WILLIAM K. LOGEE
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172. William Kimball Logee
Born: 14 Jul 1846 Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
Died: 5 Dec 1919 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Married 1st: Emily Lucy Mason 8 Jan 1867 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
She Born: 1848 Rhode Island
She Died:13 Mar 1875 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
Married 2nd: Susan Elizabeth Mahrs 20 Jun 1876 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
She Born: 4 Aug 1852 Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
She Died: 9 Mar 1943 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Children of William Kimball Logee and Emily Mason:

William D. Logee born 16 Aug 1870; died 16 Jun 1952 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut; married Ida Criscilla James 20 Nov 1894

Children of William Kimball Logee and Susan Elizabeth Mahrs:

Jeanette Maude Logee born 30 Aug 1877 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut; died 7 Dec 1964 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; married Richard Merwin Cogan MD, about 1900

Old Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut
photographs taken Summer 1999

Personal Information:

William Kimball Logee was born 14 Jul 1846, at Danielson, Connecticut1;2;3. He was the son of James Kimball Logee and Julia Sparks. He worked for his father as a salesman in the bakery business prior to his marriage. During this period he was the superintendent of the Sunday School of the Westfield Congregational Church. He also learned the printer's trade at the Windham County Transcript, while living in Danielson. As a master printer he left Danielson and worked at the Post in Hartford, the Herald in New York, the Advertiser and Bulletin in Norwich, Conn, and other papers to 1869.

On 8 Jan 1867 he married Emily Lucy Mason in East Killingly4. Emily was born about 1848 in Rhode Island5. In 1869 they moved to Providence, Rhode Island where William carried on his printing trade. It was in Providence in 1870 she gave birth to a son, William D. Logee. Emily L. Logee was became a member of the Methodist church about the year 1860. Emily died 13 Mar 1875 in Providence6;7. The newspaper stated that she died of the Scourge of New England, which was a term used for consumption.

Following her death, William returned to Killingly with his young son, William D. Logee. William K.'s biographical sketches provide various occupations and involvements during this period. He apparently became the proprietor of the Windham County Press and a promoter for the Brooklyn and Wauregan brickyards. His other involvements included sponsoring the Lyceum Series of Lectures and Concerts in that area, and was for a brief time the financial secretary of the New York State Temperance Society, traveling and delivering addresses to large audiences. He also represented the large biscuit firm of Parks & Savage, in Hartford, Conn.

On 20 Jul 1876 William married Susan Elizabeth Mahrs at Killingly8. Susan was born 4 Aug 1852 in Franklin, Mass. she was the daughter of John and Elisa Parkhurst Mahrs9. The next year she gave birth to her daughter, Jeanette Maude Logee10. They remained in Connecticut through 188011. By 1890 they had moved to 71 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island12. William D. Logee was living in the family home and working as a gardener.

After 1900 their daughter J. Maude married Richard Merwin Cogan13. He would die a few years later in 1907, and J. Maude did not remarry and made her home with her parents14;15. On 5 Dec 1919, William K. Logee died from complications of diabetes in Providence16. He was buried by his first wife in Old Westfield Cemetery, in Danielson. Susan and her daughter lived together in Providence at least through 193017;18. Susan followed in death 9 Mar 1943 at Providence. She was buried in the family plot at Old Westfield Cemetery19;20.

Sources:

1. (Logee burials) Transcription and Photographs of Logee tombstones, Old Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, taken summer 1999

2. (William K. Logee biography) William K. Logee biographical sketch, author unknown, date unknown [possibly written by a descendant of this line]; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut

3. (William K. Logee biography) William K. Logee biographical sketch, The Historical, Statistical and Industrial, Connecticut Bus & Industrial Pamphlet in late 1800s; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut

4. (Logee-Mason marriage notice) W. K. Logee to Emily Mason marriage notice, Windham County Transcript, 10 Jan 1867, Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut [In East Killingly, Jan 8 by Rev. W. H. Stetson, Mr. W. K. Logee to Miss Emily L. Mason both of Killingly]; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut

5. (1870 US Census) William K. Logee household, 1870 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, 4th Ward pg 136 ln 25, taken 11 Jul 1870 [761-1171; William K. Logee 24, printer, $1000 personal, Conn; Mary L. 23 Keep house RI; Elizabeth B. Sevee 40, $2000 land, $3000 personal, Mass; Nellie Corregan 38, domestic servant, Ireland]; Ancestry.com

6. (Emily Mason Logee death) Emily Mason Logee death entry, Killingly VR, Vol 2 pg 354, Killingly Town Records, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Town Clerk

