The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-31

tho Cont and Register Of the Land Office
In pTeparlpg his papers. Those were not
The dsys Of blank forms for legal docn,;
ments Accordingly the irtheT dependcu
upon the dRuphter TO maxi copies LOT nm "a
While Mary Cunningham wSs thus AID
ing her father in his oaiclal duties John
Logan Wss Prosecuting Attorney Of tue
district. sHo had known Father OnnhipB,,
ham and was his warm friend. lie had
known the daughter as q little glu. Ia
1855 they were married and at once went
10 the Young attorneys home at benton,
Franklin County. Tho bride was ~
wears Of age, but her young lie had al
ready been one OF usefulness to her moth
or and OF great service TO her father, :, =,
The young wife Immediately installed
herself in the place OF companion anu
helpneet to her husband. She accom-
panied him on al his professional Jour;
news, an undertaking In those days Of
Wildsrnesses and no roads often rlquirlng
grest endurance and prlvation. In ls5t
the devoted vile saw her husband w
umphantly elected member o. the Legs,
latura, and in the famous Lincoln ana
Douglas Senatorial contest he was elected
az q Douglas Democrat to Congress- tn
ali those hard.fought political campaigns
the noble wife went with nor husband
sssistir 2 in much Of hia work Of CORES
pondenCs and copying, and frequently re-
eeiyipp his friends aud Conlerring with
them on the detaila Of the campaign
When Mr.. Logan went to Congress as
Representative Mrs. Logan went with MN
shs remained with hin In Washington
until tho outbreak Of the rebellion, Wheu
he resigned his seat in Congress 70 retprl
to Illinois to 60 into the service o. OH
country, .aM.
The war having commenced ana M
Logan having RACED Rad been assIH M !. =
the command Of the ThIEty'hEst 4llnpL
Volunteers, Mira, logan, Nlth her ON!
| living child, then 8 years old nov Afs
Tucker, raturnsd to her iathera, nome y
Marion, The Illinois troops having bsel
ordered into camp at Cairo, MTs, Loga'
ioined her husband thars, During IN
tie1ce battle OF Belmont Mira, Logon hear
the booming Of the guns scrcss the tpral'
flood OF the MisaiFsippl. In tho midst Q
paipfui and anxious suspense tor tho sale
" Of her own, OF whom she felt that II
yas In the thickest OF the ConHiCfI she CAV
q helping hand to the care OF the Wounds'
) and su asring podisrs as they were brouRA
back from that bloody field.
When the Amy entered upon tho lenh
essse River campaign Mrs. Logan agail
returned to her home, bat WHB eool
shocked by the news from Dons'son tGa
her husband had fallen Ut the head o. hl
charging column dangerously wounoeu
She hastGned to The scene to care ior ne
husband. For days 1t was struggle De
tween life and death. .,, oc
At Memphis, in the winter Of lSOz-O;
Mrs. Logan again j,iued her husband
now a General, and remained there qlll
he led his troops in the campaign Whlcl
unded in the surrender Of VicAs6urR'
J During thia time and until the end Q
the war Mrs. Logan remained ut Carbon
dale, where QUO OF tho Generals salar!
they had bought an unpretontious home
Upon his return from tho war Geneiia
Logan was nominated by RGClamaHon 10
ongresslnGn.at.L Large. After Ma election
Mrs, Logan returned to Washington AM
has been one Of the most promlnel
figures in Washington society ever since