Mathias Logelin

Name: Mathias Logelin Company: E Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged for disability
Birth Date: 1844 Place: France	Mustered In Date: February 19, 1862 Rank: Private Age: 22 Residence prior to military service: Carver County, Minnesota
Death Date: November 15, 1932 Place: Hennepin County, Minnesota Burial: Guardian Angels Catholic Church Cemetery, Chaska Township, Carver County, Minnesota	Mustered Out Date: March 31, 1863 Rank: Private Age: 23 Residence following military service: Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation following military service: County Officer

Mathias Logelin Biography

Mathias Logelin was born Alexander Modeste Logelin, the son of Baussant Logelin and Jeanne Huguin, on January 21, 1844 in Hannonville, France. At age nine in 1853, he moved to the United States along with his parents and older brother, Nicolas Felix. By the time the family left France, three other siblings born in the family had died.

Mathias served in Company E during its early involvement in the Civil War, from the battle of Farmington, Mississippi, on May 28, 1862, until he was wounded in the lower jaw in the battle of Corinth on October 4, 1862. He was discharged for disability.

Mathias married Magdalin ("Lena, Helena") Affolter about November 1867 probably in or near Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. In 1880 he lived in Chaska, where his household consisted of himself (age 35), his wife, Lena (age 30), and children Edward (age 11), Lucie (age 10), Frederick (age 8), Joseph (age 7), Ida (age 6), Alex (age 5), Frank (age 3), and Saraphine (age 6 months). Mathias was a County Officer in 1880. Lena Logelin was born September 15, 1850, in Switzerland, and all of their children were born in Minnesota. Lena died on January (or June?) 13, 1887; Mathias died on November 15, 1932, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Mathias and Lena's daughter, Saraphine, was born December 28, 1879 in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota, and died December 23, 1957. On September 29, 1901, Saraphine married Arthur Luman Cowles in Scambler Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Arthur was born on December 18, 1875, in Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He died on February 3, 1961.

More information about the Alexander Modeste "Mathias" Logelin's family tree is available here.

Newspaper articles relating to Mathias and Lena Logelin

Logelin, Matthias: Married Helena Affolter; Weekly Valley Herald; Nov 9, 1867; page 1
Logelin, Mat H.: He and his family are about to move to St. Paul; Weekly Valley Herald; Nov 5, 1874; page 4
Logelin, Matt: Almost a fire; Weekly Valley Herald; Sep 11, 1879; page 4
Logelin, Mathias: Disappearance Still a mystery; Weekly Valley Herald; Apr 20, 1882; page 4
Logelin, Matt: A false Report; Weekly Valley Herald; May 11, 1882; page 4
Logelin, Mathias: Return of Matt Loglin; Weekly Valley Herald; Nov 9, 1882; page 4
Logelin, Lena: Died; Weekly Valley Herald; Jun 16, 1887; page 4
Logelin, Mathias: Moved with his family to St. Paul; Weekly Valley Herald; Jul 28, 1887; page 4, column 2
Logelin, Mat: rented the Mat Roeser Bldg. in Chanhassen; will be in the Saloon business; Weekly Valley Herald; May 27, 1897; page 1, column 4
Logelin, Math: Veteran of Civil War walks to Belle Plaine; St. Boni Star; May 21, 1915; page 1, column 1
Logelin, Matt: Travels alot to make visits-spends most of time visiting family; Weekly Valley Herald; Oct 1, 1931; page 1
Logelin, Mathias: Obituary-Civil War Vet. answers taps; Weekly Valley Herald; Nov 24, 1932; page 1, column 1
Logelin, Mathew: Died; Waconia Patriot; Nov 24, 1932; page 2

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