birth place: Kentucky
Mother's birth place: Kentucky
Cemetery name: Oakwoods
FHL film number: 1239745
Funeral notice from the "Tribune" of Chicago, Illinois dated 27 July 1906:
Logan - Floyd T. Logan, suddenly, July 26, at his residence, 3906 Lake av. Funeral services at late residence Saturday afternoon, July 28, at three o'clock. Burial at Oakwoods. Kansas City (Mo.) and Wichita (Kas.) papers please copy.
Obituary from the "American Lumberman" dated 4 Aug 1906:
Floyd Tighman Logan
Not for many years has a death so shocked the members of the sash and door industry of the city and country as that of Floyd T. Logan, secretary, treasurer and general manager of John A. Granger & Co., Incorporated, who passed into his eternal rest Thursday, July 26, after a short illness. Brief reference to the sad event was made in last week's issue, it having occurred shortly before the Lumberman went to press, but Mr. Logan's prominence in the trade and his wide acquaintance among door manufacturers and wholesalers throughout the east, west and southwest demands a more extended account of his life work and character than could be prepared in the interval.
Although enjoying good health as a rule, Mr. Logan had been subjected during the past months to occasional attacks of what his physician termed acute indigestion. Last January, while on a visit to New York City, he was taken with a sudden illness while spending the evening with friends. At the time it was belived to be appendicitis, but after a few days of careful nursing at his hotel he recovered sufficiently to come home and shortly regained his normal physical condition. During the night of Saturday, July 14, Mr. Logan, who had felt in his usual health through the day, was seized with a recurrence of the malady, but in a much more severe form than any that had yet occurred. A physician was hastily summoned and remedies were administerd, but as the patient did not improve after several days of treatment a consultation of some of the best practitioners in the city was called, who pronounced the disease appendicitis and extended little hope of his survival. They stated, however, that with an operation there was about one chance in several hundred of his recovery and none whatsoever without an operation. As the patient was too ill to be taken to a hospital, it was decided to perform the operation in the house, which was done Thursday afternoon, July 19. Mr. Logan passed through the ordeal safely and at once began to improve and after forty-eight hours had passed with no alarming symptoms appearing high hopes were entertained of his recovery. Tuesday morning, however, five days after the operation, there was a decided turn for the worse in his condition and he sank steadily until the end, which came at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 26. He retained consciousness almost to the last and was able to converse with those around his bedside until fifteen minutes before he expired.
Floyd T. Logan was the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta Hayman Logan and was born at Newport, Ky., February 20, 1860. His father was well known along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where for may years he commanded steamboats navigating those waters. In 1865 the family removed to St. Louis, where the son obtained an education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he accepted a position with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, as traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, where he secured a position with D. Austin & Co., also in the line of plumbers' supplies, representing the institution on the road in the southwest. While with this concern he made his home with the head of the firm and was treated almost as a son.
It was in 1888 that Mr. Logan made his first connection with the sash and door business. In that year he was employed by William Hutting, president of the Western Sash & Door Company, of Kansas City, Mo., as traveling representative for that concern in Kansas and Nebraska; and for this position his previous road experience proved of material value. He liked the new occupation from the start and rapidly learned the intricacies of the business. In 1889 Mr. Hutting promoted him to the management of the Wichita Sash & Door Company, of Wichita, Kan., the manufacturing branch of the Kansas City concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Co. and the following January was gived an interest in the concern and assumed the management of the sales department. January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Co. and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. He was ambitious and a tireless worker and for the last several years bore the greater part of the burden of active management of the institution.
Mr. Logan was married in 1886 to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Mo., and she with one son, Floyd, who was born in 1890, survives him. Other members of the family surviving him are his aged mother, who resides at Denver, Col., and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of Denver, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis.
Deceased was not fond of social life and although a member of several clubs and fraternities he seldom spent an evening away from home. He was a member of Normal Park lodge No. 797 A.F.&A.M., of Englewood, and was also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He belonged to several clubs, his favorite being the Hamilton, which he visited frequently. He was also a member of the new South Shore Country Club and the Illinois Athletic Club, as well as of the Calumet Club at Twentieth street and Michigan avenue.
