Gillis F. Logan was born
August 7, 1832, in Hardin county, Kentucky, and
served in the Union army during the dark days of
civil strife. He was a democrat and established
an enviable record as justice of the peace,
filling the office for fifty years. A member of
the Baptist church, he closely observed its
teachings, passing away in that faith April 6,
1915, on his farm near Brownsville, having
reached the ripe age of eighty-two years. He was
a son of M. M. and Elizabeth (Merlin) Logan, the
former born near Columbia, South Carolina, while
the latter was a native of Hardin county,
Kentucky. The father was an agriculturist and in
1880 established his home in Leitchfield,
Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his
life, but the mother passed away in Edmonson
county. Mr. Logan was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church.
August 7, 1832, in Hardin county, Kentucky, and
served in the Union army during the dark days of
civil strife. He was a democrat and established
an enviable record as justice of the peace,
filling the office for fifty years. A member of
the Baptist church, he closely observed its
teachings, passing away in that faith April 6,
1915, on his farm near Brownsville, having
reached the ripe age of eighty-two years. He was
a son of M. M. and Elizabeth (Merlin) Logan, the
former born near Columbia, South Carolina, while
the latter was a native of Hardin county,
Kentucky. The father was an agriculturist and in
1880 established his home in Leitchfield,
Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his
life, but the mother passed away in Edmonson
county. Mr. Logan was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church.
Gillis F. Logan was born
August 7, 1832, in Hardin county, Kentucky, and
served in the Union army during the dark days of
civil strife. He was a democrat and established
an enviable record as justice of the peace,
filling the office for fifty years. A member of
the Baptist church, he closely observed its
teachings, passing away in that faith April 6,
1915, on his farm near Brownsville, having
reached the ripe age of eighty-two years. He was
a son of M. M. and Elizabeth (Merlin) Logan, the
former born near Columbia, South Carolina, while
the latter was a native of Hardin county,
Kentucky. The father was an agriculturist and in
1880 established his home in Leitchfield,
Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his
life, but the mother passed away in Edmonson
county. Mr. Logan was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church.
August 7, 1832, in Hardin county, Kentucky, and
served in the Union army during the dark days of
civil strife. He was a democrat and established
an enviable record as justice of the peace,
filling the office for fifty years. A member of
the Baptist church, he closely observed its
teachings, passing away in that faith April 6,
1915, on his farm near Brownsville, having
reached the ripe age of eighty-two years. He was
a son of M. M. and Elizabeth (Merlin) Logan, the
former born near Columbia, South Carolina, while
the latter was a native of Hardin county,
Kentucky. The father was an agriculturist and in
1880 established his home in Leitchfield,
Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his
life, but the mother passed away in Edmonson
county. Mr. Logan was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church.
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