7. (Emily Logee obituaries) Emily L. Logee obituaries, Windham County Transcript, 18 Mar 1875 and 25 Mar 1875, Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut

8. (Logee-Mahrs marriage) Logee-Mahrs marriage, Killingly VR Vol 2 pg 386, Killingly Town Records, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Town Clerk

9. (Susan Logee obituary) Susan Logee obituary, Windham County Transcript, 11 Mar 1943, Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut

10. (Jeanette Maude Logee birth) Jeanette Maude Logee birth, Killingly VR Vol 2 pg 184, Killingly Town Records, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Town Clerk

11. (1880 US Census) William K. Logee household, 1880 US Census, population schedule, Connecticut, Windham Co, Killingly, Danielson Borough, Sup 2 pg 1 [William K. Logee age 34 cracker peddler, born Conn; Susan E. wife age 27 born Mass, Conn, Ireland; Willie D. age 9 RI; Maud age 2 Conn]; Ancestry.com

12. (1890 City Directory) William K. and William D. Logee entries, 1890 Providence City Directory, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island [William K. Logee 71 Cransotn; William D. Logee 71 Cranston, gardener]; Ancestry.com

13. (1900 US Census) William K. Logee household, 1900 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, ED 72 Sht 10 ln 46, at 81 Cranston [William K. Logee born Jul 1846, age 53, Conn; Susan E. wife born Aug 1853, age 46 Mass; Jeannette M. dau, born Aug 1877 age 22 Conn; Joseph B. Davis boarder, born May 1880, age 20 Iowa]; Ancestry.com

14. (Richard M. Cogan death index record) Richard M. Cogan death index record, Rhode Island State death index 1636-1930 [Richard M. Cogan d. Rhode Island, 3 Jan 1907 age 27, kin 1 Richard Cogan, kin 2 Virginia G. Cogan]; Ancestry.com

15. (1910 US Census) William K. Logee household, 1910 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Sup RI ED 203 Sht 4B written pg 3751 ln 68, taken 18 Apr 1910, at 382 Blackstone St [William K. Logee head, 63, 2nd marriage, married 33 yrs, Conn, RI, Conn, investment Agent, rents home; Susan E. wife, age 57, 1st marriage, married 33 years, 1 child, 1 living, Mass, Ireland English, Conn; Jeanette M. Cogan, daughter, 32, widow, Conn, Conn, Mass, cannot read occupation]; Ancestry.com

16. (William Logee death) William K. Logee death entry, Rhode Island deaths, City of Providence, Providence County, year 1919 pg 269 no. 28 [William Kimball Logee, died 5 Dec 1919 Providence, RI., age 73y 4m 21d, res 151 Federal; died at Butler Hospital; occupation Appliances, Inventor Boiler, born Danielson, parents James K. and Julia M. burial Danielson, Conn, informant Mrs. R.M. Cogan, daughter; cause Diabetes Melitus, physician A.R. Ruggles]; Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island

17. (1920 US Census) Susan E. Logee household, 1920 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Sup RI, ED 231 Sht 1A ln 34, taken 2 Jan 1920 [6-11; Susan E. Logee, head, widow, 68, Mass, Mass, Mass; J. Maude Cogan widow, dau, 42, Conn, Conn, Mass, teacher ------- school]; Ancestry.com

18. (1930 US Census) Susan E. Logee household, 1930 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Sup RI, ED 4-149 Sht 14B ln 66, taken 7 Apr 1930, at 137 Camp St [219-221; Susan E. Logee, head, widow, $150 value rents, 77, Mass, Ireland free state, Conn; J. Maude Cogan single, dau, 52, Conn, Conn, Mass, teacher, public school; Fay, niece-in-law 21 Conn, RI, Conn]; Ancestry.com

19. (Susan Mahrs Logee death record) Susan E. Logee death record, Rhode Island deaths, Providence County, Providence, [Susan Logee died 9 Mar 1943, parents Johns Mahrs of Dublin, Ireland and Eliza Parkhurst of Franklin, Mass, age at death 90y 7m 5d, born 4 Aug 1852, cause bronchial Pneumonia, residence 170 Doyle Ave, Providence; Funeral home carpenter-Jenks, Buried Westfield cem, in Danielson; informant J. Maude Cougan] Rhode Island State Archives, Providence, Rhode Island

20. (Susan Logee obituary) Susan Logee obituary, Windham County Transcript, 11 Mar 1943, Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut; Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, Connecticut