Brief Life History of Martha Susan
When Martha Susan Logsdon was born on 12 May 1870, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, Albert E Logsdon, was 44 and her mother, Angeline Cash, was 39. She married Josiah Saul Thompson on 13 April 1890, in Scott, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Howard, Elk, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Magisterial District 4, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 11 January 1948, in Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Mary E Logsden, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Susan Logsdon - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Martha Susan Logsdon
- Martha Susan Logston, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1875
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Elk, Kansas, United States
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
Name Meaning
English (Bedfordshire): habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps in Bedfordshire, apparently called something like Lockesden. The etymology of the placename cannot be certain, but it may derive from an Old English personal name Locc (genitive Locces) + Old English denu ‘valley’.
History: A William Logsden is recorded in Somerset County, MD, tax rolls in the late 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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