Funeral services were held from the family residence, at 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon and the interment was at Oakwoods. The pall bearers were selected from among Mr. Logan's late associates in the office of John A. Gauger & Co., and were the following: John A. Gauger, Harry S. Knox, Millard L. Strickler, G. A. Aird, Frank W. Fraker, Orlander C. Hall. Many representatives of the sash and door and lumber industries were present to pay their last token of respect to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful.
Deceased was regarded by his contemporaries in the industry as one of the brightest men in the sash and door business. He was extremely popular among the members of the trade; and although he devoted himself so assiduously to business as to leave little time for recreation, he at all times had their respect and confidence and made an enjoyable companion at trade gatherings. He kept himself in close touch with all the conditions relating the industry at large and his grasp of detail in the administration of his own business was little short of marvelous. He commanded the confidence and ardent coöperation not only of his partner, but of the members of the office and factory forces of the concern, bu whom his name will long be held in affectionate remembrance and whose sympathy for the bereaved ones is from the depths of their hearts.
He married Laura Anna Hackett 17 Mar 1886 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
Name: Floyd Logan
Age in 1870: 10
Estimated birth year: 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Parents: Floyd and Augusta Logan, ages 47 and 38
Home in 1870: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Post office: Saint Louis
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Father's occupation: real estate dealer
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lucy (age 15) and Augusta (8)
Census place: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M593_817; Page: 685; Image: 439
Date: 21 Jun 1870
Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1859
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: T9_734; Family History Film: 1254734; Page: 81.1000; Enumeration District: 393; Image: 0772
Date: 12 Nov 1880
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age at last birthday: 40
Date of birth: Feb 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Address: 6565 Yale Avenue
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 14
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Farm or home: home
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: manufacturer - sash and doors
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 284; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 955
Date: 12 Jun 1900
Extract from "Historical review of Chicago and Cook County and selected biography" Vol. III by Arba Nelson Waterman, Lewis Publishing Company (1908):
There are more victims to the virtue of faithfulness than the world knows of. Despite the physical dangers in continuous work, there are not a few rare characters whose conscience is so keen and whose natures are so self-sacrificing, that they first bring to a conclusion every task before they turn aside to pleasure, and even take upon themselves burdens for others beyond their strength to carry. Faithfulness and consideration for others were the key-notes of the life which passed away in the death of Floyd Tighman Logan, on July 26, 1906. So assiduously did he devote himself to business that he seldom had little time for recreation, although his honesty and strong character made him one of the most popular of those connected with the sash and door industry of Chicago.
Floyd T. Logan, the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta (Hayman) Logan, was born at Newport, Kentucky, February 20, 1860, and was therefore in the very prime of life when death claimed him. His father was a well known steamboat captain along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in 1865 the family settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where Floyd obtained a public school education and then commenced to strike toward independent manhood. At the age of eighteen he became connected with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, in the capacity of traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, in the same line, making his home with the head of the firm and traveling throughout the Southwest.
Mr. Logan's first identification with the sash and door business was as commercial traveler for the Western Sash and Door Company, of Kansas City, and his previous experience upon the road was the means of rapidly advancing his prospects in the new line. William Kuttig, the president of the company, soon gauged his value, and in 1889 promoted him to the management of the Wichita (Kan.) Sash and Door Company, the manufacturing branch of the parent concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Company, in the following January being given an interest in the business and assuming the management of the sales department. On January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Company, and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. His advancement was fully merited, since for several years he had borne the greater burden of the active management of the extensive business. During that period he came into only limited contact with the business world, but those with whom he was intimately associated - his partner, his office employees and the factory force - gave him their hearty co-operation and admiration, and at his death had only affectionate remembrance for his faithful personal labors and invariable consideration for those over whom he wielded such firm but kind authority.
