Euphamia Stoughton (1810)
There is some difficulty by various researchers in separating documents on multiple Robert Logans. At one point it was thought that "Massey" and Euphamia Logan were the same person, which for now means that the children's list for Euphamia may be a mixed list.
It is apparent now that Massey Dillon, daughter of Isaac Dillon (Rev. War veteran, killed by Indian raid at Phillipsburg, NJ), was the wife of Robert Logan the elder. According to researchers, this Robert Logan was born before 1775 in Ireland, appears by 1800 in Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, is taxed in 1803 for 400 acres of land in Slippery Rock Twp. This Robert Logan (and presumably Massey Dillon) appear in the 1800 census with 2 sons & 2 daughters under age 10; in 1820 with 4 sons and 2 daughters. Among their sons were Robert Logan who married Euphamia Stoughton & resided in Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. Pa; Isaac Logan who married 1st Rachel Morton, & 2nd Dianna Morton, & resided in Allegheny Co. PA; and possibly a James Logan & wife Susanna who resided near Isaac in Allegheny Co. in 1860 census.
For convenience here we will refer to the younger Robert Logan as Robert Logan (1798), as this date appears to be his approximate birth date per the 1850 census. (The suffix "Jr." had different usages in other times, and has not been seen by us used in the records re. Robert Logan.)
Robert Logan (1798) made a will dated 18 Apr 1840 in which he names wife Euphemia, son-in-law Robert Bell & wife Martha Bell, formerly Martha Logan, and other "children". He mentions property in Slippery Rock sold to John & Thomas Patterson. Euphamia is not found in the census of 1850, but Robert appears to be living with Euphamia's aunt & uncle, Magdalena & John Wigton. Magdalena Wigton nee Covert was a sister of Catherine Covert, Euphamia's mother.
Robert Logan (1798) is said to have volunteered for service in the Civil War while in his 60's, and died of exposure during his service.
Robert Logan appears in the 1840 census to have possibly had 7 daughters plus a wife and either his mother or mother-in-law in the household. (Any of these 9 females could of course have been from outside the family. The two youngest are under age 5, so we presume a wife is present in 1840, but Robert appears alone in 1850.
The daughters names are mostly unknown to us. Eleana Logan is named in the 1841 will of her uncle Jacob Stoughton and so may have been the oldest
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
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| Marriage | to Robert Logan who died in the Civil War |
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| Death | possibly before 1850 | [4] |
Children
(Children with Robert Logan)
- The 1840 census suggests that there are 7 daughters born between 1820 and 1840.
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
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| Eleana Logan | F | (bef. April 1841) | [3] [5] | |||
| unknown Logan | F | [3] | ||||
| unknown Logan | F | [3] | ||||
| unknown Logan | F | [3] | ||||
| unknown Logan | F | [3] | ||||
| unknown Logan | F | 1837 | [3] | |||
| Eleana Logan | F | before 2 Apr 1841 | [5] | |||
| unknown Logan | F | [3] |
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
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| 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). |
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| 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 may correspond to Robert Logan and Euphamia Stoughton (Logan), parents; the oldest daughter (age 5-10) could be Eliza Jane Logan; the 3 daughters age 0-5 yrs could include Clarissa and Martha, and possibly Hannah. |
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| 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 may correspond 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 |
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| 4 | 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. |
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| 5 | Will of Jacob Stoughton, abstract, from Book B, p.195. Jacob Stoughton of Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA; will signed 2 Apr. 1841, filed 25 June 1841. The will lists "niece Eleana Logan". It is uncertain whether this will belongs to Jacob, brother of Euphamia Stoughton; if so, then Euphamia had a daughter named Eleana. To be otherwise would require a different Jacob Stoughton to also have a sister married to a Logan. | |
| 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. |
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| 7 | Contract for Deed, Slippery Rock Twp. property of Robert Logan & wife Euphamia, being transfered to Smith Neal for $22, dated 14 Dec 1827, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA. It was a portion of an eight acres of property acquired by Samuel Caldwell in 1824 from Hugh & Charles Bigham, who in 1819 purchased the property from the trustees of Western University; who in turn acquired it from the trustees of the Pittsburgh Academy, who received it from the Pa state legislature in 1787. Robert Logan acquired 1 acre and a quarter from Caldwell, date not specified but after 1824. | |
| 8 | Kansas, a cyclopedia of state history...: Volume III, part 1 of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... , with supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago, 1912. 3 vol. (in 4 bindings). Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed December 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM195. It is a two-part volume 3. See: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/h3/hamilton_alphius_lamont_l.html A biographical & genealogical entry re. Alphius Lamont L. Hamilton born 4 Mar 1850 in Harrisville, Butler Co. Pa, subsequently practicing law in Emporia Kansas, was son of William Hamilton (born Mercer Co. PA, moved to Iowa) and Catharine Logan. Her father was Robert Logan who served in the Union army, 100th Ref. Pa infantry. "He entered service at the advanced age of sixty-four and died from exposure at Newport News, VA, before his 3 years' service was over." Additionaly, the maternal great-grandmother of Judge Hamilton (Alphius Lamont L. Hamilton), "Massie Dillon", when a girl of twelve years was captured, scalped and left for dead by the Indians in a raid at Phillipsburg NJ, both parents being killed at the same time." She was found by white settlers and recovered. Her father was Isaac Dillon of NJ, veteran of the Revolution. |
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.
