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LOGUE, JOHN C., farmer; residence, Clayton. His father was a native of Pickaway Co., Ohio, and his mother, Elizabeth (Mahan) Logue, was a native of Brook Co., West Virginia, in which county he was born, Feb. 17, 1842. He came from there to Clayton, Adams Co., Ill., in 1855, where he has since lived. His only educational advantages were such as the district schools afford. He entered the United States army in the war of the Rebellion, as a private in Co. I. 84th Regt. Ill. Inf., in August, 1862; was promoted to Corporal before going to the front; to 4th Sergeant in November of that year; to 2nd Lieutenant, in Feb. 1863, and to 1st Lieutenant in March. He resigned from disability in Dec. 1863. He married Francina Campbell, Dec. 17, 1867. She was born in Prebel Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1845. They have four children: Jessie W., Mary C., Wilbur C., and Laura Belle. He has held the office of Town Trustee, was Chairman of that Board, and was the Green back candidate for Representative to the Illinois Legislature. He and wife are both members of the Baptist church, and he is a member of the Masonic Order and of the A. O. U. W. He lives in a residence that cost $5,000, and owns twenty acres in the corporation of Clayton.