In 1886, the deceased was married to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Missouri, and the widow with their only child, Floyd, survives him. The latter, who was born September 11, 1890, is now being educated at Racine College, Wisconsin, and is a most promising young man who bids fair to perpetuate the family name. The other members of the family who survive are an aged mother, who resides at Denver, Colorado, and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of that city, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis, Missouri. Although a member of the A. F. & A. M. (Normal Park Lodge No. 797, of Englewood), the Royal Arcanum, and the new South Shore Country, the Athletic, the Calumet and the Hamilton clubs, although formally connected with these fraternal and social organizations, and always welcome at their sessions and gatherings, Mr. Logan was so strongly bound by domestic ties that he seldom spent an evening from home. It is therefore to his household, to the home circle, to the wife for whom he so fondly and faithfully cared, that his loss reverts the keenest and heaviest.
Extract from the Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1878-1922:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 46
Estimated birth date: 1860
Birth place: Kentucky
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: married
Occupation: lumber dealer and manufacturer
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death date: 26 Jul 1906
Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's birth place: Kentucky
Mother's birth place: Kentucky
Cemetery name: Oakwoods
FHL film number: 1239745
Funeral notice from the "Tribune" of Chicago, Illinois dated 27 July 1906:
Logan - Floyd T. Logan, suddenly, July 26, at his residence, 3906 Lake av. Funeral services at late residence Saturday afternoon, July 28, at three o'clock. Burial at Oakwoods. Kansas City (Mo.) and Wichita (Kas.) papers please copy.
Obituary from the "American Lumberman" dated 4 Aug 1906:
Floyd Tighman Logan
Not for many years has a death so shocked the members of the sash and door industry of the city and country as that of Floyd T. Logan, secretary, treasurer and general manager of John A. Granger & Co., Incorporated, who passed into his eternal rest Thursday, July 26, after a short illness. Brief reference to the sad event was made in last week's issue, it having occurred shortly before the Lumberman went to press, but Mr. Logan's prominence in the trade and his wide acquaintance among door manufacturers and wholesalers throughout the east, west and southwest demands a more extended account of his life work and character than could be prepared in the interval.
Although enjoying good health as a rule, Mr. Logan had been subjected during the past months to occasional attacks of what his physician termed acute indigestion. Last January, while on a visit to New York City, he was taken with a sudden illness while spending the evening with friends. At the time it was belived to be appendicitis, but after a few days of careful nursing at his hotel he recovered sufficiently to come home and shortly regained his normal physical condition. During the night of Saturday, July 14, Mr. Logan, who had felt in his usual health through the day, was seized with a recurrence of the malady, but in a much more severe form than any that had yet occurred. A physician was hastily summoned and remedies were administerd, but as the patient did not improve after several days of treatment a consultation of some of the best practitioners in the city was called, who pronounced the disease appendicitis and extended little hope of his survival. They stated, however, that with an operation there was about one chance in several hundred of his recovery and none whatsoever without an operation. As the patient was too ill to be taken to a hospital, it was decided to perform the operation in the house, which was done Thursday afternoon, July 19. Mr. Logan passed through the ordeal safely and at once began to improve and after forty-eight hours had passed with no alarming symptoms appearing high hopes were entertained of his recovery. Tuesday morning, however, five days after the operation, there was a decided turn for the worse in his condition and he sank steadily until the end, which came at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 26. He retained consciousness almost to the last and was able to converse with those around his bedside until fifteen minutes before he expired.
Floyd T. Logan was the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta Hayman Logan and was born at Newport, Ky., February 20, 1860. His father was well known along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where for may years he commanded steamboats navigating those waters. In 1865 the family removed to St. Louis, where the son obtained an education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he accepted a position with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, as traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, where he secured a position with D. Austin & Co., also in the line of plumbers' supplies, representing the institution on the road in the southwest. While with this concern he made his home with the head of the firm and was treated almost as a son.
It was in 1888 that Mr. Logan made his first connection with the sash and door business. In that year he was employed by William Hutting, president of the Western Sash & Door Company, of Kansas City, Mo., as traveling representative for that concern in Kansas and Nebraska; and for this position his previous road experience proved of material value. He liked the new occupation from the start and rapidly learned the intricacies of the business. In 1889 Mr. Hutting promoted him to the management of the Wichita Sash & Door Company, of Wichita, Kan., the manufacturing branch of the Kansas City concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Co. and the following January was gived an interest in the concern and assumed the management of the sales department. January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Co. and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. He was ambitious and a tireless worker and for the last several years bore the greater part of the burden of active management of the institution.
