SAMUEL J. LOGAN, farmer, P. O. Hartstown, was born September 17, 1838, on the farm on which he now resides, and is the son of David, Jr., and Amelia (Barackman) Logan. His grandfather, David Logan, Sr., came from Tyrone, Ireland, to this county in 1798, taking up 200 acres of land belonging to the Holland Company, in what is now South Shenango, and there died in 1839, his widow following in 1855. They had six children, of whom but one survives, Mary, now Mrs. Barackman. David Logan, Jr., was married in 1827 to Amelia, daughter of Samuel Barackman, and they had five children, all living: Henrietta, Albert, Sarah C., David and Samuel J. Henrietta is now Mrs. R. W. Clark; Albert married Adaline Greenlee; Sarah C. married Scott A. Marshall; David married Martha Montgomery. Our subject was married September 7, 1869, to Angeline, daughter of Peter Free. Mrs. Logan is the younger of two children by her father's first wife, he having been married twice. Mr. Logan has held all the township offices including Justice of the Peace, and at the expiration of his second year he was elected to the Legislature, and resigned the office of Justice of the Peace. He was elected to the Legislature in 1874, and was a member of that body during the years of 1875 and 1876. He was a member, Trustee and Elder of the United Presbyterian Church at Hartstown. He is a descendant of the heroes of 1812 and 1813, his forefathers having fought for their country in that great struggle. His early education was obtained in the common schools, and he received in addition an academical training, but is practically a self-made man. He has had thrilling adventures with Indians in crossing the plains, before there were railroads west of the Missouri River, in the far West, in the gold fields of Montana.
