In 1886 he was appointed superintendent of schools by Governor Sam Hauser of the territory of Montana. Mr. Logan was married (first) at Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1884, to Miss Grace Southmayd, who was born at Columbus, Wisconsin, and she died April 2, 1892. On June 17 (or April), 1893, Mr. Logan married the sister of his first wife, Miss Bessie Southmayd, also a native of Wisconsin - History of Montana by Sanders. Arthur Charles Logan, a noted Shriner, with his sons Tom, Dick and Harry formed the Logan Children's Orchestra / Logan Orchestra - See Tales of the Town, Billings Gazette, January 6, 1933, p.7. Bessie (Southmaid?) Logan and the kids studied at the Chicago College of Music. Logan was a stockman. Mr. and Mrs. Logan were members of the Episcopal Church. He died November, 1916 and is buried at Mountview Cemetery.
Creator
Unknown
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Language
eng
Date Original
1900
Date (Unknown or Estimated)
Circa 1900
Subject (TGM)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Logan, Arthur Charles. Southmayd, Grace. Southmayd, Bessie. School superintendents. Freemasons. Ranchers--Montana.
Rights Management
Billings Public Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Billings Public Library.
Contributors
Parmly Billings Library
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 56,125,540 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 4120 x 5357 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
Date Digitized
2007-02-14
Relation
See Tales of the Town, Billings Gazette, January 6, 1933, p.7.
