The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-26
PRICE THREE CENTS
MRS. LOGAN.

The most enthusiastic woman supporter Of
Republican ticket is Mrs. John A, Logan. And
she is ready aud able 10 do great work in the
campaign. 1t has been said time and again
that Mrs Logan writes her husbands speeches.
that she aids her lord and master ont OF the
grammatical meshes which grow thick and last
over neglected education. Whether this be
true or no those who know Mrs. Logan best
know well educated and modest woman
whose love for her husband is as strong to-day
as when in his earlier and poorer days she be-
came his wife.
The American ancestry of Mrs Logan goes
back TO sturdy Irish settler OF Virginia and q
French pioneer OF Louisiana. Her great-grGnd-
father, Robert Cunningham, of Virginia, was
soldier OF the war tor Independence, after
which he removed to Tennessee, thence to
Alabama and thence TO Illinois, when still
Territory, and there manumitted his slaves.
Her father, Capt, John NJ, Cunningham, served
in the fierce Black Hawk war. He was
member OF the Legislature Of Illinois in 1915
and fG and served in the Mexican war Her
mother was Miss Elizabeth Fontaine, of dis
tinguished family OF that name which had ar
rived IN Louisiana during tho French occu,
nancy Of that country and had theuce journeyed
up the Mssiss ppi river and settled in Missouri.
1t was here that John Cunningham met
his bride, and it was near the present village
of Sturgeon, then known as Petersburg in
Boone County, Mo-, that Mary Simmerson
Logan was born, on August 10th, 1888.
When she was one year old her parents re-
moved to Illinois and settled at Marion, in
Williamson County. 1t was here that the
mother and her Oldest daughter, then but
nine years old, shared the dangers Of frontier
home and the cares and solitude of growing
family, when the husband and father went
forth to fight the battles of his country upon the
parched plains of Mexico and braved the trial,
and privatlons of miners life in the sierras of
California. This courageous and dutitul little
girl relieved her mother, who was not strong,i
OF IN st OF the house old work. and still found
time 10 attend the primitive school ofthe neigh
borhood and train herself in useful needlework.
The father felt Just pride in his eldest
daughter The assistance which she had
rendere her mother during his long absence
in Mexico and California had even more closely
endeared her to his heart, and her love OF study
had prompted him to give part of his income
to her proper education Accordingly, in 1858
the daughter was sent to the Convent of st.
Vincent, near Moreanfield, KY, branch Of the
Nazareth Institute the oldest institution OF the
kind in the country. This was the nearest
educational establishment of sufficient advance
ment in the higher branches of knowledge
The young lady was reared Baptist; after her
marriage she joined the Methodist Church, the
church of the Logan family. Having graduated
in 1850. Miss Cunningham returned to her
fathers home at Shawneetown. in her young
er days, when a mere child, she had aided her
father as Sheriff of the county, Clerk of the
Court and Register of the Land Office in pre-
pairing his papers. Those were not the days of
blank forms for legal documents Accordingly
the father depended upon the daughter to make
copies for him. While Mary Cunningham was
tbis i1ip0 thop in his official 6rtins .Tphn
Logan was prosecuting attorney Of he district.
He had known Father Cunningham and was
his warm friend He had known the daughter
as a little girl. In 1866 they were married and
at once wen; to the Young attorneys home at
Benton, Franklin county. The BRIDE was Is
years of age, but the yonng life had already
been one Of usefulness to her mother and OF
great service to her father
The young wife Immediately installed her
set>in the place OF companion and lpmeet to
her husband. She accompanied him on all his
professional journeys, an undertaking in tho q
days of wilde nesses and no roads often requir-
ing great endurance and prvation. In 1856
the devoted wife saw her husband triumphant-
ly elected member of the Legisl ture, and in
the famous Douglas and Lincoln Senatorial
contest he was elected as Douglas democrat
to Congress In all these hard-fJught POLITICAL
campaigns the noble wife went wi h her hus-
Ddlu, dsSlstlliS III 11UcIl Ol HIS WOTk Ol cOTIeS-
pGndence and copying, and frequently receiv-
ing his friends and comforting with them on the
details of the campaign. Wh,n Mr.. Logan
came to Congress as a representative Mrs.
Logan came with him. She remained with
him in Washington until the outbreak Of the
rebellion, when he resigned his seat in Con-
gress to return to Illinois to go into the service
OF his country. The war having commenced
and Mr.. Logan having raised and been assign
ed to the command of the Thirty first Volun-
tcers, Mrs. Logan, with her child, then years
old (now Mrs. 1ucker) returned to her fathers
home at Marion The Illinois troops having
been ordered into camp al CAIRO Mrs. Logan
joined her husband there. During the ferce
battle Of Belmont Mrs. Logan heard the boom
ing OF the guns across the turgid flood of the
Mississippi. In the midst of painful and
anxious suspense for the safety of her own, OF
whom she felt that he was in the thickest OF
the conflict, she gave helping hand to the care
of the wounded and suffering soldiers as they
were brought back from that bloody field.
When the army entered upon the Tennessee
river campaign Mrs. Logan again returned TO
her home, but was soon shocked by the news
from Donelson that her husband had fallen at
the head OF his charging columns, dangerously
wounded. She fastened to the TO cars
for her husband. For days it was struggle
| between ie and DEATH At Memphis, in the
winter of 1923, Mrs. Logan gain joined her
husband now general, and remained there
| until he led his troops i'll the campaign which
ended in the surrender OF Vick,bmg DuIing
this me and to the end ofthe war Mrs. Logan
remained at Carbondale, where, out of the
generals salary, they had bought an unpreten-
| tious home. Upon his return from the war
Gen. Logan was nominated by acclamatiol for
Congres.man-at-l large. After his election Mrs.
Logan returned to Washington and hes been
one of the prominent figures in Washington So
ciety ever since. The arduou' work OF the ap-
preaching campaign will find Mrs. Logan again
eXerting all her genius for the success of her
! husband and with that the success OF the Re-
publican ticket The mass OF correspondence
pouring in from day to day she dispatches with
her own hands and the aid Of stenographer.
She also lends her presence to the numero1,
visits of congratulaton from committees and
INDIVIDUALS from all parts of the country-.N
Y. Mail Express.
SENTENCED BY A JURY,