Biography of Dr. Cornelius Ambrosius Logan



Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. 

Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912.



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DR. CORNELIUS AMBROSIUS LOGAN was born in Deerfield, Mass., August 24, 1832. He was the son of Cornelius A. Logan, a 

pioneer theatrical manager in Cincinnati and one of the greatest comedians of his time. Doctor Logan's sisters were 

actresses of note in their day. He came to Kansas, settling at Leavenworth in February, 1857. In 1873 he was appointed 

United States minister to Chili, afterward was sent to Guatemala, and again to Chili in 1881, remaining there until 1883. 

For twelve years he was editor of the Leavenworth Medical Herald, and was a frequent contributor to medical journals all 

over the country. Doctor Logan organized the first grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Kansas. Subsequently he was grand master 

of the order, and finally became grand sire of the sovereign lodge. He was well known politically in the early days of the 

state. He died at Los Angeles, Cal., January 30, 1899.