Dr. Benjamin Logan was born at Logan's Fort, in Lincoln County, Ky., in 1789. He was one of the early graduates of the noted Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He was an eminent surgeon of the war of 1812, and participated with the Kentucky troops at the battle of the River Raisin, which brought sorrow to so many Kentucky homes. He was a son of the celebrated Kentucky pioneer and soldier, Gen. Benjamin Logan, who was the companion of Daniel Boone, and Simon Kenton. He was a native of Augusta County, Va. When of age he removed to the banks of the Holston in Tennessee; accompanied the celebrated Dunmore expedition against the Indians in 1774, and in 1775, in an adventurous spirit, moved to the wild forests and canebrakes of Kentucky. Here he built Logan's Fort, in what is now Lincoln County, and soon became particularly distinguished. In all those days of constant and perilous warfare with the Indians Gen. Logan was noted for his conspicuous bravery. He commanded the Kentuckians on a number of perilous expeditions against the Indian tribes in Ohio. The most noted of these was his attack upon Chillicothe, in 1779, where he displayed rare courage and superior generalship. No more marked instance of personal heroism in sudden warfare was even witnessed than that displayed by Gen. Logan during the siege of his fort by savages in 1777. He rushed forth through a shower of rifle balls, which was poured upon him from every spot capable of concealing an Indian, seized a wounded man in his arms, and running to the fort with him, through the same heavy fire, entered unhurt, although the gate and the picketing near him were riddled with bullets, and his hat and clothes pierced in several places. The fort was closely blockaded, and the siege pressed with savage fury. The little garrison was in imminent peril from the scarcity of ammunition, and no supply could be had closer than the distant Holston settlement in Tennessee. Logan took upon him the almost certainly fatal office of courier, crawled through the Indian encampment on a dark night, and, shunning the ordinary route, through Cumberland Gap, arrived at Holston settlement, through bypaths which no white man has as yet trodden, through canebrake and thicket, over tremendous cliffs and precipices, where the deer could scarcely obtain foothold. Having obtained a supply of powder and lead, he returned through the same paths to the fort, which he found still besieged and now reduced to extremity. The return of their leader inspired the defenders with new courage. In a few days, by the appearance of a rescuing party from a distant fort, the Indians were compelled to retire. After assisting for years in conquering the wilderness, and driving the savage tribes from dark and bloody ground, Gen. Logan removed to Shelby County, then just being redeemed from its primeval forest, and entered a large body of land on the banks of Bullskin Creek, five miles west of Shelbyville, which, as a remarkable fact, has continued in possession of his family for more than a hundred years. Here he devoted himself to the civil affairs of his country, which, succeeding war, had begun to assume an important aspect. Here, in the pursuits of peace, in the midst of his family, he ended his days in 1802 at the age of sixty, and lies buried in the family cemetery, on the banks of the creek near his old home. Dr. Benjamin Logan purchased the homestead from the other heirs of his father. He married Elisabeth Winlock, and at the old home there were reared to them seven children. Of this family three daughters only married and settled in Shelby County. Eliza Logan was married to Dr. Robert Glass, who was a native of Fayette County, the son of David and Sallie Steele Glass. He graduated at the Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky. He began the practice of medicine at Shelbyville in 1839, and continued until his sudden death by cholera in 1854. At the time of his decease he was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church at Shelbyville. He was highly esteemed as a gentleman of high social culture, a skillful physician and a devoted member and office bearer of his church. His widow is still one of the family at the old homestead. