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Alice <I>McIlvoy</I> Logsdon

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Alice McIlvoy Logsdon

Birth
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Death
1 Aug 1903 (aged 89–90)
Saint Francis, Marion County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Saint Mary, Marion County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hill R07L34G02
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Father, Alexander Daniel McIlvoy
Mother, Mary Magdalene McConley

Married William B Logsdon on June 2, 1840 in Springfield, Washington Co, KY.

Alice and her family arrived on the shores of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard the "North Star" out of Liverpool, England on 28 August 1818. Regardless of what Alice's headstone says, she was NOT born in 1818. She arrived in 1818 as did a younger sister. Her obit says she was 90 years old when she died in 1903. (b. 1812-1813)

In 1840, when Alice was about 27 years old she married William B. Logsdon. She was William's second wife. His first wife, Nancy Ann Worland, had been dead almost 2 years and William already had 10 children when he and Alice were married at St. Rose Church in Springfield. Before 1860 Alice would give William ten more children! Their large family lived for many years on a farm known as the Horse Shoe Bend Farm on the Little Beech River.


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Obit: Taken from "The News-leader" (Springfield, Kentucky) Thursday, August 6, 1903

The remains of Mrs. Alice McIlvoy Logsdon who died in Chicago, Ky., were brought to St. Mary's, Marion County last Monday for burial. She died on August 1st and was 90 years of age. The deceased had lived many years of her life in this county where she has children and grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces living. She was the sister of the late Daniel McIlvoy and widow of William Logsdon who lived for a number of years on the Little Beech in this county on the farm known as the Horse Shoe Bend farm. Mrs. Logsdon was born in Belfast, Ireland and came to this county at an early age. She was a woman of fine character and noted for her charity and kindness of heart.


Father, Alexander Daniel McIlvoy
Mother, Mary Magdalene McConley

Married William B Logsdon on June 2, 1840 in Springfield, Washington Co, KY.

Alice and her family arrived on the shores of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard the "North Star" out of Liverpool, England on 28 August 1818. Regardless of what Alice's headstone says, she was NOT born in 1818. She arrived in 1818 as did a younger sister. Her obit says she was 90 years old when she died in 1903. (b. 1812-1813)

In 1840, when Alice was about 27 years old she married William B. Logsdon. She was William's second wife. His first wife, Nancy Ann Worland, had been dead almost 2 years and William already had 10 children when he and Alice were married at St. Rose Church in Springfield. Before 1860 Alice would give William ten more children! Their large family lived for many years on a farm known as the Horse Shoe Bend Farm on the Little Beech River.


Read more: Alice McIlvoy Logsdon


Obit: Taken from "The News-leader" (Springfield, Kentucky) Thursday, August 6, 1903

The remains of Mrs. Alice McIlvoy Logsdon who died in Chicago, Ky., were brought to St. Mary's, Marion County last Monday for burial. She died on August 1st and was 90 years of age. The deceased had lived many years of her life in this county where she has children and grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces living. She was the sister of the late Daniel McIlvoy and widow of William Logsdon who lived for a number of years on the Little Beech in this county on the farm known as the Horse Shoe Bend farm. Mrs. Logsdon was born in Belfast, Ireland and came to this county at an early age. She was a woman of fine character and noted for her charity and kindness of heart.




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