Logan County
Colorado Biography Project
This site was originally part of the Colorado Biography Project

A - L Page #   P - W Page #
Armour, Margaret Davis [Mrs] 333   Patterson, R J 354
Ayres, Mary E [ Mrs] 332   Perkins, R C 323 - 325
    Powell Family 334 - 335
Buchanan, William D 353   Powell, J W 337-338
    Powell, Sarah E 338 - 341
Cheairs, Calvin 326 -327   Prewitt, J H 325 - 326
Cheairs, J J 327 - 328   Propst Family 341 - 342
Cheairs, Samuel V 328   Propst, Missouri Powell [Mrs] 335 - 337
    Propst, S R 342 - 343
Davis, Edward 333 - 334   Propst, W C 343
Davis, Hugh 328 - 332   Propst, W F 342
Dillon, J P 353 - 354      
    Ramsey, J W 351 - 352
Hall [Mrs J N] 332 - 333      
Harris, W H 350   Salisbury, T J 350 - 351
    Schneider, Henry 351
King, A H 322  - 323   Sherwin, A G 352 - 353
King, J M 322   Smith, R E 325
King, Minos C 321 - 322   Sutherland, Henry 350
       
Landrum, Elizabeth [Mrs] 333   Tetsell Family 343 -349
Lutin, C F & John 354   Torrey, Mabel landrum 333
       
    Weir, J J 349 - 350
    Weir, James & Elizabeth 349

A Brief History of
Logan County, Colorado
With Reminiscences by Pioneers
By Emma Burke Conklin 1928

All of the Biographies from this book were transcribed, but the web site has been removed - at least before 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abitz family of Rockland
Abrams - Breacher families of Rockland
Ackerman family of Rockland

