John Dickinson Logan (1817 - 1881)

Born 21 Jun 1817 in Stenton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Apr 1881 at age 63 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1817. He is the son of Albanus Logan and Mary Dickinson.

FAG lists Birth 21 Jun 1817 Philadelphia Co, PA Death 25 Apr 1881 (aged 63) Philadelphia Co, PA Burial West Laurel Hill Cemetery Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery Co, PA Spouse: Susan Wister Birth 25 May 1820 Germantown, Philadelphia County, PA Death 14 Nov 1884 (aged 64) Philadelphia Co, PA^[1]

FAG states: John Dickinson Logan was the grandson of founding father John Dickinson of what is now Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. He has an interesting life story including the penning of "Letters of a farmer in Pennsylvania". He was involved in the Continental Congress as well as being a president of Pennsylvania. In 1784, Dickinson and his wife, Mary "Polly" Norris Dickinson bequeathed much of their combined library and some land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania that Mary had inherited, to the first university founded in the new United States, originally named John and Mary's College in their honor by its founder Benjamin Rush and later renamed Dickinson College because it was confused with William and Mary College in Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2018), memorial page for Dr John Dickinson Logan (21 Jun 1817–25 Apr 1881), Find A Grave Memorial no. 36256151, citing West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Big Ern (contributor 46620889)

• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, ed. John W. Jordan, 1911/1978, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD

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