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Franklin G. Logsdon Independence
Township, Jasper County, has no more progressive or public-spirited citizen than
Franklin G. Logsdon, a man who merits the confidence that is reposed in him by
all who know him owing to his life of industry and uprightness.
He is first and primarily an agriculturist, owning one of the choice
farms of the community at Ira, which he has successfully operated for many
years, but at present he is engaged in the free rural mail delivery, in which he
is giving both the people and the department eminent satisfaction. Mr. Logsdon was born in Independence
Township, this County, on June 14, 1873, and here he grew to manhood and
received his education and with the exception of four years spent in Crawford
County, Iowa, he has been a continuous resident here. He is the son of Benjamin Franklin Logsdon and Celia Jane
Logsdon, the father a native of Kentucky, and they reside at present
in Marshalltown, Iowa. There were nine children in the Logsdon
family, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, named as follows: H. W. lives
in Crawford County, Iowa; Mrs. Mary A. Rees died in May 1904; Franklin G., of
this sketch; Charles S. lives in Jasper County; Mrs. Luella J. Sissel lives at
Bondurant; Mrs. Jessie Maude Kienzle, of Garwin. Iowa; three children died in
infancy. Franklin G. Logsdon was married on September
16, 1896, to Alice B. Cross, who was born in Jasper County, Iowa,
September 26, 1877; here she grew to womanhood, was educated and has always
resided. She
is the daughter of Samuel W. and Melissa (Hefner) Cross, both of whom live in
Baxter. There were eight
children in the Cross family, seven of whom are living at this writing. To Mr. and Mrs. Logsdon have been born five children, three of whom are living, namely: S. B., born July 10, 1897, died October 26th of the same year; Doris L., born October 25, 1900, died May 1, 1907; Claude, born January 6, 1903; Blanche, born February 18, 1907; Maude, born September 19, 1909. . Mr. Logsdon conducted a butcher shop two
years in Baxter and for an equal length of time in Ira. On April 1, 1904, he received the appointment as rural mail
carrier on route 1, at Ira, this County, and he has continued to discharge the
duties of the same to the present time. The
farm which he and his wife own consists of one hundred and five acres in
Independence Township, is well improved and kept under a good state of
cultivation, and they have a modern home in every respect.
Politically, Mr. Logsdon is a Republican. He belongs to the Modern
Woodmen of America, Ira Camp No. 5660, at Ira, and he affiliates with the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1101. |
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