-- The grandparents of the lone teenage survivor of a Houston massacre are "in awe" of her courage that allowed her to call the police . Logan and Michael Cresap resolved their differences after Cresap proved that he was innocent of the massacre of Logan's people. He was often the winner of foot races, wrestling matches, shooting contests and running the gauntlet, a practice among the natives where a man will run through two lines of other men with clubs or firebrands. Excerpted from the account: . The story of the Spicer Massacre is one of great interest to the descendents of the Greene County's original settlers. The remaining Indians also were shot or tomahawked. Shortly after the murders, Charlie's brother, Marion Lawson, opened the home on Brook Cove Road as a tourist attraction. It worked. Betsy still holding her iron grabbed Williams hand with her free hand and fled through the backdoor of the cabin into the forest. I think iam a Spicer descendant threw nona Spicer on my mother side born in west Virginia please contact me with furthet info at ptknight@live.com, Just discovered I am a direct descendant of Betsy, she was my 6th great grandmother on my mothers side. I am a direct descendant of Elizabeth Spicer Bowen. Fox News Channel premieres Lara Logan Investigates: Mexican Mormon Massacre Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. Stout is implying that Stacy was either the killer, or colluded with Scott and then turned on him. I am interested in any family history available. [citation needed]. It's located about 5 miles N of Lexington, take Rt. He waited for them by the tobacco barn until they were in range, shot them with a 12-gauge shotgun, then ensured that they were dead by bludgeoning them. He identified Logan as James Logan, also known as Soyechtowa and Tocanioadorogon. On October 5, 1878, still in the midst of unpacking their belongings, the Dowdy family was going about their normal day. Myers shot and killed the Indian. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Logan families in 1840. Thank you! The remainder of Logan's life is shrouded in obscurity. Sheri had tried and failed to have Sharyl removed as the executor of the will. Settlers along the frontiers realized that these killings were likely to provoke the remaining Native nations of the Ohio and Monongahela River regions to attack. Logan was not present in the area when the massacre took place, and was summoned to return by runners. It was not until the book White Christmas, Bloody Christmas[5] was published in 1990 that a claim of Charlie sexually abusing Marie surfaced, beginning with an anonymous source who heard a rumor during a tour of the Lawson home shortly after the murders. They were his ex-wife's family. Children, by tradition, took the clan or tribe of the mother. I wonder if you know of a way to obtain a copy. Each Spring, thousands of wagon trains left for California, and the story of the Arkansas Emigrants and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, has incorrectly morphed into one large, all-inclusive, "Baker-Fancher" Train whose members all departed from Bellers Stand/Milum Springs, in Carroll County, Arkansas at the same time. I too would love to obtain a copy of the family book! Police have called the Gee family murders a "brutal homicide." The article doesnt say! A police officer who was with Arthur ran down to discover Lawson's body along with letters to his parents. Ancestors at that time could be listed in Virginia or Pennsylvania. Colombia wants to deport "cocaine hippos" to stop them from multiplying How does a person shoot themselves from behind and above an ear with a freaking rifle?? Michael Myers of Washington County, Pennsylvania, to guide them over to the west side of the Ohio River where they wished to travel up Yellow Creek and examine some land a few miles from the stream's confluence with the Ohio. "[2] Logan the orator has been variously identified as Tah-gah-jute, Tachnechdorus (also spelled "Tachnedorus" and "Taghneghdoarus"), Soyechtowa, Tocanioadorogon, the "Great Mingo",[3] James Logan, and John Logan. That is a horrible comment thread. "Only several hundred yards distant" that the last massacre occurred, where Jane Logan McKee lost her life. ", The frightened settlers were more than warranted in their apprehension. After the murders, he went into the nearby woods and, several hours later, shot himself. Matewan, WV 25678. Funeral of the slain Lawson family in Germanton, North Carolina, in 1929. Summary: This photo shows a group of people gathered to place a memorial stone at the site of the German family massacre in Logan County, Kansas. Probably both. He called out the local militia, ordered needed repairs to Fort Dunmore, and sent a party of soldiers to patrol the Ohio River below Pittsburgh, hoping to engage and defeat one of the hostile bands that roamed the area. Crawford County Historical Society President Dennis Roedmeier is also author of Death of