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Children

(Children with Robert Logan; birth order unclear)

• The 1840 census suggests that there are 7 daughters born between 1820 and 1840.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 4. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25 1 male >45,, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female >45. This corresponds to John Stoughton age 53, wife Catherine Covert age 52. Children: 2 males under age 10 are Barnard age 3,& Luke, age ~13; 1 male age 10-15 is John age 15; 2 males age 16-25 are Andrew age 18,& Jacob age 20; 1 female <10 is Hannah age 5; 1 female age 10-15 is Effie age 10. (Son William age 23 not enumerated here; possibly working & living elsewhere; married in 1822).
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg. 9 of 22 on Ancestry.com, Line 8. Family of Robert Logan: 1 Male age 30-40, 1 Female age 20-30; 3 females under age 5; 1 female age 5-10. This corresponds to Robert Logan and Euphamia Stoughton (Logan), parents; the oldest daughter (age 5-10) would be Eliza Jane Logan; the 3 daughters age 0-5 yrs would include Clarissa and Martha, and possibly Hannah.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 9. Census is not dated. Family headed by Robert Logan: 1 male 40-50, 2 females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 60-70. This corresponds to Robert Logan and Euphamia Stoughton (Logan), parents; 2 daughters Hannah & unknown age 0-5, 2 daughters Clarissa & Martha age 5-10, The female 60-70 is the correct age for her widowed mother, Catherine Covert
4	Will of Jacob Stoughton, abstract, from Book B, p.195. of Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA (brother of Euphamia Stoughton); signed 2 Apr. 1841,filed 25 June 1841;lists niece Eleana Logan.
5	Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006
6	Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan. Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy re. use on websites is ambiguous; may prohibit reproduction of text. See web address below for full text http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247 Abstract: Catherine Covert was of Holland descent; her mother's maiden name was Van Zandt, a family that settled on Manhattan Island, NY. John Stoughton, of English descent, was a farmer and owned 350 acres of land in three farms. His brother Samuel Stoughton was a Baptist minister, and the entire family was strict in its religious observances. Children of John and Catherine Covert Stoughton were: William, Luke, Andrew, Jacob (died unmarried); John, (also a participant in the war of 1812), Barnard, Jane (married Thomas Boyle), Hannah (married John Patterson);Effie, married Robert Logan, a farmer, who was killed during the Civil War; Polly (died young). See Source Notes
7	Gravestone of Eliza Jane Stoughton (McGowan), presumably at Marion Twp., Linn Co., Iowa. Location not given. Photo at source W-1, see below. Eliza J. wife of Wm McGowan died Apr 26, 1888 aged 62 y (?mo) & 5 D."
8	1850 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg 28. Date of census 9 Aug 1850. Lines 26-31: William McGowan age 27, Eliza J. age 24, Robert age 4, James M. age 3, Meta (male) age 2 months, Hannah Logan, age 13. All born in PA
9	1870 United States Federal Census Scotch Grove Twp., Jones Co. Iowa, pg 5. Census date 30 June 1870. Lines 13-15: Thomas J. Ross, age 27, works on farm, $100 personal estate, b. PA; Abby age 26, keeping house, b. PA; Catharine age 2, b. Iowa.
10	1880 United States Federal CensusFranklin 2nd Ward, Venango Co. PA, pg. 26 (Ancestry.com pg. 24). Census date 10 June 1880. Lines 18-22: Thomas Ross, age 39, laborer; Adeline, age 36 keeping house; children: daughter Kate age 11, daughter Jennie age 9; son William age 4.
11	Early Franklin Cemetery Records,PA GenWeb Project, Venango County. 6 Jan 1893 Mrs T. Ross (interment date).	http://www.pa-roots.com/~venango/cemetery3frank.html
12	1850 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, pg. 35. Undated. Lines 6-11: John Wigdon age 88, farmer, $1500 estate; Magdalena age 78; Sarah age 40; Covert age 33; Phebe H. age 25; Robert Logan age 52. All born in PA. Note: Robert Logan is living with his wife Euphamia Stoughton's aunt & uncle. Her mother Catherine Covert and Magdalena Covert Wigdon were sisters, daughters of Lucas Covert.
12	Butler Sentinel notice, issues of 24 Nov 1827 and 5 Jan 1828. Copy supplied to us by Marc Flitsch. Robert Logan issued a notice to creditors, that he would not pay bills for his wife "Massey" who had left him "on the 19th instant". (i.e. 19 Nov 1827). The length of separation extended at least through January. Marc notes that whether Massey and Euphamia are the same person is unclear. Euphemia is mentioned on property records in Slippery Rock Twp. and "Massey" is mentioned in estate papers in 1840.
13	Gravestone transcriptions,Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion borough, Linn Co., IA. Transcribed Sept 2008 by Marc Flitsch. Inscriptions on 3 sides of obelisk: Addie J, dau of Wm & Eliza McGowan, born Apr 2, 1867, married Joseph Burch Oct 23 1883, died Jun 19 1895, aged 28Y, 3M, 17D. Lillie B, dau of Wm and Eliza McGowan died May 8 1880, aged 10Y 6M 10D. Eliza J wife of Wm McGowan died Apr 26, 1888, aged 62Y 10M 5D.

Source notes

• The 1840 census for the Robert Logan family indicates 7 young females between 0 & 20 yrs old. If all are daughters, this would indicate at least 8 children for the family, as Adaline was born in 1844.
  In the 1830 census,of the 3 young females listed only Eliza Jane (born 1825-26) is certain. She may be in either the age 0-5 or 5-10 group. This census would not include Hannah b. 1837, or Adaline b. 1844. It may include Eleana, as all we know is that she was born sometime before her uncle Jacob's will of 1841. She is curiously the only one of the sisters mentioned in the will.
• Assuming Robert Logan is approximately the same age as Euphamia, he would have been around 50 at the start of the Civil War. This seems old for a soldier. There is another Robert Logan (age 19) in the 1860 census for Slippery Rock Twp. and despite the reference in Source #6 (John W. Jourdan's history), this younger Robert Logan may be the Civil War veteran.
• 1850 and 1860 census searches for Butler County give a Robert Logan b. ca. 1800 living with other people, but no evidence of Euphamia.
• It is uncertain whether Euphamia or husband Robert Logan died first. Source W1, the Flitch-McGowan-Hockaday-Brown family tree, lists a death date of 1841 for Euphamia Stoughton (Logan), which conflicts with the 1844 birth date of her daughter Adaline, documented in both the 1870 (Abby) and 1880 (Adeline) census. The proposed 1841 death date for Euphamia Stoughton (Logan) needs documentation. Source W1 also says Robert Logan died 2 June 1840, but he appears to be living in 1850 with relatives of his wife.
• Per Jim Voltz re. Civil War service of Robert Logan: "My guess (though a pretty good one) is that the info (in Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3) came from my grea-grandfather Dr. James Boyle. Robert Logan would have been his uncle. Granted James was the youngest in the family and never knew his uncle, but he was born near the war's end, when it was still fresh on everyone's mind. His parents and his numerous siblings would have lived through it and known."

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