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The Logan Family

Father: Joseph
Mother: Susannah
Daughter: Sarah
Son: Charles

The Logan family farms in Virginia. They grow corn and wheat, and raise chickens, pigs, and cattle. The last few years have been extremely difficult. A drought has caused crops to fail for the last two years. Traveling to the West and getting a donation land claim seems to be the family’s best hope.

Susannah Logan manages the household and raises a kitchen garden each year. She hasn’t made up her mind about migrating west– but she is studying medical aid books just in case.

Daughter Anna is 18. She has been the schoolmistress (teacher) in town for the last year. She has a sweetheart whom she is reluctant to leave behind.

Ben is the Logans’ 11-year-old son. His sister is his teacher! In addition to going to school, Ben helps Joseph with the farming. He thinks traveling west would be a grand adventure.