Acott family of Rockland

Albershardt family of Fleming

Allen family of Rockland

Fred Allen family of Fleming

Watterman Allen of Rockland

Alves family of Leroy

Louise Amerman of Rockland

Anderegg family of Rockland

Halvor Anderson of Fleming

Wilhelm Anderson of Rockland

Gregg C. Angle, Rockland

Ardourel family of Leroy

James Armstrong of Leroy

Jacob Arnold of Leroy

John H. Arnold of Sterling

William P. Arnold of Atwood

Adelbert Ash of Sterling

John Ash, Adelbert's father, of Fairplay and Colorado Springs

David Ash of Atwood

Mary E. Ayers of Sterling

Winfield Ayers of Sterling

William K. Ayers of Sterling

Baird family of Rockland

Joseph Baker of Leroy

Balbach families of Rockland

Baldock family of Rockland

John Ball of Leroy

Bamford family of Fleming

Barmore families of Rockland

Barta families of Rockland

Barton family of Leroy

Bauder family of Leroy

Oliver and Carrie Beale of Atwood and Fort Morgan

Beals of Rockland

Joseph Becker, Rockland

Levi Beckwith of Atwood

Earl Bell of Leroy

Lewis Berkins of Atwood

Berkstresser family of Rockland

Bernhard family of Leroy

Bloomberg family of Fleming

Boehme family of Fleming

William Bolton, Rockland

Bower family of Fleming

Bowers family of Rockland

Thomas Bowles - 6N 48W

David Boyd of Atwood

James Boyd of Atwood

Milton Brafford of Atwood

George Branson of Atwood

Brewer families of Rockland

Briggs family of Fleming

Alvira Brooks and sons of Rockland

Andrew Brown of Leroy

Clyde Brown of Atwood

John Brown of Rockland

Sherman Brown of Fleming

James Budin of Atwood

Bunger families of Rockland

Bunte family of Leroy

Henry Burley of Atwood

Willie Burns of Atwood

Burnson families of Rockland

Cade family of Leroy

Alfred Carlson of Rockland

John Carlson of Leroy

Carnahan family of Leroy

Buzzell familes of Bryant

Caldwell families of Rockland

Campbell families of Fleming

Cannon, Ed  Willard

Mary (Dreier) Carle Damm of Rockland

Cartwright family of Leroy

Alex Cellone of Atwood

Chalburg family of Rockland

Chamberlain family of Leroy

Joseph Cheairs, Sterling

John Cherryholmes of Atwood

John Chez of Atwood

Mortimer Choate of Atwood

Christiansen families of Fleming

Churchill family of Leroy

George Clark family of Leroy

Hugh Clark of Sterling

Coats family of Rockland

Elizabeth (Ogden)(Campbell)(Cochran) Violet of Sterling

Coats Vern Cochran family of Sterling and West Plains

James Cole of Sterling

Compton family of Fleming

Henry E. Compton of Sterling

James Coddington of Atwood

George Cole of Atwood

Conant family of Rockland

Harry Cook of Leroy

Ida Cook of Leroy

Cooney family of Leroy

William Cooper of Atwood

Corbin family of Leroy

James Corbin of Atwood

Jarrett Core of Rockland

Marion Coverdell of Atwood

William Coverdell of Atwood

Crabb families of Rockland

Cramer family of Leroy

Crow family of Fleming

George Crowell of Atwood

Charles Curtis of Rockland

Jerome Curtis of Atwood

Frank Dahlenberg of Atwood

Dancer families of Rockland

Dancer family of Leroy

Dandignac family of Leroy

Edward Davies of Atwood

Edward Davis of Sterling

Greeley Davis of Rockland

Dawson families of Rockland

Hugh Davis, Sr. of Sterling

William Dean of Atwood

Dettman family of Leroy

Devault family of Leroy

James Dilley of Atwood

Claude Dillingham of Atwood

Dinsen families of Rockland

Dinkle /Dinkel family of Fleming - and the Abrams of Paoli

Lee and Leona (Carson) Dix of Rockland

Mary Dodson of Rockland

Dohner - Ketterman families of Rockland

Herbert Dollinger of Atwood

Dow families of Rockland

Drake families of Rockland

Emma Drake of Fleming

Dreier family of Leroy

Dressler families of Rockland

Aaron A. Drollinger, Rockland

Duffield family of Leroy

Joseph M. Duffy of Sterling

Dunavan family of Leroy

Joseph Dushanek of Atwood

Dutton family of Fleming

Dye family of Fleming

Dyer families of Rockland

Earley families of Rockland

George and Ruth Eaton of Bryant

Edward S. Ebbs of Sterling

Willie Ebbs of Sterling

Ecord families of Bryant

Edgar family of Leroy

Elam family of Fleming

Edwin H. Elmer of Sterling

George D. Emerson of Sterling

James H. Emerson of Sterling

