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Title: Logan (John B.) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1939
Collection number: Mss2.L831
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Extent: 0.1 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Logan (John B.) Papers, Mss2.L831, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Logan, John B.
Afro-American soldiers -West (U.S.)
Afro-Americans -Arizona
Afro-Americans -California
Crime -Arizona
Crime -California
John B. Logan, an African American soldier, was born in Morrillton, Ark. and enlisted in
the U.S. Army (1914). Discharged in 1919, Logan subsequently reenlisted (1919) and was
discharged for the second time as a Sergeant, 10th Cavalry, U.S. Army, Ft. Huachuca,
Ariz. (1931) following his conviction for murdering a woman named Concha Silvas who had
stolen his life savings. Logan received a sentence of from twenty-five to forty years in
the Arizona State Penitentiary, Florence AZ. His sentence was commuted by the Governor
(1936) and he subsequently spent some time in the San Francisco Veterans Hospital for
treatment of service related injuries before being arrested for hit-and-run driving in
San Joaquin County (1939). Nothing is known of Logan's life after that date.
The Logan Collection consists of Logan's Army discharge papers (1919; 1931); his parole
papers for a second degree murder conviction; correspondence with the Veterans Bureau
concerning his pension and possible parole from prison; and, miscellaneous personal
papers.