Martha Eugenie (Logsdon) Lydon (1880 - 1953)

Born 7 Jul 1880 in Dixie, Walla Walla County, Washington Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Henry Huntley — married 3 Nov 1898 in Endicott, Whitman County, Washington, United States

Wife of John Edward Lydon — married 25 Oct 1920 (to about 1952) in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1953 at age 72 in Santa Clara County, California, United States

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Biography

Mattie (Logsdon) Lydon has Appalachian roots.

This profile is part of the Logsdon Name Study.

Martha Harriet "Mattie" Logsdon was born at her parents' farm in or near the town of Dixie in Walla Walla County, Washington Territory on 7 Jul 1880. She was the daughter of Tyrah Hayden Logsdon and Frances Leaming.^[1]

As a teenager, Mattie decided she preferred "Eugenie" as a middle name and consistently used that from at least 1898. Still later, she sometimes insisted on being called "Martha," rather than "Mattie." In 1918, on his World War I draft registration, her son, Glen Maurice ("Bud") Huntley gave her name as Martha Eugene Logsdon,^[2] although two years later she gave her name as "Mattie."^[3]

In 1884, Mattie's family moved to Pampa in Whitman County, Washington Territory, where her father had a ranch. After few years, he sold the ranch and bought a general merchandise store in Pampa. In 1893, he sold the store and moved the family to Endicott, also in Whitman County, where he had a pharmacy. When he sold the pharmacy in 1898, the family remained in Endicott and he became a grain agent for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company, a warehousing operation. He had become active in local politics as early as 1892, in Pampa, and he continued contributing to the community in this fashion after they moved to Endicott.^[4]

On 9 Nov 1898, Mattie married George Henry Huntley, who had recently arrived in Whitman County and had been in the process of determining whether he wanted to relocate there. The ceremony was performed by by W. H. Zeller, Minister of the Gospel, in Endicott, Whitman County, Washington, with her cousin, Frank W. Kellogg and Francis "Fannie" Logsdon, her mother, as witnesses.^[5] After their marriage, they lived in a rented house near her parents in Endicott,^[6] where George co-owed a general store with his brother, William.^[7] They had three children:

• Maurice "Bud" Huntley (b. 25 Apr 1899)^[8]
• Juanita Huntley (b. 3 Feb 1901)
• Haydn Huntley (b. 14 Jul 1905)

By the time George Huntley died during the influenza pandemic in Imperial County, California on 13 Jan 1919,^[9] they were living in a house in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Soon after his death, Mattie sold the house and moved the family into an apartment on Eighth Avenue in Spokane.^[10][11]

Mattie married a second time on 25 Oct 1920, in Spokane, Washington. Her second husband was Dr. John Edward Lydon, a self-described physician in Spokane.^[12] By the later 1920s, they made their home in Seattle, Washington where they rented an apartment on Blanchard Street and John established his practice as a sanipractor.^[13][14] They separated in about 1931, and were later divorced in the early 1950s.

Although she had a home in Los Angeles, California, in the later 1930s, Mattie also lived for periods with her son, Glenn Maurice "Bud", in Seattle and with the family of her sister, Nella (Logsdon) Stanfield, in San Francisco. In 1939 and 1940, she was living near the family of her daughter, Juanita Huntley Watts, and, at least in mid-1940, renting an apartment in the Belmont Apartments at 948 South Figueroa in Los Angeles.^[15]

During the last years of her life, Mattie lived with her daughter, Juanita, in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California.