Mr. Logan was married in 1886 to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Mo., and she with one son, Floyd, who was born in 1890, survives him. Other members of the family surviving him are his aged mother, who resides at Denver, Col., and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of Denver, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis.
Deceased was not fond of social life and although a member of several clubs and fraternities he seldom spent an evening away from home. He was a member of Normal Park lodge No. 797 A.F.&A.M., of Englewood, and was also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He belonged to several clubs, his favorite being the Hamilton, which he visited frequently. He was also a member of the new South Shore Country Club and the Illinois Athletic Club, as well as of the Calumet Club at Twentieth street and Michigan avenue.
Funeral services were held from the family residence, at 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon and the interment was at Oakwoods. The pall bearers were selected from among Mr. Logan's late associates in the office of John A. Gauger & Co., and were the following: John A. Gauger, Harry S. Knox, Millard L. Strickler, G. A. Aird, Frank W. Fraker, Orlander C. Hall. Many representatives of the sash and door and lumber industries were present to pay their last token of respect to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful.
Deceased was regarded by his contemporaries in the industry as one of the brightest men in the sash and door business. He was extremely popular among the members of the trade; and although he devoted himself so assiduously to business as to leave little time for recreation, he at all times had their respect and confidence and made an enjoyable companion at trade gatherings. He kept himself in close touch with all the conditions relating the industry at large and his grasp of detail in the administration of his own business was little short of marvelous. He commanded the confidence and ardent coöperation not only of his partner, but of the members of the office and factory forces of the concern, bu whom his name will long be held in affectionate remembrance and whose sympathy for the bereaved ones is from the depths of their hearts.
He married Laura Anna Hackett 17 Mar 1886 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Floyd Logan
Age in 1870: 10
Estimated birth year: 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Parents: Floyd and Augusta Logan, ages 47 and 38
Home in 1870: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Post office: Saint Louis
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Father's occupation: real estate dealer
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lucy (age 15) and Augusta (8)
Census place: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M593_817; Page: 685; Image: 439
Date: 21 Jun 1870
Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1859
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: T9_734; Family History Film: 1254734; Page: 81.1000; Enumeration District: 393; Image: 0772
Date: 12 Nov 1880
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age at last birthday: 40
Date of birth: Feb 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Address: 6565 Yale Avenue
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 14
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Farm or home: home
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: manufacturer - sash and doors
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 284; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 955
Date: 12 Jun 1900
Extract from "Historical review of Chicago and Cook County and selected biography" Vol. III by Arba Nelson Waterman, Lewis Publishing Company (1908):
There are more victims to the virtue of faithfulness than the world knows of. Despite the physical dangers in continuous work, there are not a few rare characters whose conscience is so keen and whose natures are so self-sacrificing, that they first bring to a conclusion every task before they turn aside to pleasure, and even take upon themselves burdens for others beyond their strength to carry. Faithfulness and consideration for others were the key-notes of the life which passed away in the death of Floyd Tighman Logan, on July 26, 1906. So assiduously did he devote himself to business that he seldom had little time for recreation, although his honesty and strong character made him one of the most popular of those connected with the sash and door industry of Chicago.
Floyd T. Logan, the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta (Hayman) Logan, was born at Newport, Kentucky, February 20, 1860, and was therefore in the very prime of life when death claimed him. His father was a well known steamboat captain along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in 1865 the family settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where Floyd obtained a public school education and then commenced to strike toward independent manhood. At the age of eighteen he became connected with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, in the capacity of traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, in the same line, making his home with the head of the firm and traveling throughout the Southwest.
