Logsdon-descendants with Historical Marker #2528

ID: 3480 ~ Creator: Andrew Patrick ~ Date: October 14, 2017
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Logsdon-descendants with Historical Marker #2528

Craig Warner (left) and Charles Logsdon, both descendants of Big Joe Logsdon pose with the marker. The distant cousins had not previously met before the dedication.

This file appears in: Big Joe Logsdon

By Andrew Patrick
Joseph Logsdon, who grew to earn the nickname "Big Joe," was born in Virginia and moved to the Kentucky frontier as a young man. The path his life took resembled the broader currents of westward migration that shaped the country in the late…