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Glass were Elisabeth Logan and Sallie Steele. The former was married in 1871 to Capt. Williamson W. Bacon, who now owns and resides at the old Logan homestead. Capt. Bacon was born in Franklin County in 1844, and was educated at Philadelphia, Penn. At the outbreak of the civil war in 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-second Kentucky (Union) Regiment, under Col. Lindsay, and was four years in service until the close of the conflict. He was promoted first lieutenant in 1862 at Cumberland Gap, and to rank of captain in 1863 at Vicksburg, where he was wounded. From the close of the war until 1873 he resided in Frankfort, at which time he purchased and removed to the old Logan place. Capt. and Mrs. Bacon have three children: Robert Glass, Eliza Logan and Williamson Ware. Sallie Steele, the second daughter, was married in 1877 to Rev. Robert Wickliffe Cleland, pastor of the Presbyterian ministers in Virginia and Kentucky. He was educated at the Centre College of Kentucky and at Princeton, N. J. He has been pastor of churches in Louisville, Paris, Nebraska City, Neb., and at Owensboro, Ky. Their two children are Thomas Horace and Robert Glass. Mary Logan was married in 1850 to William Monroe, son of Judge Ben Monroe of Frankfort, Ky. Mr. Monroe was engaged in the practice of law at Shelbyville, being a partner with Hon. Martin D. McHenry, one of Kentucky's foremost lawyers. He was a man of high integrity, an earnest consistent Christian man. He died in 1850, five weeks after his marriage, and was laid to rest in the old Logan cemetery. His widow is still one of the family at the old home. Ann Logan was married to Judge Wheat in 1858, and to them was born one son, Benjamin Logan, who is now owner of part of the original tract of land belonging to the Logan estate. Judge Wheat was born in Bourbon County, Ky., and at an early age removed to Adair County, where he began the practice of his profession. When a young man he was elected circuit judge of his district, which office he held for many years until he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Kentucky. In 1861 he removed with his family to Shelbyville, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in 1877. His widow survived him until the fall of 1885, when she was placed by his side in the burial ground of the Logans. Of the other children Effie Logan was married to W. W. Gardner, a successful attorney of Louisville, Ky., at which place she now lives with her three children. Of the sons, only one, Dr. Benjamin Logan, married, and there is left to him one daughter, who now lives in St. Louis. James, another son, lies buried in the old Logan graveyard, where sleeps only dust of those who were connected by relationship.
Source -- Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
Source -- Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
Dr. Benjamin Logan was born at Logan's Fort, in Lincoln County, Ky., in 1789. He was one of the early graduates of the noted Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He was an eminent surgeon of the war of 1812, and participated with the Kentucky troops at the battle of the River Raisin, which brought sorrow to so many Kentucky homes. He was a son of the celebrated Kentucky pioneer and soldier, Gen. Benjamin Logan, who was the companion of Daniel Boone, and Simon Kenton. He was a native of Augusta County, Va. When of age he removed to the banks of the Holston in Tennessee; accompanied the celebrated Dunmore expedition against the Indians in 1774, and in 1775, in an adventurous spirit, moved to the wild forests and canebrakes of Kentucky. Here he built Logan's Fort, in what is now Lincoln County, and soon became particularly distinguished. In all those days of constant and perilous warfare with the Indians Gen. Logan was noted for his conspicuous bravery. He commanded the Kentuckians on a number of perilous expeditions against the Indian tribes in Ohio. The most noted of these was his attack upon Chillicothe, in 1779, where he displayed rare courage and superior generalship. No more marked instance of personal heroism in sudden warfare was even witnessed than that displayed by Gen. Logan during the siege of his fort by savages in 1777. He rushed forth through a shower of rifle balls, which was poured upon him from every spot capable of concealing an Indian, seized a wounded man in his arms, and running to the fort with him, through the same heavy fire, entered unhurt, although the gate and the picketing near him were riddled with bullets, and his hat and clothes pierced in several places. The fort was closely blockaded, and the siege pressed with savage fury. The little garrison was in imminent peril from the scarcity of ammunition, and no supply could be had closer than the distant Holston settlement in Tennessee. Logan took upon him the almost certainly fatal office of courier, crawled through the Indian encampment on a dark night, and, shunning the ordinary route, through Cumberland Gap, arrived at Holston settlement, through bypaths which no white man has as yet trodden, through canebrake and thicket, over tremendous cliffs and precipices, where the deer could scarcely obtain foothold. Having obtained a supply of powder and lead, he returned through the same paths to the