Mr. Logan's first identification with the sash and door business was as commercial traveler for the Western Sash and Door Company, of Kansas City, and his previous experience upon the road was the means of rapidly advancing his prospects in the new line. William Kuttig, the president of the company, soon gauged his value, and in 1889 promoted him to the management of the Wichita (Kan.) Sash and Door Company, the manufacturing branch of the parent concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Company, in the following January being given an interest in the business and assuming the management of the sales department. On January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Company, and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. His advancement was fully merited, since for several years he had borne the greater burden of the active management of the extensive business. During that period he came into only limited contact with the business world, but those with whom he was intimately associated - his partner, his office employees and the factory force - gave him their hearty co-operation and admiration, and at his death had only affectionate remembrance for his faithful personal labors and invariable consideration for those over whom he wielded such firm but kind authority.
In 1886, the deceased was married to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Missouri, and the widow with their only child, Floyd, survives him. The latter, who was born September 11, 1890, is now being educated at Racine College, Wisconsin, and is a most promising young man who bids fair to perpetuate the family name. The other members of the family who survive are an aged mother, who resides at Denver, Colorado, and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of that city, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis, Missouri. Although a member of the A. F. & A. M. (Normal Park Lodge No. 797, of Englewood), the Royal Arcanum, and the new South Shore Country, the Athletic, the Calumet and the Hamilton clubs, although formally connected with these fraternal and social organizations, and always welcome at their sessions and gatherings, Mr. Logan was so strongly bound by domestic ties that he seldom spent an evening from home. It is therefore to his household, to the home circle, to the wife for whom he so fondly and faithfully cared, that his loss reverts the keenest and heaviest.
Extract from the Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1878-1922:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 46
Estimated birth date: 1860
Birth place: Kentucky
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: married
Occupation: lumber dealer and manufacturer
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death date: 26 Jul 1906
Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's birth place: Kentucky
Mother's birth place: Kentucky
Cemetery name: Oakwoods
FHL film number: 1239745
Funeral notice from the "Tribune" of Chicago, Illinois dated 27 July 1906:
Logan - Floyd T. Logan, suddenly, July 26, at his residence, 3906 Lake av. Funeral services at late residence Saturday afternoon, July 28, at three o'clock. Burial at Oakwoods. Kansas City (Mo.) and Wichita (Kas.) papers please copy.
Obituary from the "American Lumberman" dated 4 Aug 1906:
Floyd Tighman Logan
Not for many years has a death so shocked the members of the sash and door industry of the city and country as that of Floyd T. Logan, secretary, treasurer and general manager of John A. Granger & Co., Incorporated, who passed into his eternal rest Thursday, July 26, after a short illness. Brief reference to the sad event was made in last week's issue, it having occurred shortly before the Lumberman went to press, but Mr. Logan's prominence in the trade and his wide acquaintance among door manufacturers and wholesalers throughout the east, west and southwest demands a more extended account of his life work and character than could be prepared in the interval.
Although enjoying good health as a rule, Mr. Logan had been subjected during the past months to occasional attacks of what his physician termed acute indigestion. Last January, while on a visit to New York City, he was taken with a sudden illness while spending the evening with friends. At the time it was belived to be appendicitis, but after a few days of careful nursing at his hotel he recovered sufficiently to come home and shortly regained his normal physical condition. During the night of Saturday, July 14, Mr. Logan, who had felt in his usual health through the day, was seized with a recurrence of the malady, but in a much more severe form than any that had yet occurred. A physician was hastily summoned and remedies were administerd, but as the patient did not improve after several days of treatment a consultation of some of the best practitioners in the city was called, who pronounced the disease appendicitis and extended little hope of his survival. They stated, however, that with an operation there was about one chance in several hundred of his recovery and none whatsoever without an operation. As the patient was too ill to be taken to a hospital, it was decided to perform the operation in the house, which was done Thursday afternoon, July 19. Mr. Logan passed through the ordeal safely and at once began to improve and after forty-eight hours had passed with no alarming symptoms appearing high hopes were entertained of his recovery. Tuesday morning, however, five days after the operation, there was a decided turn for the worse in his condition and he sank steadily until the end, which came at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 26. He retained consciousness almost to the last and was able to converse with those around his bedside until fifteen minutes before he expired.
