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John Clement Jones “Clem” Logan

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John Clement Jones “Clem” Logan

Birth
Walcott, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Jul 1895 (aged 31)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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The body of Clem Logan, whose death occurred in Chicago, did not reach Davenport as was expected yesterday morning, but will be here this morning and the funeral held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of a sister, Mrs. W. H. Hitchcock, 2101 Main street. The deceased was the son of W.C. Logan, of Blue Grass, and for a number of years was night clerk at the postoffice under Postmaster De Amiond, He was afterwards mail clerk on the Rock Island, running from Chicago to Kansas City, and at the time of his death was in the same service, running between Chicago and Alton. He was 32 years of age and leaves a wife and a little daughter a year old. Three sisters and a brother also survive. Death was supposed to have been the result of a severe attack of typhoid fever, but later developments went to show that an accident had much to do with it. The body was kept another day in Chicago in order that a post mortem examination might, be held and the cause of death settled to the satisfaction of relatives and various insurance companies interested.

DAVENPORT DAILY LEADER, 7-21-1895, pg 11
The body of Clem Logan, whose death occurred in Chicago, did not reach Davenport as was expected yesterday morning, but will be here this morning and the funeral held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of a sister, Mrs. W. H. Hitchcock, 2101 Main street. The deceased was the son of W.C. Logan, of Blue Grass, and for a number of years was night clerk at the postoffice under Postmaster De Amiond, He was afterwards mail clerk on the Rock Island, running from Chicago to Kansas City, and at the time of his death was in the same service, running between Chicago and Alton. He was 32 years of age and leaves a wife and a little daughter a year old. Three sisters and a brother also survive. Death was supposed to have been the result of a severe attack of typhoid fever, but later developments went to show that an accident had much to do with it. The body was kept another day in Chicago in order that a post mortem examination might, be held and the cause of death settled to the satisfaction of relatives and various insurance companies interested.

DAVENPORT DAILY LEADER, 7-21-1895, pg 11


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