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JOHN G. LOGAN.     One of the native sons of Champaign county who holds precedence as one of its influential and successful farmers is Mr. Logan, whose valuable landed estate is located in section 22, Urbana township.  He was born in this township, on the 15th of October, 1835, being a son of Elijah Logan, who was born in Kentucky, whence his father, Samuel Logan, removed to Ohio in the year 1812, locating in Urbana township, this county, where he took up a quarter section of government land in what is now section 21, and here his death occurred in the following year.  His son Elijah was reared on this pioneer homestead, which has thus been owned by the family for three generations, the same being now an integral portion of the line estate of the subject of this review, in this township was solemnized the marriage of Elijah Logan to Miss Roxaline Powell, who was born in this township, being a daughter of Samuel Powell, who came from his native state of Kentucky to Champaign county in 1806, becoming one of the first settlers in Urbana township.  The mother of our subject died at the age of fifty years, and her husband passed away when about sixty years of age.  He was originally a Whig and later a Republican in politics and was one of the prominent men of his township, where he held various official positions.  His wife was a devoted member of the Baptist church. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom seven attained maturity, while only three are living at the present time, namely: Samuel, who is a resident of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois; Adell, who resides in Kansas; and John G., the subject of this sketch and now the only member of the family in the county.      Mr. Logan was reared. on the old homestead and his early educational advantages were such as were afforded in the district schools.  With the exception of two years, which he passed in Kentucky, he has passed his entire life in this county and has been consecutively identified with agricultural pursuits.  In 1862 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary A. (Rohrer) Blose, who was born in Mad River township, this county, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Loudenback) Rohrer, who were representatives of two of the early pioneer families of the county, the father having come from Pennsylvania and the Loudenback family from Virginia.  Our subject and his wife have four children, namely: Emma Edith, who is the wife of John L. Wioodburn, of Urbana; Ethelbert R., who married Annette Bailey and resides in this township; Edna Esther, who remains at the parental home; and John Earl, who married Clara Obers and lives in this township.      Our subject has resided on his present homestead from his youth up, and is now one of the most extensive land-holders in the county, having at the present time a landed estate of one thousand acres and being one of the most influential and successful farmers of this section of the state.  He has one of the finest residences in the county, the dwelling having been remodeled in 1887, while other additions were made at a later date, so that it is specially spacious and attractive.  In politics Mr. Logan is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and is field in the highest confidence and esteem in the county where he has passed practically his entire life. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 420

J. V. Longfellow

JOSEPH V. LONGFELLOW, M. D.    The profession of medicine, while a very inviting field for the student and the humanitarian, is one that demands much self-abnegation, the exercise of repression and the sacrificing of the ordinary methods of securing personal advancement.  It is one of the noblest of all vocations, one of the most responsible and exacting and is the one, above all others. which, while it must needs be prosecuted for legitimate gain, is in its very nature nearest to beneficent charity.  One of the prominent representatives of this noble calling in Champaign county is Dr. Joseph V. Longfellow, of Urbana, who is a member of a family that has been identified with the annals of Ohio history from the early pioneer epoch.  Thus there is peculiar propriety in making definite record concerning this honored citizen and able physician, who is a native son of Champaign county.      Joseph Valentine Longfellow was born on a farm in Concord township, this county, on the 21st of March, 1858, being the eldest of the four children of Silas N. and Minerva A. (Russell) Longfellow.  The other three children are Mary E., now the wife of H. H. Brower, of Dayton, Ohio; Margaret W., wife of S. M. Green, of Urbana, Ohio; Victor O., who is completing his medical studies with his brother, the subject of this sketch, and who will graduate at the coming session of college.  Silas M. Longfellow was born in Concord township, Champaign county, on the 5th of June, 1834, being the son of Joseph and Martha (Hull) Longfellow.  Joseph Longfellow was born in the state of Delaware, on the 9th of November, 1760, and was there reared to maturity.  In May, 1805, he became a resident of Ohio, coming to Champaign county and entering claim to one hundred and sixty acres of government land in section 15, Concord township, reclaiming the same from the sylvan wilds and there improving a good farm, which continued to be his home during the residue of his life.  He attained a patriarchal age, his death occurring in the year 1865, at the age of nearly one hundred years.  His first presidential vote was cast for General Washington, and thereafter he exercised his franchise at each successive presidential election, his last vote being cast in support of Abraham Lincoln, at the time of his second election to the presidency.  Joseph Longfellow was thrice married, his first union having been with Miss Teresa Merida, who passed away less than a year after her marriage.  About seven years later he wedded Miss Mary Fowler, who bore him thirteen children, her death occurring in the year 1822.  In 1826 he consummated his third marriage, being then united to Mrs. Martha (Hull) Crow, the widow of Joseph Crow, to whom she bore six children, one dying in infancy.  She was a native of Virginia, whence she accompanied her parents on their removal to Ohio in the early pioneer days, the family settling near Chillicothe.  By her marriage to Joseph Longfellow she became the mother of six children, of whom five survived her, and at present three are living.  Lemuel U., David and Silas N.   She passed away in 1864, at the age of sixty-eight years.  Silas N. Longfellow has devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, and now resides on his homestead farm, of sixty-five acres, in Concord township.  In politics he is a Republican and one of the honored and influential citizens of his native county.  Possessed of high musical talent he has been a successful instructor in this art, to which he has long been devoted.  In 1857 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Minerva A. Russell, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio, on the 27th of May, 1839, the daughter of Valentine Russell, one of the pioneers of this section of the Buckeye state.      Dr. Joseph V. Longfellow was reared under the sturdy discipline of the old home farm, and is indebted to the public schools for his early educational training.  Later he was for five years a student in- the Ohio Wesleyan University, in the city of Delaware, where he practically completed his prescribed course, though failing health prevented him from fully completing his work and thus graduating in the institution.  After recuperating his energies he entered vigorously and enthusiastically upon the study of medicine, and in order to thoroughly fortify himself for his chosen profession he finally was matriculated in the Miami Medical College, in Cincinnati. where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1886.  He soon afterward entered upon the active practice of medicine at Eris, Champaign county, where he continued for four years, at the expiration of which he located in Urbana, where he has ever since been in active practice. having been very successful and holding a supporting patronage of representative order, while he is held in the highest esteem in both professional and social circles, his popularity being based upon his integrity of character, his genial and sympathetic temperament, his professional ability and his power of looking on the bright side of life.  The Doctor is a member of the Champaign County Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and keeps in close touch with the advances made in his profession through careful study and investigation and through courteous and appreciative association with his professional confreres.  In politics he exercises his franchise in support of the Republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 286