Floyd T. Logan was the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta Hayman Logan and was born at Newport, Ky., February 20, 1860. His father was well known along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where for may years he commanded steamboats navigating those waters. In 1865 the family removed to St. Louis, where the son obtained an education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he accepted a position with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, as traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, where he secured a position with D. Austin & Co., also in the line of plumbers' supplies, representing the institution on the road in the southwest. While with this concern he made his home with the head of the firm and was treated almost as a son.
It was in 1888 that Mr. Logan made his first connection with the sash and door business. In that year he was employed by William Hutting, president of the Western Sash & Door Company, of Kansas City, Mo., as traveling representative for that concern in Kansas and Nebraska; and for this position his previous road experience proved of material value. He liked the new occupation from the start and rapidly learned the intricacies of the business. In 1889 Mr. Hutting promoted him to the management of the Wichita Sash & Door Company, of Wichita, Kan., the manufacturing branch of the Kansas City concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Co. and the following January was gived an interest in the concern and assumed the management of the sales department. January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Co. and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. He was ambitious and a tireless worker and for the last several years bore the greater part of the burden of active management of the institution.
Mr. Logan was married in 1886 to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Mo., and she with one son, Floyd, who was born in 1890, survives him. Other members of the family surviving him are his aged mother, who resides at Denver, Col., and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of Denver, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis.
Deceased was not fond of social life and although a member of several clubs and fraternities he seldom spent an evening away from home. He was a member of Normal Park lodge No. 797 A.F.&A.M., of Englewood, and was also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He belonged to several clubs, his favorite being the Hamilton, which he visited frequently. He was also a member of the new South Shore Country Club and the Illinois Athletic Club, as well as of the Calumet Club at Twentieth street and Michigan avenue.
Funeral services were held from the family residence, at 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon and the interment was at Oakwoods. The pall bearers were selected from among Mr. Logan's late associates in the office of John A. Gauger & Co., and were the following: John A. Gauger, Harry S. Knox, Millard L. Strickler, G. A. Aird, Frank W. Fraker, Orlander C. Hall. Many representatives of the sash and door and lumber industries were present to pay their last token of respect to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful.
Deceased was regarded by his contemporaries in the industry as one of the brightest men in the sash and door business. He was extremely popular among the members of the trade; and although he devoted himself so assiduously to business as to leave little time for recreation, he at all times had their respect and confidence and made an enjoyable companion at trade gatherings. He kept himself in close touch with all the conditions relating the industry at large and his grasp of detail in the administration of his own business was little short of marvelous. He commanded the confidence and ardent coöperation not only of his partner, but of the members of the office and factory forces of the concern, bu whom his name will long be held in affectionate remembrance and whose sympathy for the bereaved ones is from the depths of their hearts.
He married Laura Anna Hackett 17 Mar 1886 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
Name: Floyd Logan
Age in 1870: 10
Estimated birth year: 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Parents: Floyd and Augusta Logan, ages 47 and 38
Home in 1870: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Post office: Saint Louis
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Father's occupation: real estate dealer
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Lucy (age 15) and Augusta (8)
Census place: Saint Louis Ward 7, Saint Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M593_817; Page: 685; Image: 439
Date: 21 Jun 1870
Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1859
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: T9_734; Family History Film: 1254734; Page: 81.1000; Enumeration District: 393; Image: 0772
Date: 12 Nov 1880
Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age at last birthday: 40
Date of birth: Feb 1860
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Address: 6565 Yale Avenue
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 14
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's birthplace: Kentucky
Farm or home: home
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: manufacturer - sash and doors
Months not employed: 0
Census place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 284; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 955
Date: 12 Jun 1900
Extract from "Historical review of Chicago and Cook County and selected biography" Vol. III by Arba Nelson Waterman, Lewis Publishing Company (1908):
There are more victims to the virtue of faithfulness than the world knows of. Despite the physical dangers in continuous work, there are not a few rare characters whose conscience is so keen and whose natures are so self-sacrificing, that they first bring to a conclusion every task before they turn aside to pleasure, and even take upon themselves burdens for others beyond their strength to carry. Faithfulness and consideration for others were the key-notes of the life which passed away in the death of Floyd Tighman Logan, on July 26, 1906. So assiduously did he devote himself to business that he seldom had little time for recreation, although his honesty and strong character made him one of the most popular of those connected with the sash and door industry of Chicago.