fort, which he found still besieged and now reduced to extremity. The return of their leader inspired the defenders with new courage. In a few days, by the appearance of a rescuing party from a distant fort, the Indians were compelled to retire. After assisting for years in conquering the wilderness, and driving the savage tribes from dark and bloody ground, Gen. Logan removed to Shelby County, then just being redeemed from its primeval forest, and entered a large body of land on the banks of Bullskin Creek, five miles west of Shelbyville, which, as a remarkable fact, has continued in possession of his family for more than a hundred years. Here he devoted himself to the civil affairs of his country, which, succeeding war, had begun to assume an important aspect. Here, in the pursuits of peace, in the midst of his family, he ended his days in 1802 at the age of sixty, and lies buried in the family cemetery, on the banks of the creek near his old home. Dr. Benjamin Logan purchased the homestead from the other heirs of his father. He married Elisabeth Winlock, and at the old home there were reared to them seven children. Of this family three daughters only married and settled in Shelby County. Eliza Logan was married to Dr. Robert Glass, who was a native of Fayette County, the son of David and Sallie Steele Glass. He graduated at the Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky. He began the practice of medicine at Shelbyville in 1839, and continued until his sudden death by cholera in 1854. At the time of his decease he was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church at Shelbyville. He was highly esteemed as a gentleman of high social culture, a skillful physician and a devoted member and office bearer of his church. His widow is still one of the family at the old homestead. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Glass were Elisabeth Logan and Sallie Steele. The former was married in 1871 to Capt. Williamson W. Bacon, who now owns and resides at the old Logan homestead. Capt. Bacon was born in Franklin County in 1844, and was educated at Philadelphia, Penn. At the outbreak of the civil war in 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-second Kentucky (Union) Regiment, under Col. Lindsay, and was four years in service until the close of the conflict. He was promoted first lieutenant in 1862 at Cumberland Gap, and to rank of captain in 1863 at Vicksburg, where he was wounded. From the close of the war until 1873 he resided in Frankfort, at which time he purchased and removed to the old Logan place. Capt. and Mrs. Bacon have three children: Robert Glass, Eliza Logan and Williamson Ware. Sallie Steele, the second daughter, was married in 1877 to Rev. Robert Wickliffe Cleland, pastor of the Presbyterian ministers in Virginia and Kentucky. He was educated at the Centre College of Kentucky and at Princeton, N. J. He has been pastor of churches in Louisville, Paris, Nebraska City, Neb., and at Owensboro, Ky. Their two children are Thomas Horace and Robert Glass. Mary Logan was married in 1850 to William Monroe, son of Judge Ben Monroe of Frankfort, Ky. Mr. Monroe was engaged in the practice of law at Shelbyville, being a partner with Hon. Martin D. McHenry, one of Kentucky's foremost lawyers. He was a man of high integrity, an earnest consistent Christian man. He died in 1850, five weeks after his marriage, and was laid to rest in the old Logan cemetery. His widow is still one of the family at the old home. Ann Logan was married to Judge Wheat in 1858, and to them was born one son, Benjamin Logan, who is now owner of part of the original tract of land belonging to the Logan estate. Judge Wheat was born in Bourbon County, Ky., and at an early age removed to Adair County, where he began the practice of his profession. When a young man he was elected circuit judge of his district, which office he held for many years until he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Kentucky. In 1861 he removed with his family to Shelbyville, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in 1877. His widow survived him until the fall of 1885, when she was placed by his side in the burial ground of the Logans. Of the other children Effie Logan was married to W. W. Gardner, a successful attorney of Louisville, Ky., at which place she now lives with her three children. Of the sons, only one, Dr. Benjamin Logan, married, and there is left to him one daughter, who now lives in St. Louis. James, another son, lies buried in the old Logan graveyard, where sleeps only dust of those who were connected by relationship.
Source -- Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
Source -- Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
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