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 LOGAN

LOMAX

On her return to the United States in 1895, she resumed her journalistic career and returned to the lecture phitforni, her successful lecture sub- jects including: "The Life of Queen Victoria" and •* The Newspaper Office as a place for Girls." She is the author of : Photographs of Paris Life (1861); Chateau Frissac (1865); Women and The- atres {\9Q9); Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes: a Book about the Show Business (1870); The Mimic World (1871); Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (1872); They Met by Chance (1873); and a dramatization of Wilkie Clollins's "Armadale" (1869); the comedy Swr/, or Life at Long Branch produced by Daly (1870) ; and a metrical transla- tion of Francois Coppee's '* Le Passant ", produced at the Princess theatfe, London (1887).

LOGAN, Stephen Trigs, jurist, was born in Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 24, 1800 ; son of David and Mary (Trigg) Logan ; grandson of Col. John and Jane (McClure) Logan, and of Col. Stephen

and (Christian) Trigg and a descendant

of David Logan, an Irishman who settled in Pennsylvania and subsequently removed to Au- gusta county, Va. He attended school in Frank- fort, Ky., studied law under Judge Christopher Tompkins at Glasgow, Ey., in 1817 and was ad- mitted to the bar. He was married in 1823 to America J., daughter of William Bush of Glas- gow, Ky., and secondly to a sister of Justice John BIcKinley of the U.S. supreme court. He served as attorney for the commonwealth and practised in Barren county, 1821-31. He lost his property, accumulated by hia practice, through security debts, and in 1833 engaged in law practice at Springfield, 111. He was judge of the Sangamon circuit district, 1835-B7 ; was elected a second time but declined to serve ; practised law with E. D. Baker, 1837-41, and with Abraham Lincoln, 1841-44, and later with his son-in-law Milton Hay. He waa a representative in the Illinois legi9lature,1843-48 and 1854-56 and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1847. He was a defeated candidate for representative in congress in 1848, owing to his opposition to the war with Mexico. He was a delegate for the state at large to the Republican national conven- tion in 1860, and a commissioner to the national peace convention of 1861, at Washington, where he urged an honorable compromise. A memorial of his life and character was issued from the Springfield press in 1880. He died in Springfield, 111.. July 17, 1880.

LOGAN, William, jurist, was born in the fort at Harrod's Fort. Ky., Dec. 8, 1776; son of Benja- min and Ann (Montgomery) Logan. William was said to be the first male child born in Ken- tucky. He passed his early childhood in the fort at St. Asaphs, removed to Shelby county with his jarents al)out 1800 and became a lawyer. He represented Lincoln county in the second consti-

tutional convention at Frankfort, Aug. 17, 1799, and settled in the practice of law in Shelby county. He represented both Lincoln and Shelby counties in the Kentucky legislature, and served as speaker of the house, 1803-06, and 1808-09. He w^as appointed by Governor Scott judge of the Kentucky court of appeals, serving 1808-12 ; was a presidential elector in 1809, 1813, and in 1817 ; and was elected U.S. senator from Kentucky in 1819. He resigned in 1820 to become a candidate for governor but was defeated in the election by John Adair, and again represented Shelby county in the state legislature in 1821. He married a daughter of Caleb Wallace of Woodford county. He died in Shelby county, Ky., Aug. 8, 1822.

LOMAX, John Tayloe, jurist, was born in Port Tobago, Caroline county, Va., Jan. 19, 1781 ; son of Maj. Thomas and Ann Corbin (Tayloe) Lomax; grandson of Lunsford and Judith (Micou) Lomax; great-grandson of John and Elizabeth ( Wormley) Lomax of Port Tobago, Caroline county, and greats-grandson of the Rev. John Lomax, born 1687, died at North Shields, England, 1694, and Catherine (Gray) Lomax, his wife. He was grad- uated from St. John's college, Annapolis, Md., in 1797, studied law in Annapolis, 1797-1801 ; was admitted to the bar in 1801, and settled in practice in Port Royal county. He was mar- ried July 25, 1805, to Charlotte B. Thornton of Mansfield, Va. He removed to Fredericksburg, Va., in 1805 ; settled in Menokin, Richmond coun- ty, in 1810 ; and returned to Fredericksburg in 1813. He was professor of law in the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1826-30, and associate justice of the general court of Virginia, 1830-38 and 1851-57, when he retired to private life. He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard in 1847. He is the author of : A Digest of the Laws respecting Real Property Oenerally Adopted and in Use in tlie United States (1839), and A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators Oen- erally in Use in the United States (1841). He died in Fredericksburg, Va.,Oct. 1, 1862.

LOMAX, Lunsford Lindsay, soldier, was born in Newport, R. I., Nov. 4, 1835 ; son of Maj. Mann Page and Elizabeth (Lindsay) Lomax ; grandson of Capt. William Lindsay of Lee's legion in the American Revolution, and a descendant of Sir Thomas Lunsford. He graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1856 and was assigned to the 2d cavalry, and transferred to the Ist cavalry, serving in the west. He resigned from the U.S. army in 1861, and waa appointed captain in the Virginia state forces. He entered the Confede- rate army as captain and assistant adjutant-gen- eral to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. April 29, 1861. He was promoted major, and assigned to duty with Gen. Ben McCulloch, and as lieutenant-colonel and inspector-general to Gen. Earl Van Dorn, in July, 1862. He was appointed colonel of the 11th