Floyd T. Logan, the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta (Hayman) Logan, was born at Newport, Kentucky, February 20, 1860, and was therefore in the very prime of life when death claimed him. His father was a well known steamboat captain along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in 1865 the family settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where Floyd obtained a public school education and then commenced to strike toward independent manhood. At the age of eighteen he became connected with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, in the capacity of traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, in the same line, making his home with the head of the firm and traveling throughout the Southwest.
Mr. Logan's first identification with the sash and door business was as commercial traveler for the Western Sash and Door Company, of Kansas City, and his previous experience upon the road was the means of rapidly advancing his prospects in the new line. William Kuttig, the president of the company, soon gauged his value, and in 1889 promoted him to the management of the Wichita (Kan.) Sash and Door Company, the manufacturing branch of the parent concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Company, in the following January being given an interest in the business and assuming the management of the sales department. On January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Company, and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. His advancement was fully merited, since for several years he had borne the greater burden of the active management of the extensive business. During that period he came into only limited contact with the business world, but those with whom he was intimately associated - his partner, his office employees and the factory force - gave him their hearty co-operation and admiration, and at his death had only affectionate remembrance for his faithful personal labors and invariable consideration for those over whom he wielded such firm but kind authority.
In 1886, the deceased was married to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Missouri, and the widow with their only child, Floyd, survives him. The latter, who was born September 11, 1890, is now being educated at Racine College, Wisconsin, and is a most promising young man who bids fair to perpetuate the family name. The other members of the family who survive are an aged mother, who resides at Denver, Colorado, and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of that city, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis, Missouri. Although a member of the A. F. & A. M. (Normal Park Lodge No. 797, of Englewood), the Royal Arcanum, and the new South Shore Country, the Athletic, the Calumet and the Hamilton clubs, although formally connected with these fraternal and social organizations, and always welcome at their sessions and gatherings, Mr. Logan was so strongly bound by domestic ties that he seldom spent an evening from home. It is therefore to his household, to the home circle, to the wife for whom he so fondly and faithfully cared, that his loss reverts the keenest and heaviest.
Extract from the Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1878-1922:
Name: Floyd T Logan
Age: 46
Estimated birth date: 1860
Birth place: Kentucky
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: married
Occupation: lumber dealer and manufacturer
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death date: 26 Jul 1906
Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's birth place: Kentucky
Mother's birth place: Kentucky
Cemetery name: Oakwoods
FHL film number: 1239745
Funeral notice from the "Tribune" of Chicago, Illinois dated 27 July 1906:
Logan - Floyd T. Logan, suddenly, July 26, at his residence, 3906 Lake av. Funeral services at late residence Saturday afternoon, July 28, at three o'clock. Burial at Oakwoods. Kansas City (Mo.) and Wichita (Kas.) papers please copy.
Obituary from the "American Lumberman" dated 4 Aug 1906:
Floyd Tighman Logan
Not for many years has a death so shocked the members of the sash and door industry of the city and country as that of Floyd T. Logan, secretary, treasurer and general manager of John A. Granger & Co., Incorporated, who passed into his eternal rest Thursday, July 26, after a short illness. Brief reference to the sad event was made in last week's issue, it having occurred shortly before the Lumberman went to press, but Mr. Logan's prominence in the trade and his wide acquaintance among door manufacturers and wholesalers throughout the east, west and southwest demands a more extended account of his life work and character than could be prepared in the interval.
