2026 Log Cabin Festival
The 2026 Log Cabin Festival celebrated early Warren County settlers who arrived before 1876.
Photo taken September 26, 2026
The following individuals submitted information honoring their early ancestors.
Pictured above:
Jon & Frank Nutting celebrating David H. in Otter Twp., WC 1849
Judy Russell celebrating Moses T/Thomas Bruce in Palmyra, WC 1856
Jan Clevenger Sandy celebrating Samuel Myers in Lacona 1850s and Willis Clevenger 1849 White Breast
Karen Schnahorst celebrating Joseph Harper Hofer Jackson Twp. 1866
Kathi Stanfield & Butch McClintic celebrating Lorenzo Dowell McClintic Allen Twp. 1850 and George Banks Jefferson Twp. 1860
Howard Taylor celebrating Joseph (Joel) & Missouri (Myrick) Deeringer Hartford 1863, George & Mary (Tallbot) Hilton, Asa Clevenger & Martha (Tomlin) Lacey, Samuel & Hannah (Haines) Haworth, and John Iona & Sally (Taylor) Peck, William & Mary Ann (Cannon) Taylor
Sharon Ogle Crabb celebrating Henry & Elizabeth Ogle in White Oak and Squaw Creek 1865
George & Stuart Coon celebrating Eli Coons 1850s in Hartford
Susan Johnson Graeser & Toni Johnson Rath celebrating Ephriam Hoover in Spring Hill 1850 and Lewis Johnson in Jefferson Twp. 1846
Ronald E. Smith celebrating Jacob Smith in Richland Twp. 1851
Rory Taylor celebrating Matthew Alben Taylor in Squaw Twp. In 1966 and later moved to New Virginia
Debbie Larrison celebrating Moses T. Bruce in Palmyra 1856
Shelley (Stalter) Lucas celebrating Joseph Vernon Edgerton in Liberty Center 1856
Susan Gilbert Laws celebrating James and Ellen Gilbert in Sandyville, Union Twp. 1861
Don Sandy celebrating Jerimiah Sandy in Sandyville 1849
Those unable to be present at the 2026 Log Cabin Festival but are celebrating Warren County early settlers:
Judy Mc Clymond celebrating Matthew Alben and Mary Ann (Lebo) Taylor in Squaw Twp. In 1866 and later moved to New Virginia
Howard C. Hargis celebrating James W. Dowell in Greenfield Twp.1845 and Peter Schooler Allen Twp. 1856
Rob Miller celebrating George Miller in Liberty Center in 1872
Susan Morrisey Horton celebrating Patrick Edmund Morrisey in 1868
William “Bill” McCluskey celebrating Josiah Hanby in 1853, William G. Hastie in 1855, and Alexander Bell Hastie 1856
Marieta Grissom & Marilea Chase celebrating Thomas and Elizabeth *Brown” Miller on Indianola 1866, James Monroe and Mary Emily (Stephens) Amos west of Center Chapel, then east of Brown’s Chapel 1854, William H. and Sarepte E. (Truitt) Butler Brown’s Chapel in 1856, Amos Ewing and Eliza Jane (Miller) Cox two miles north of Milo 1848, Benjamin Beeson and Cynthia Ann (Shaw) Starbuck in Ackworth then Brown’s Chapel 1854-55
Barbara Storm celebrating Richard Butcher in Richland Twp. 1850
Merrill Chase celebrating Martin V. and Sarah Ann (Pendry) Botkin Union Twp. 1864
Janet Zeglen celebrating Alfred P. and Mary Jane (Bryant) in Washington Twp. 1862
Susan Morrissey Horton celebrating Patick Edmund Morrisey Churchville, Jefferson Twp. 1868