Innocence. The historical short story recounts the 1886 Logan Family Massacre and its aftermath. They'd tie up Ashley and demand a ransom. He was a large, strong man, not dark in color, and with grey eyes. Greentree Learning Center recently invited Missouri S&T Miner basketball players Michael Appiah-Brefo and Lovell Williams to come play basketball with preschoolers as part of its continuing effort to build and sustain relationships with people and organizations within our community. Among the dead were several members of Logan's immediate family, including his mother and brother. John was the oldest of the siblings. He was a great man for work. With the Logan County Sheriffs office neighbouring the Shafer farm, police response was swift. He led raids throughout the upper Ohio Valley and into the Monongahela Valley. On the morning of November 4, 2019, dozens of men armed with assault rifles positioned themselves for an ambush along a dirt path through Sonora, Mexico, 70 miles from the US border. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, NearNewell in Hancock County, West Virginia , Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2011, Logan Massacre. I'd be happy to hear from Joshua and heather if possible. His pacific outlook was changed in the spring of 1774, when a party of white settlers massacred eight Indians at Baker's Tavern across from Yellow Creek. A group of Virginia Long knives led by Daniel Greathouse murdered a number of Mingo, among them Logan's brother (commonly known as John Petty) and at least two other close female relatives, one of them pregnant and caring for an infant daughter. But in early May, a group of Virginians, led by Daniel Greathouse, methodically lured ten members of the Mingo village to Baker's trading post where, over the course of the afternoon, they were murdered. They had said nothing about the weapon used or a possible motive. A few details seem to be off in the 1950 article but this not surprising because the 1950 report was written before the web and the author may not have had access to the more accurate account in the "WVgenWeb.org" link. Stella said that she had overheard Fannie's sisters-in-law and aunts, including Stella's mother, Jettie Lawson, discussing how Fannie had confided in them that she had been concerned about an "incestuous relationship" between Charlie and Marie. The attack was swift and brutal. In 1929, days prior to Christmas, Lawson (age 43) took Fannie (his wife age 37) and their seven children, Arthur (age 19), Marie (age 16), Carrie (age 12), Maybell (age 7) James (age 4) Raymond, (age 2) and Mary Lou (age 4 months) into town to buy new clothes and to have a family portrait taken. As they left the cabin, the Mingo tribesmen found Job still a field and killed him then took his scalp. James Logan, also called John Logan, original name Tah-Gah-Ute, (born c. 1725, probably at Shamokin [now Sunbury], Pennsylvania [U.S.]died 1780, near Lake Erie), prominent Indian leader, whose initial excellent relations with white settlers in Pennsylvania and the Ohio Territory deteriorated into a vendetta after the slaughter of his family in On 29 July a row broke out over a trivial matter: damage to a stereo that Logan was blamed for. It was the noise from their frightened pleas that alerted the Mingo warriors to their whereabouts. View of the historical marker looking north along state route 2, with a distant view of the Mountaineer Casino across the street. Following a prevailing Native American practice, the young man who would become Logan the Mingo took the name "James Logan" out of admiration for his father's friend.[4]. Hello, I am searching for my 4th great grandfather. The Logan family is one of the most important families on the CBS soap 'The Bold and the Beautiful'. He says: Last Friday was two weeks ago (October 21), Logan, a famous chief went home with a little boy, a son of Roberts on . Logan's father Chief Shikellamy, who was Oneida, worked closely with Pennsylvania official James Logan to maintain the Covenant Chain relationship with the colony of Pennsylvania. Today, Nathaniel Tomlinson, Baker's brother-in-law, was more generous than usual with his liquor and eventually invited the Indians to take part in a shooting match. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says, Colombia wants to deport "cocaine hippos" to stop them from multiplying, Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murders of wife and son, How a tragic boating crash is connected to the family of Alex Murdaugh, October 8, 2009 - Nicole Gee Defends Ex-Husband Christopher Harris, Accused of Killing Her Family, September 22, 2009 - Beason, Illinois Killer Slays Five but a Child Survives. It would appear from the linked article that she called her step sister, who then came to the house and the step sister called police. In 1918, following the move of his younger brothers Marion and Elijah to the Germanton area, Lawson followed suit with his family. As soon as the gun was fired, Marie, who was inside, screamed, while the two small boys, James and Raymond, attempted to find a hiding place. Until I watched the documentary I thought she'd been shot through the neck. When my grandfather was old he came to this Reservation, where he lived with my father until his death. LINCOLN, Ill. (CBS/AP) Indictments released Wednesday claim two brothers, Christopher and Jason Harris, armed with a tire iron broke into a family's home in Beason, Ill. to rob them and assault a teenage girl before beating five people to death. 