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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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The Foster & Logan Hardware Company, Prescott, Ark., was organized in 1883, with W. Y. Foster as president, and B. H. Logan, secretary and treasurer. It was originated by Foster & McRae in 1880, and occupied a store on Main Street, nearly opposite the present location. At this time C. D. McSwain is president, and C. F. Wingfield, treasurer, elected January 1, 1890. Their present building (owned by the company) is a large two-story brick structure, 25x110. The second floor is devoted entirely to furniture. They carry a stock of hardware, furniture, agricultural implements, wagons, etc., valued at from $7,000 to $10,000, and do the largest business in Southern Arkansas. Mr. B. H. Logan, the secretary and manager of the Foster & Logan Hardware Company, is a native of Clark County, Ark., born in 1854. His parents, B. C. and Sarah H. (Chambless) Logan, had a family of eleven children, six of whom (four sons and two daughters) are still living, viz.: Thomas J., Benjamin H., Jacob C, Fletcher, Catherine (wife of J. B. Harwell, living near Okalona), and Sarah (wife of W. B. Lawley, residing on the old homestead). The Logan family, originally from Missouri, started for New Mexico in 1818, but on reaching Caddo Gap, Ark., their horses were stolen. Mr. Logan, the grandfather of our subject, and his eldest son started on a hunt for their stock, and in crossing the Ouachita River he was drowned. His body was afterward recovered, and is now buried in Caddo Gap. After this sad accident the family were unable to go farther, hence their settlement in Arkansas, which was a very wild country at that time, with but very few inhabitants. B. C. Logan, the father of our subject, came with his father to Arkansas in 1818, and settled first in what is known as Caddo Gap County, remaining there for some time. He subsequently removed to Clark County, about ten miles from Arkadelphia. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1888, in his seventy-ninth year. His wife died at the old homestead in 1886. The subject of this sketch was reared in Clark County, receiving his education in the common schools, until sixteen years of age, when he accepted a position as clerk for Doby & Paisley, continuing at this until 1879 and in the meantime making two crops. In 1879 he came to Prescott and entered the store of Hatley & Co., as clerk, remaining with them until 1883, when he entered the present firm as a stockholder, and is now general manager and secretary of the business. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Julia Orr, of Clark County, by whom he has two children: Samuel (now eight years of age), and Julia (a little Miss of four years). Mr. and Mrs. Logan are both church members, Mr. Logan worshiping at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and his wife at the Presbyterian Church.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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