. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . g. .lames .Murphy, a .son of Francis Murphy, of Ches-ter (oiiiity. became a citizen of Petersburg in 1814,and continued a resident until his death in 1876, atthe aue of -eventy-niue years. He was the father otJohn P. and .Alexander Murphy. An account of other early settlers of the valleymay be found in the sketches of West and Barreetownships, in another part of this book. In 1880 the]>opulation of Logan, exclusive of Petersburg, wassix buiidred and eleven; including the borough, nine Civil Organization.~t>n the loth of April, 1S
. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . g. .lames .Murphy, a .son of Francis Murphy, of Ches-ter (oiiiity. became a citizen of Petersburg in 1814,and continued a resident until his death in 1876, atthe aue of -eventy-niue years. He was the father otJohn P. and .Alexander Murphy. An account of other early settlers of the valleymay be found in the sketches of West and Barreetownships, in another part of this book. In 1880 the]>opulation of Logan, exclusive of Petersburg, wassix buiidred and eleven; including the borough, nine Civil Organization.~t>n the loth of April, 1S7S, Wilson, William Ewing. and Tlioma- to inquire into the expediency of di-vidiic. We-t township, reported that they had met atthe re-idence of Gillam, in West, on Monday,March Is, 1S7S, and made a draft of the the line being as follows: 1 SKVunty perches from tlie Bi\rree township line, andHi twenty-one perches from the Juniuta River; thence I pilch-pirie on the siininiit uf , on. 91 iL €L ^ OS l: - IS 7L >~ TS ? fff OL ^ Q^ L Co *? 69 s SS SS e .S LP 9? ss -J/ es *. 05 \ C€ f- .- er ? £ -7 9 i- fC ?f ,o r^ LP g >e (J irr -Jou ? IC/ 96- ci- ?=^ rr 77 90, le 9r .* It rr SO, ss ^- Sf ,c <-? ?i^Ol 66 ?fs- 6^ oc cr ic. ec< fr or ?=r 70, ,0, ?.-- ^- LOGAN TOWNSHIP. 313 The court then ordered an election to ascertainwhether the voters approved the proposed divisionwith the foregoing bounds, and on the 10th of .Tune,1878, returns were made that one hundred and eightvoters were for the division and ten against. Onthe 15th of .Tune of the same year, the court con-firmed the action bearing on the division, and orderedthat tlie north part retain the name of West, and thatthe south part be called by the name of Logan. The following have been the principal officers sincethe organization of the township : 1879, Constable,John S. Nelson; Supervisor of Roads, George ; Auditors, Henr
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