Although enjoying good health as a rule, Mr. Logan had been subjected during the past months to occasional attacks of what his physician termed acute indigestion. Last January, while on a visit to New York City, he was taken with a sudden illness while spending the evening with friends. At the time it was belived to be appendicitis, but after a few days of careful nursing at his hotel he recovered sufficiently to come home and shortly regained his normal physical condition. During the night of Saturday, July 14, Mr. Logan, who had felt in his usual health through the day, was seized with a recurrence of the malady, but in a much more severe form than any that had yet occurred. A physician was hastily summoned and remedies were administerd, but as the patient did not improve after several days of treatment a consultation of some of the best practitioners in the city was called, who pronounced the disease appendicitis and extended little hope of his survival. They stated, however, that with an operation there was about one chance in several hundred of his recovery and none whatsoever without an operation. As the patient was too ill to be taken to a hospital, it was decided to perform the operation in the house, which was done Thursday afternoon, July 19. Mr. Logan passed through the ordeal safely and at once began to improve and after forty-eight hours had passed with no alarming symptoms appearing high hopes were entertained of his recovery. Tuesday morning, however, five days after the operation, there was a decided turn for the worse in his condition and he sank steadily until the end, which came at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 26. He retained consciousness almost to the last and was able to converse with those around his bedside until fifteen minutes before he expired.
Floyd T. Logan was the son of Captain Floyd Logan and Augusta Hayman Logan and was born at Newport, Ky., February 20, 1860. His father was well known along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where for may years he commanded steamboats navigating those waters. In 1865 the family removed to St. Louis, where the son obtained an education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he accepted a position with the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company, plumbers' supplies, as traveling representative. In 1884 he removed to Kansas City, where he secured a position with D. Austin & Co., also in the line of plumbers' supplies, representing the institution on the road in the southwest. While with this concern he made his home with the head of the firm and was treated almost as a son.
It was in 1888 that Mr. Logan made his first connection with the sash and door business. In that year he was employed by William Hutting, president of the Western Sash & Door Company, of Kansas City, Mo., as traveling representative for that concern in Kansas and Nebraska; and for this position his previous road experience proved of material value. He liked the new occupation from the start and rapidly learned the intricacies of the business. In 1889 Mr. Hutting promoted him to the management of the Wichita Sash & Door Company, of Wichita, Kan., the manufacturing branch of the Kansas City concern. There he remained until July 1, 1892, when he came to Chicago and was placed in charge of a department with the firm of John A. Gauger & Co. and the following January was gived an interest in the concern and assumed the management of the sales department. January 1, 1906, the firm was incorporated as John A. Gauger & Co. and Mr. Logan was elected to the position of secretary, treasurer and general manager. He was ambitious and a tireless worker and for the last several years bore the greater part of the burden of active management of the institution.
Mr. Logan was married in 1886 to Miss Laura Hackett, daughter of Thomas Hackett, of Kansas City, Mo., and she with one son, Floyd, who was born in 1890, survives him. Other members of the family surviving him are his aged mother, who resides at Denver, Col., and two sisters, Mrs. L. G. McCormick, of Denver, and Mrs. Samuel Leathe, of St. Louis.
Deceased was not fond of social life and although a member of several clubs and fraternities he seldom spent an evening away from home. He was a member of Normal Park lodge No. 797 A.F.&A.M., of Englewood, and was also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He belonged to several clubs, his favorite being the Hamilton, which he visited frequently. He was also a member of the new South Shore Country Club and the Illinois Athletic Club, as well as of the Calumet Club at Twentieth street and Michigan avenue.
Funeral services were held from the family residence, at 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon and the interment was at Oakwoods. The pall bearers were selected from among Mr. Logan's late associates in the office of John A. Gauger & Co., and were the following: John A. Gauger, Harry S. Knox, Millard L. Strickler, G. A. Aird, Frank W. Fraker, Orlander C. Hall. Many representatives of the sash and door and lumber industries were present to pay their last token of respect to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were unusually numerous and beautiful.
Deceased was regarded by his contemporaries in the industry as one of the brightest men in the sash and door business. He was extremely popular among the members of the trade; and although he devoted himself so assiduously to business as to leave little time for recreation, he at all times had their respect and confidence and made an enjoyable companion at trade gatherings. He kept himself in close touch with all the conditions relating the industry at large and his grasp of detail in the administration of his own business was little short of marvelous. He commanded the confidence and ardent coöperation not only of his partner, but of the members of the office and factory forces of the concern, bu whom his name will long be held in affectionate remembrance and whose sympathy for the bereaved ones is from the depths of their hearts.
He married Laura Anna Hackett 17 Mar 1886 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
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