William Epperson of Park County and Ogden, Utah

Abraham and Sarah Erb of Bryant

Erickson family of Leroy

Ervin and Dodson families of Rockland

Estby family of Leroy

Frank Evans of Atwood

Strange W. Evans of Atwood

Everitt family of Fleming

Fales families of Rockland

Falk family of Leroy

Farris family of Leroy

Peter Faust of Rockland

Feasel families of Rockland

Feldermann families of Leroy

Ferree family of Leroy

Ferrier family of Leroy

Dora Fetzer and sons of Bryant

Feyerherm family of Leroy

Luther Fickes of Atwood

Charles Finn of Rockland

C. E. Fisher of Atwood

Hugh and Frank Fisher of Atwood

Larkin Flint of Atwood

Robert Flint of Atwood

William Flint of Atwood

William Force of Atwood

George Fox of Atwood

Grover Fox of Atwood

Ira Fox of Atwood

Foxall family of Fleming

Frame family of Leroy

Frank family of Leroy

Andrew Freeman of Rockland

William Fremon of Rockland

John Frost of Atwood

Fuhrer family of Fleming

Furgison family of Fleming

Gallon family of Leroy

Gannon family of Rockland

Garber family of Fleming

Gaymann family of Rockland

Gehrig family of Fleming

William Gelder of Sterling

William German of Atwood

Geyer family of Rockland

Anthony and Jane Giacomini of Sterling

Thomas Giacomini of Sterling

Gillespie family of Leroy

Glackin family of Leroy

Gleason family of Fleming

William Gleason of Sterling

Gooding family of Fleming

John and Mary Gorman, Archie B. Gorman of Rockland

James Grady of Atwood

Graff families of Rockland

James Gragg of Sterling

Harvey Graham of Fleming

Marion Graham of Leroy

Grande land claim of Leroy - to satisfy a Louisiana claim

W. S. Grater of Atwood

Gratzer family of Leroy

Grauberger families of Leroy

Gertrude Graybeal of Atwood

Green / Champion family of Leroy

Gregory family of Fleming

Griffeth families of Rockland

Adelaide Gripton and children of Rockland

Gross family of Leroy

Christ Haas of Atwood

Oscar Hadfield of Sterling

Hagg family of Leroy

Josiah Hall of Sterling

Halstead family of Fleming

Orrin Hall family of Leroy

Hambley family of Fleming

Henry Hammond of Rockland

Leo Hanna of Atwood

Roy Hanna of Atwood

Elmer Hannah of Atwood

John Hannah of Atwood

William Hannah of Atwood

Robert Hargrove of Sterling

Harman family of Leroy

Harms families of Rockland

Harnden and Dech families of Rockland/Haxtun

Edmund Harris of Atwood

William Harris of Sterling

John Harrison family of Rockland - ended up in Aspen

Harter family of Fleming

James Hartman of Atwood

Hartwell family of Rockland

Samuel and Sarah Harvey of Rockland

Henry Hatch of Sterling

James Haworth family of Rockland

Ora Hayes family of Leroy

Hayworth and Gullion families of Rockland

Edward Heaton of Sterling

Heiska family of Leroy

Held family of Leroy

Helms families of Rockland

Fremont Henderson family of Leroy

George Henderson family of Sterling - ranching in 1872

Hennessey family of Leroy

Henry family of Fleming

Appleton Herendeen of Rockland

Hering family of Leroy

Hicks family of Fleming

James Hicks of Atwood

John Hicks of Atwood

Thomas Hicks of Atwood

Hildenbrand family of Rockland

Hilderman family of Leroy, then Orchard and Sterling (external link)

Charles Hill family of Leroy

Hills families of Atwood

Hillyer and Rauscher families of Rockland

Elmer Hilton of Rockland

William Hinze (one of Rockland, one of Holyoke)

Frank Hnizdil of Atwood

Hoagland family of Leroy

Lurena Hodges of Sterling

David Hoerner of Atwood

Hofland families of Rockland

Charles Hogeboom of Atwood

Holm family of Fleming

Holman family of Leroy

Hans and Rosella Holt of Rockland

William Hopson of Atwood

William Horn of Rockland

Horner family of Leroy

Horrum families of Rockland

Howard family of Leroy
Howatt families of Rockland

Charles Howe of Atwood

Emmit Howe of Atwood

Hradecky families of Fleming

J. G. Hubbard of of Montrose County

Huebner family of Leroy

Alonzo Hughes of Atwood

Harvey Hulbert of Atwood

James Hunt of Rockland

Jerome Hunter of Atwood

Charles Huntsman of Montrose County

Jacob Hust of Rockland

John Hutts of Sterling

Hyde family of Leroy

Irons family of Leroy (and Maddison of Akron)