Martha Eugenie (Logsdon) Huntley Lydon died on 19 Feb 1953, in Santa Clara County, California.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcript only: "Martha Huntley Lyndon," female ... father: Logsdon, mother: Leaming, b. 7 Jul 1880, Washington: California Death Index, 1940-1997, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Aug 2022).
2. ↑ "Glen Maurice Huntley:" Washington State Archives. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives,; United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Spokane City no 2, Spokane City no 3, Washington, United States.
3. ↑ "John E. Lydon," ... "Mattie E. Huntley," ... maiden name: Mattie Logsdon; m. 25 Oct 1920, Spokane, Washington ...: "Certificate of Marriage," License No. A, No. 288738 (accessed 17 Jan 2022)..
4. ↑ Anon., An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington, p. 342. Also available on Ancestry.com (subscription required).
5. ↑ See Image: Mattie E. Logsdon and Geo. H. Huntley, 9 Nov 1898: "Marriage Certificate," filed for record 7 Jan 1899, p. 140; License dated 3 Nov 1898 (accessed 14 May 2020).
6. ↑ "Huntley, Mattie E," wife, white, female, b. Jul 1880, est. age 19, married, 1 marriage, bore 1 child, 1 child living, b. Washington, father b. Iowa, mother b. Kentucky: United States Census, 1900, Endicott Precinct, Whitman County, Washington, Sheet No. 6 A, Family No. 120, Line 28 (accessed 17 Jan 2022).
7. ↑ "Huntley, George H," head, white, male, b. Aug 1871, married, 1 marriage, b. Missouri, father b. Pennsylvania, mother b. Illinois, general merchandise, works for self, rents a house: United States Census, 1900, Endicott Precinct, Whitman County, Washington, Sheet No. 6 A, Family No. 120, Line 27 (accessed 17 Jan 2022).
8. ↑ "Huntley, Maurice," son, white, male, b. Apr 1899, est. age 1, single, b. Washington, father b. Missouri, mother b. Washington: United States Census, 1900, Endicott Precinct, Whitman County, Washington, Sheet No. 6 A, Family No. 120, Line 29 (accessed 17 Jan 2022).
9. ↑ "George H Huntley," California Death Index, 1905-1939, col. 5189, State File No. 1615 (accessed 9 Jul 2018).
10. ↑ Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1919.
11. ↑ "Huntley, Martha," head, renting, female, white, est. age 39, widowed, can read and write, b. Washington, father b. Iowa, mother b. Missouri, occupation: none: United States Census, 1920, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, Eighth Avenue, Sheet No. 5 A, Family No. 124, Lines 42-45, esp. Line 42 (accessed 22 Aug 2022).
12. ↑ "John E. Lydon," residence: Spokane, Washington, age 40, white, divorced, 2nd marriage, b. England, physician, father: James Lydon, b. Ireland, mother: Bridget McLaughlin, b. Ireland; "Mattie E. Huntley," residence: Spokane, Washington, age 40, white, widowed, 2nd marriage, b. Washington, housewife, father: T. H. Logsdon, b. Iowa, mother: Frances Leaming, b. Missouri, maiden name: Mattie Logsdon; m. 25 Oct 1920, Spokane, Washington, witnesses: D. M. [Cluny ?], Nella V. Stanfield; officiating: Wm. R. Haneke, Judge of the Superior Court: "Certificate of Marriage," License No. A, No. 288738, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Aug 2022).
13. ↑ Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1929.
14. ↑ "Lydon, Martha E.," wife-head, female, white, est. age 49, married, age at 1st marriage: 17, can read and write, b. Washington, father b. Iowa, mother b. Missouri: United States Census, 1930, 306 Blanchard Street, Seattle, King County, Washington, Enumeration District No. 17-116, Family No. 431, Line 10; Line 9: Lydon, John E., head, male, white, est. age 49, married, age at 1st marriage: 30, can read and write, b. England, both parents b. Northern Ireland, immigrated 1880, naturalized, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Aug 2022).
15. ↑ "Lydon, Martha," renting, $32/month, head, female, white, est. age 59, married, b. Washington, residence 1 Apr 1935: Seattle, Washington: United States Census, 1940, 948 South Figueroa, Belmont Apartments, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Enumeration District No. 60-780, Sheet No. 5 A, Family No. 143, Line 18, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Aug 2022).
16. ↑ Transcript only: "Martha Huntley Lyndon," female, d. 19 Feb 1953, Santa Clara County, California, death place: Santa Clara, father: Logsdon, mother: Leaming, b. 7 Jul 1880, Washington: California Death Index, 1940-1997, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Aug 2022).

• [Anon.] An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington, [Spokane, WA?]: W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901.
• California Death Index, 1940-1997, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGRM-JPG : 26 November 2014), Logsdon in entry for Martha Huntley Lyndon, 19 Feb 1953; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. [Transcript only.]
• California Death Index, 1905-1939, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-5SG7 : 8 November 201), George H Huntley, 13 Jan 1919; citing 1615, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,045.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database with images], Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J8-29J) ; Glen Maurice Huntley, 1917-1918; citing Spokane City no 2, Spokane City no 3, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,992,105
• Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMP-VBJM : 28 November 2018), Geo H Huntley and Mattie E Logsdon, 9 Nov 1898, Endicott, Whitman, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 005016041.
• Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9M-QJNC : 28 November 2018), John E Lydon and Mattie E Logsdon Hantley, 25 Oct 1920, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 102536437.

Census Returns:

• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SW3-K72?cc=1325221&wc=9BQY-J4D%3A1030550101%2C1032470801%2C1032484401 : 5 August 2014), Washington > Whitman > ED 94 Cottonwood, Endicott, Mouth of Rock Creek, Union, and Coin Precincts > image 11 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXK-QV9?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-DCK%3A1036474601%2C1036474602%2C1036474603%2C1589332758 : 14 September 2019), Washington > Spokane > Spokane > ED 181 > image 9 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZF-8YN?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-885%3A648803901%2C649484101%2C649643501%2C1589282671 : 8 December 2015), Washington > King > Seattle > ED 116 > image 50 of 63; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-NXQ?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-3FT%3A790105301%2C796133301%2C800990701%2C953166401 : accessed 22 August 2022), California > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, Councilmanic District 10 > 60-780 Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles City Councilmanic District 10 (Tract 184 - part) in Assembly District 55, Dunraven Apartments, Belmont Apartments, Edgerly Apartments, Ponet Square Apartments > image 9 of 52; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
• Washington. Washington Territorial Census Rolls, 1857-1892. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives. M1, 20 rolls. 1889; Whitman County.