The grave of the Reverend James Bell Logan in Alton, Illinois.

Logan, was born December 18, 1820, in Limestone county, Alabama. At seventeen, he came under care of presbytery as a candidate for the ministry and at 21 was licensed to preach by Hiwassee Presbytery. In 1842 he moved to southwestern Missouri. Logan was among the first to travel as an itinerant missionary in the wilds of Missouri. In 1843, Ozark Presbytery ordained him.

Logan taught for three years at Spring River Academy, the first Cumberland Presbyterian school in Missouri. In 1852, he initiated publication of the Missouri Cumberland Presbyterian, first in Lexington, and later in Saint Louis. He also edited The Ladies’ Pearl. In 1855, Logan moved to Alton, Illinois, to supply a mission there.

From 1862 to 1868 he edited the Western Cumberland Presbyterian at Alton. While the denominations ch had two Boards of Missions, he was president of the Alton Board from 1865 until they were consolidated in 1869, and when the consolidated board was organized, he acted as corresponding secretary.

JAMES BELL LOGAN
BORN AT HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA,
DECEMBER 18th, 1820.
DIED AT TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,
SEPTEMBER 14th, 1878.
AGED 58.
HIS LAST WORDS WERE:
“ALL IS WELL.”