James Irwin of Sterling

Andrew Jackson family of Leroy

Jameson family of Leroy

Janda family of Leroy

Janssen family of Leroy

Jarred family of Fleming

Jarrett families of Rockland

James Jay of Atwood

Jonathan Jeffries of Atwood

William Jenkins of Sterling

Edward Johnson of Rockland

George Johnson of Fleming

Johannes Johnson of Leroy

Lewis Johnson of Sterling

Sven Johnson of Rockland

Robert Jones of Fleming

Thomas Jones of Sterling

Anders Jonsson of Rockland

George Jordan of Rockland

James Jordan of Atwood

Sophia  (Schachterle) (Becker) (Jose) Billigmeier of Rockland

Ed Judd of Sterling

Leroy Judd of Sterling

Philip Keenen of Atwood

Wallace Keim  of Rockland - beaten to death in Denver

Noel Keim of Fleming

Kennedy family of Fleming

Kester family of Leroy

Ketchum family of Leroy

Daniel Ketterman of Rockland

Andrew Kidwell of Sterling

Killen families of Rockland / Holyoke, later prominent in Nebraska

Charles Killerlain of Atwood

James Killerlain of Atwood

Joseph Killerlain of Atwood

Matthew Killerlain of Atwood

Kindig family of Leroy

David King family of Georgetown, Denver, and Silver Cliff

James King of Sterling

Minos King of Sterling

Mary King family of Leroy

R.G. Kinnick of Atwood

Kinzie families of Fleming

Marcellus C. Kirby of Jefferson County, Colorado

George Kirkpatrick of Rockland

Andrew Kleim (Climie?) of Rockland

Lewis Knight family of Leroy

Knobbe family of Leroy

Baltzer Knudsen of Atwood

Koenig family of Leroy

Krukow family of Leroy

Fred Krupske of Atwood

Kuhler family of Leroy

Frank Kulvany of Atwood

Kyger family of Fleming

Charles L. Lake, Rockland - County Clerk in 1888

Lambert families of Fleming

Jerome Landrum of Sterling

Lantz family of Leroy

Carl Larson of Rockland

Charley Larson of Fleming

Lawless family of Leroy

Layman family of Leroy

Henry Learned of Atwood

David Leavitt of Sterling

Joel Lee of Atwood

Lenney families of Rockland

Lenox family of Leroy

Leundberg family of Fleming

Susan Lewis of Rockland

Lewis family of Fleming

Frederick Libby, the first U.S. air ace

Conrad and Mary Lienhart of Rockland

Levi Lightfoot of Rockland

J.E. Lindsey of Denver

Lindstrom family of Leroy

A.L. "Link" Litch of Sterling

James E. Litch of Sterling, Fort Morgan, Golden, Fort Lupton

Monasses and Alice Litch of Sterling

Albert Livingston of Atwood

William Livingston of Atwood

Loew /Lowe family of Rockland

Little family of Leroy (had a newspaper at Leslie!)

