James Harvey Logan
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James Harvey Logan (1841-1928) was a judge in Santa Cruz, California.
Besides business interests Logan served as District Attorney in the 1870s and as a Superior Court Judge during the 1880s and 1890s. It is probable that the loganberry originated from his garden and was therefore named after him.
Logan was elected District Attorney on 1875-09-01. He had been endorsed by both the Democrats and the Independent ticket.[1] He had previously served as District Attorney in 1872 and 1873. Logan was subsequently elected to the Superior Court and served several terms as judge, from 1880 to 1884 and from 1893 to 1897.
Logan built the Brookdale Lodge on the site of the Grover Lumber Mill in the 1890s, purchased the Brookdale Town Site in 1902, put in a wagon road and had a cottage built in 1905, and had lots laid out in 1907. His wife died at Brookdale on 1909-07-13. He sold the land to John DuBois for a subdivision by 1911.
Logan married M.E. Couson on 1910-08-01; they had a daughter on 1911-08-14. Although Logan moved to Oakland, California in 1913, he continued business activity in the Santa Cruz area, building a new store in 1915.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Santa Cruz Sentinel 1875-09-11 3:3-4 “Official Election Returns of Santa Cruz County” in Biography of Stephen Mallory White, "Transcriber’s Notes for Letter D," Hihn-Younger Archive, University of California at Santa Cruz Internet Archive update of 2005-01-10 accessed 2007-01-17
- ^ Santa Cruz Public Library, "Mountain Echo Index, 1896--1916" Accessed 2007-01-17
