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John Logan's Father was the Haudenosaunee Chief, Shikellamy of the Oneida Tribe. His mother was Neanoma a Cayuga, and step-mother was Tutelo. Shikellamy and Neanoma were married in New York State. A historical marker in Danby, New York, designates the "possible birthplace of Chief Logan (Tah-Gah-Jute)," and then quotes Logan's famous speech. [6]
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. ... Major John Hotaling served as his chief of staff. To confuse ...
Different versions of the massacre spread within days of the event. [8] By one account, Logan's sister frequently crossed the river to visit with Lucy Baker. [7] In other accounts, the Greathouse group lured the Mingo group under Taylaynee to the house of Joshua Baker, [9] near Yellow Creek, with a promise of liquor and a chance to play some sport.
My father was John Logan, Jr., a Cayuga, the only surviving child of Captain John Logan, the oldest son of Shikellamy. My mother was a daughter of the Seneca Chief Cornplanter. My father after retiring from the war path, settled at Cold Spring, in the Allegheny Reservation, in New York State, where he died in 1844 aged 100 years.
According to Logan's friend John Allen, Logan was of mixed-blood, and his Native mother, ( based on family history book, The Renick's of Greenbrier, Moluntha aka Joshua Renick was his father and Nonhelema, Chief Cornstalk's daughter, "The Grenadier Squaw," was his mother, see paintings city signs for both ), was related to Tecumseh.
John Logan (pioneer) (1747–1807), Indian fighter and first treasurer of the U.S. state of Kentucky John A. Logan (John Alexander Logan, 1826–1886), American soldier and politician John Alexander Logan Jr. (1865–1899), American United States Army major; posthumous Medal of Honor award
On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan issued a proclamation calling for "Decoration Day" to be observed annually and nationwide; he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of and for Union Civil War veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois. [46]
John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: Guwisguwi, lit. 'Mysterious Little White Bird'; October 3, 1790 – August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; he served longer in that position than any other person.