Addie Long of Atwood

Hazelwood Long of Atwood

William William Long of Leroy

Longbery family of Leroy

Loos family of Leroy

Loranse family of Leroy

Loughridge families of Rockland

Auguste Louie of Atwood

Albert Loven of Atwood

Lunberg family of Fleming

Ben Lyman of Fleming

T.Z. Magarrell of Atwood

Magnuson family of Rockland

Mahaffey family of Leroy

Malcolm family of Fleming

Malone family of Fleming

Earl Manogue of Atwood

Hazel Manogue of Atwood

Roy Manogue of Atwood

Daniel Manuel of Atwood

Marks family of Rockland

August and Caroline Marquardt of Rockland

Alfred and Myrtle Marvin of Rockland

Mastin family of Leroy

Maxon family of Leroy 

McAlpine family of Fleming - developed land in Fresno, California

McCrum family of Leroy

McDermott family of Leroy

McDonald family of Fleming

Margaret McFadden of Atwood

Charles McFall  of Leroy

William McGinty of Sterling

McIntyre family of Fleming - father-in-law Whipple was Holyoke surveyor

Harry McLane of Atwood

George McNutt of Sterling

Dr. M. M. McNutt of Sterling

Lewis and Cora Medefesser of Rockland

Marion Melvin of Atwood

Menke family of Fleming

Mentgen brothers of Sterling

Alphonse Metzger of Atwood

Frank Mentgen of Sterling

William Mentgen of Sterling

John Meyer of Rockland

William Meyer of Leroy

Richard Michaelis of Atwood

Ebenezer Miller of Fleming

James Miller of Atwood

Lloyd Miller of Atwood

Amzi Minter of Sterling

A. Ethelwin Minter of Sterling

John Moler of Sterling

Mollohan family of Leroy

James Monroe of Sterling

W.W. Montelius of Denver

Harry Moore family of Leroy

Dr. James M. Mooreof Jefferson County, Colorado

Joseph Moore of Sterling

Josiah Moore of Fleming

Samuel Moore of Atwood

Thomas Moore of Atwood

Achilles Morris of Atwood

Moschel family of Rockland

J. Edward Morgan of Leroy

Moritz family of Leroy

Allan Morrison of Fleming

John C. Morrow, Lieutenant Colonel, 92nd Ohio

Clyde and Elziadee Mort of Rockland

Mortinsen family of Leroy

Mourer family of Rockland

Charles Moyers of Atwood

Robert Mullin of Atwood

Christian Murray family of Rockland

Edward Mutti, Rockland

Myer family of Leroy

Warren and Jennie (Trowbridge) Myers of Rockland

Christian Myers of Sterling

Nadgwick family of Fleming

Nastrom family of Leroy

James Neary, Rockland

Adolph Nehring of Atwood

Andrew Nelson of Fleming

John Nelson of Rockland

Newbold family of Leroy

Newkirk family of Leroy

William Newman of Atwood

Charles Nielson, Rockland

Noe family of Leroy

Gunder Norby, Rockland

Mary Northrup Carpenter, Lucius Carpenter, Rockland

Noyes family of Leroy

Oakes family of Fleming

Charles Olson family of Leroy

Madison Orr of Sterling

Josephus Orten of Atwood

William Owens family of Leroy

Pack family of Fleming

Merritt Palmer of Rockland

Sylvester Palmer of Sterling

Albert Parsons of Mesa County, Colorado

John Hutts of Larimer County, Colorado

Frank Parsons of Sterling

William Partridge of Sterling

Cordelia Pate of Rockland

Shepard Patrick of Atwood

Robert Patterson of Sterling

John A. Paxton, Olive Paxton, Rockland

Cyrus Payne of Sterling

Jesse Peck, Lavada Peck, Rockland

Pederson family of Leroy

Jerry Peek / Peck family of Leroy

Richard Perkins of Sterling

Grace (Bostic) Peterson, Rockland

Frank Peterson of Sterling

Leonard Peterson family of Leroy

Pettit families of Rockland

Charles Pfleger of Atwood

Philbrook family of Fleming

Carrie Phillips of Atwood

Edward and Noah Pike of Rockland - Edward a Medal of Honor veteran

Robert and Altima Plunkett, Rockland

Lewis Pomeroy of Atwood

Charles Poore of Atwood

R.B. Powell of Atwood

John and Sarah Presher, Rockland

Probasco family of Leroy

Prussman family of Leroy

Quist family of Fleming

Rachford family of Fleming

John Rahin  of Leroy- probably a misspelling in BLM records

William Ramsay of Sterling

Hans /Jens Rand, Rockland

Charles Raney of Atwood

Raymond Rank of Atwood

Rasmus Rasmusen, Rockland

Rauscher family of Leroy

Arthur Reed, William Reed, Rockland

James Reed of Fleming

Reichert families, Rockland

Remington family of Leroy

Remke family of Leroy

Revere family of Leroy

Jacob Rhoades of Fleming

George Rhoads of Fleming

Josiah Richart of Atwood

Ride family of Leroy -great-uncle of astronaut Sally Ride

Rieckman family of Leroy

Rilea families of Rockland

John Riley of Sterling

John Roberts of Sterling

Robbins family of Fleming

Robson family of Leroy

Samuel Robuck of Sterling

Roeder family of Leroy

Roediger family of Leroy

Joseph Rogers of Rockland

Milton Rose of Padroni

Rosell family of Leroy

Row family of Leroy

Royle family of Leroy

Ruebling families of Rockland

George Ruhle, Rockland

Russell family of Fleming

Sailor family of Leroy

Thomas Salisbury of Sterling

Allen Sanders of Sterling

Lina Sapp of Atwood

Bernardo Scarametini of Sterling

Schaber family of Leroy

Schachterle - a dozen families in Rockland

William Schenck of Sterling

Albert Schmid of Atwood

Joseph Schmitt of Rockland

Schroeder family of Leroy

Schwerdefeger family of Leroy

Scott family of Leroy   - John Scott owned the Sterling Advocate for a year.

Walter Scott of Haxtun

Walter J. Scott of Sterling

Sharpnack family of Fleming

James and William Shannon of Sterling

Thomas Shannon of Sterling

Wesley Shannon of Sterling

Willis and Ingrid (Thulin) Sheppard, Rockland

Edward Shaffer of Atwood

Michael Shaffer of Victor

Sharp / Sharpe families of Rockland

John Sharp of Atwood

Jesse Sheely of Atwood

Joseph Sheely of Atwood

Horace Sherman of Fleming
Linus Sherman of Rockland - Civil War Captain

Sholes family of Leroy
Shupp family of Leroy - had a newspaper at Wemple near Leroy