Eleana 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, and there is a younger Robert Logan (age 19 in the 1860 census for Slippery Rock Twp). Never-the-less, Stoughton family source for John W. Jourdan's history was likely a nephew of Robert Logan. Per Jim Voltz: "My guess, though a pretty good one, is that the information in Genealogical and personal history of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 came from my great-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."
We therefore credit John W. Jourdan's account that Robert Logan, husband of Euphamia Stoughton, was a Civil War soldier and died in that war.
- 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. It may arise from their assumption that "Massey" and Euphamia are the same person. It may be "Massey" who died in 1841. Source W1 also says Robert Logan died 2 June 1840, but he appears to be living in 1850 with relatives of his wife, and is supposed to have died from exposure in the Civil War.
- In source #8, is "maternal great -grandmother" Massey Dillon the mother of Robert Logan or of his wife? If of Robert Logan, then was her husband's name also Robert Logan, and is she the source of the "Massey Logan" confusion?
Web Family Trees, Incomplete Documentation
| Ref. Num. | Description | Extract |
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| W1 | Flitch-McGowan-Hockaday-Brown family tree, on Ancestry.com, owner "mflitch7" Marc Flitch. Site lists descendants of Euphema Massey Stoughton and Robert Logan, Jr. (children Adaline, Clarissa, Martha, Eliza Jane (1825-1888),& Hannah Logan (1837-????)). Site lists parents of Euphema Stoughton as Catherine Covert and (erroneously, we believe) John Walker Stoughton. See John Stoughton for discussion. The site also gives for Euphema/Massey a marriage date of before 1825, a notation of "separation from Robert Logan, Jr" dated 21 Nov 1827, and a death date for Euphema/Massey of 1841. For Robert Logan Jr. it gives birthdate 1795 in Butler, PA, and death date 2 Jun 1840 in Cranberry, Butler Co. PA. Sources listed for Euphema/ Massey Stoughton are the 1810 & 1820 census for J. Stoughton family, & the 1830 & 1840 census for Robert Logan family. None of these census list wife or children's names, marriage or death dates, so sources for this information not specified. This site includes a photo portrait of Eliza Jane Logan |
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1179872&pid=-1793520105 |
| W2 | RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hopkins-Bowen ,ID: I01199 Adaline Logan; owner Patricia Hopkins Adaline Logan, daughter of Robert Logan and Euphama Stoughton, married to Thomas J. Ross. Daughter Katherine Sibyla Ross (1869 - 1901), buried Franklin, PA; in 1885, at Franklin, Schools Co. (sic) PA, married Samuel P. Anderson (b. 1863 in Lawyer(sic), Venango Co. PA) Only sources offered are other FTW family trees. |
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3264243&id=I01199 |
Conjecture
Sources supplied by Marc Flitch below:
Sources for Websites W1 & W2
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| F1 | 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 Flitsch 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. |
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| 13 | Gravestone transcriptions,Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion borough, Linn Co., IA. Transcribed Sept 2008 by Marc Flitsch. Inscriptions on 3 sides of obelisk:
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| 7 | Gravestone of Eliza Jane Stoughton (McGowan), presumably at Marion Twp., Linn Co., Iowa. Location not given. Photo at source W-1, see below.
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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, Buffalo Twp., Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg 28. Date of census 16 Aug 1850. Lines 34-39: John Wear, 71, farmer, $4500 real property, b. Ireland; Jane, 58; Alfred, 26, farmer; Jane, 24; Mary A. Logan, 15; John Wear, 4. All except elder John Wear born in PA. Mary A. Logan (and possibly the younger Jane Wear) could be children of Euphamia Stoghton and Robert Logan |
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Research Wishlist
- Find in the 1850 census a family of Logan children, ages appropriately matched to the 9 daughters of Robert Logan in the 1840 census.
- Obituary for Eleana Logan or other Logan child