37.622688, -82.168712. Although Baker was not present, by dawn, thirty-two men were lying in wait. One such attack was on a small farm in modern Greene County, Pennsylvania. This unfortunate event is known as the Dowdy Family Massacre. Maybe she wasn't home very often? Society in July and saw the painting and the iron. After the government passed the Selective Service Act, over nine million men . Michael Cresap was responsible for attack. After the murder of his family, though, Logan went on the warpath. Spicer had heard of the Mingo Chief, Logan, being on the warpath and was planning on fleeing to the local Fort the next day after they secured clothing and supplies. Some see it as evidence of Stacy's collusion in the murders - either with Scott, or with Jon. Of course if Stout was abusing, or even grooming her, she could have lost trust in local law enforcement. The graveyard was renamed in their memory after the family's 1886 massacre. During the hearing, Logan County Judge Thomas Harris, who is not related to the defendants, said the potential sentences range from 20 to 60 years in prison on some counts to life in prison or even the death penalty, if the state seeks it. This is such a great piece of information. He died in an altercation near Lake Erie in 1780. The really wild thing is that the accused tried to blame a local black man, but neither the sheriff nor the lynch mobs believed him. He built them a snug log home on Sugartree Creek in the Yadkin Valley where they lived for ten years, the longest period of time they spent in one place. Col. Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. The name "Tah-gah-jute" was popularized in an 1851 book by Brantz Mayer entitled Tah-gah-jute: or Logan and Cresap. I and several other pastors went with our districts missions director to lead a conference for the Assemblies of God church of Thailand. I would love to read the family book you mentioned, could you please tell me the title? This is the place for anything related to the state of Missouri. 78-81. A second group of Mingos attempted another landing, but like the first, was turned away by Greathouse and his companions. my email is: patison@ncidata.com if anyone would like to get in contact with methank you, Please e mail at ptknight@live com nona spicer was my great great grabdmother. On that note, I think it's a little odd that Scott was celebrating his graduation night with his 15 year-old sister, her boyfriend, and her two friends. The Logan Cemetery today holds the remains of Malcolm and Anna Logan as well as their four children. Also I can't seem to find any record of William Jr's Children, though being that they were born into an Indian tribe this is not necessarily surprising. WAVERLY, Ohio (FOX19) - Angela Wagner pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the 2016 Rhoden family massacre. http://www.topix.com/forum/city/huntsville-oh/T4EKSRKBK1MEM12J7/p1. The young girl Betsy from this story is ny great great great great great Grandmother. My mother was a daughter of the Seneca Chief Cornplanter. The dark hole of Topix has quite a few opinions that it was Stout, framing Scott. Winds light and variable. He took revenge for family members killed by Virginian Long knives in 1774 in what is known as the Yellow Creek Massacre. Audio of mother's 999 call after Logan Mwangi's disappearance. That is SUPER interesting, I've never heard of the Logan Family before. A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. 16 year old Job was out in the cornfield building squirrel traps to keep varmints from devouring their precious food source. But I was a dead shot, and can still beat men one-quarter of my age with the gun and bow and arrow. Is there any proof Stout knew Stacy/was abusing her before the murders? As she rolled over she was shot in the neck. #inline-recirc-item--id-d445f4ac-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-d445f4ac-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { The 42-year-old leading man - who was recently seen filming his new . When Logan heard of the massacre, he was led to believe that Capt. Topics and series. I walk two miles to town (Corydon) every time there is a baseball game. To the best of my knowledge, he died in this reservation, and is buried near the grave of Chief Cornplanter. Possibly 5th or 6th generation. The incident began on May 1, when two men asked