John and Ella Simpson, Mary Simpson, Rockland

Martin Simpson family of Rockland

Sipes families of Leroy

Abbie Sisson, Rockland

Amos Smith of Atwood

Chester Smith of Sterling

Eddie Smith of Fleming

Fred Smith of Sterling

Grant Smith of Fleming

Marion Smith of Atwood

Martin Smith of Sterling

Ranssllear Smith of Colorado City

Verne Smith of Morgan County, Colorado

Walter Smith family of Leroy

James Snath of Atwood

John Snead, Jr. of Sterling

Albert Snider family of Rockland

Somers family of Leroy

Frank Soper of Sterling

Jonas Sorleng of Leroy

Henry Spencer of Sterling

J. R. Spencer of Brush

Alpheus Spoor of Sterling

David W. Springer of Sedgwick County, Colorado

another David W. Springer with very little documentation

Valors Squier of Atwood

Stephen family of Leroy

Frances and William Stevens families of Rockland

Stewart family of Fleming

Nora Stinson of Sterling

Stoltz family of Leroy

Edward Stoner, Rockland

Herbert Stoout of Marshalltown, Iowa

Martin Stout of Sterling

John Strahorn of Sterling

George Strickland, Joseph Strickland, Rockland

Strong family of Leroy

Stulken family of Rockland

Anna Sutherland of Sterling

Clarence Sutherland of Sterling

Henry Sutherland of Sterling

George Sutten of Sterling

Aleck 'Elias' Swanson / Svenson family of Rockland

Sweany family of Leroy

Ed Switzer of Sterling

Isabella Symes of Sterling

James and Prudence Symes of Sterling family of Fleming

Tatum family of Fleming

Charles Tellier of Atwood

George Tew of Sterling

Martha Tew of Sterling

William Tew of Sterling

Martin Theisen of Atwood

Theurner families of Rockland

Thimgan family of Leroy

William Thomas of Atwood

Thompson family of Fleming

Jacob Thompson of Atwood

Nellie Thompson of Atwood

Stillwell Thompson of Sterling

Thum family of Leroy - ran the Leroy store 1889

Eugene Tiberghien of Atwood

Jesse Tobey of Sterling

William Tobey of Cripple Creek, Colorado

Toomay family of Leroy

Trumbull family of Fleming

H. S. Tucker of Atwood

Jacob Tucker of Atwood

Robert Tucker of Atwood

Horace Ullery of Grand Junction, Colorado

Jacob Ullery of Sterling

John Ullery of Berthoud, Colorado

Urwiller family of Leroy

Bryson Van Gundy of Atwood

Fred Van Gundy of Atwood

Elsie Van Hoosen of Atwood

Edgar VanDeusen, Rockland

John Vansyckle of Leroy

Vernam families of Leroy and Holyoke

Vaclav Veverka of Atwood

Fred Vortmeier of Atwood

Wade family of Fleming

Waite family of Leroy

Mary Walek of Atwood

George Walker family of Rockland

George John Walter of Silverton and Pueblo

David Wall family of Rockland

John Wallace of Sterling

John Walter of Sterling

John Walter of Pueblo, Colorado

Absolom Warren of Fleming

L. F. Watt of Atwood

James F. and Mary E. Watts of Sterling. James was the first Logan County Commissioner

William Wedig of Atwood

Weir families of Rockland

David Wells of Sterling

Weltz family of Fleming

David West of Sterling

Harry West of Sterling

Edward  and   John West, Rockland

Charles Wheldon of Atwood

Whitaker family of Leroy

Whitely families of Rockland

Wickham family of Leroy

Ben Williams of Sterling

The Four Williams Sisters of Sterling

Jesse Williams of Atwood

J. R. Williamson of Sterling

Charles, Harry, Eva Wilson family of Rockland

John Wilson of Sterling

Nancy Wilson of Rockland

Addie Wiltse of Atwood

Morris Winfield, Fleming

Thomas Withrow of Atwood

Henry Wood of Fleming

Hollis Wood of Rockland

Hollis Frances B. Woodruff of Sterling

Israel Woodward of Atwood

Chalmon Wray of Sterling

Samuel Wright of Atwood

George Wyrick, Rockland

Frank Yontz of Leroy

Yost families of Rockland

Michael Zimbelmann and the Reichert families,  Rockland

Zuck brothers of Leroy