Capt. Award-winning journalist Lara Logan dives deep into the 2019 massacre that left nine Mormon women and children dead at the hands of a Mexican cartel. She saw the killer, and he had grey hair. Found dead in the family massacre were Raymond and Ruth Gee, approximately 46 and 39 years old, and their three children ages 11 to 16. I couldn't get past the first couple pages. Pike County, Kentucky Tourism has a driving map for it. A new burial marker for the six deceased members of the Logan family will be installed at the Logan Cemetery later this year. Nice to meet you! I "skimmed" the documentary (as much as you can skim a video). She is my fifth great grandmother. How the hell did I not hear anything about this? It has all the classic tales of Native Americans raiding and Colonists surviving the best they could in the wilderness of southwestern Pennsylvania. I think the gray hair is a false memory, too. He wore a red cap much the same as the white hunters do now. When William was about 20, he was called back to Greene County to deal with part of his fathers estate. According to tradition, Logan refused to attend the negotiations and instead made a speech that became legendary: I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. It was a hot and humid summer day on June 5, 1774, when William Spicer was chopping wood outside his cabin near a stream that flowed into the Big Whitely Creek, a mile south of Willow Tree in Greene Township. My cousin said to google and that is how I came upon this conversation. Logan's band had frequently visited Baker's post and usually spent their time buying liquor, milk, and other small items. I too am interested in hearing more about the Spicers, if anyone would like to get in touch with me please leave a reply! John Sappington, one of the Virginians, shot and killed Logan's brother and then scalped him. Logan was not at the Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774), the only major battle of Dunmore's War. He was a very old man when I was very young, but I recall what he looked like. The family home was lost to time but recently the ruins may have been found. Background [ edit] In 1911, Charles Lawson [1] married Fannie Manring, with whom he had eight children. In the spring of 1774 approximately eight people from the Native American village of Yellow Creek were murdered by white settlers, an event known to historians as the Yellow Creek Massacre. I wish I had been invited to attend the unveiling of my great-grandfather's [Shikellamy's] monument in Sunbury next week, but I guess that the world has forgotten Logan. A key figure in land distribution was James Logan, agent of the Penn family, investor and political operator. Logan was chief of the Mingo Indians, a multi-tribal confederation allied to the Six Nations. Worried that their actions would prompt a retaliatory raid from the Yellow Creek Indians, Myers sent word to Greathouse and other neighbors within the vicinity to assemble at Baker's and prepare an ambush. The old cellar of the Logan family home is all that may remain after the 1886 fire which consumed Anna Logan and four of her children. I am Afro-American, my father's name is Mr. Buford Mason Spicer. Was it a random act of violence? Lastly, he killed the baby, Mary Lou; it is thought that she was bludgeoned to death. "James Logan." LINCOLN, Ill. (CBS/AP) Indictments released Wednesday claim two brothers, Christopher and Jason Harris, armed with a tire iron broke into a family's home in Beason, Ill. to rob them and assault a. watch "park south freestyle" music video https://youtu.be/q_xnx_-nqiothe killer clowns came back.. **security footage**they came back subscribe htt. The most surprising part of the story is that the victims were known quite well to Christopher Harris. My grandfather's name was Homer Spicer. I live in DC Metro area, My name is Debby Fair pleases feel free to call 760-238-3343 if your interested. As Sheri had been an only child, Stacy was the main beneficiary of not only the . But the viciousness of the murders that had precipitated the crisis, when combined with the long-standing grievances of the western tribes, meant that a peaceful resolution would be difficult to obtain. Following the battle, Dunmore's army marched into the Ohio Country and compelled the Ohio Indians to agree to a peace treaty. When Betsy was very old, her granddaughter, Ruth Steele was responsible for filling a pipe for her and place a coal from the wood fire on it so Grandma could have another smoke. However, her captivity was short lived. Logan was the oldest son of Johnny Shikellamy, and both father and son were well known along the western border for their steadfast loyalty to the British. On a quiet morning of September 24, 1774, there was a sudden retribution made in the southern most boundary of Native American territory as War Chief James Logan and his companions massacred the John Roberts family, except one son, at the north fork of Reedy Creek.