From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Stewart, Logan H.

(born: 1879) 

Born in Union County, KY, Stewart became a real estate operator and builder. He led the real estate movement in Evansville, Indiana. African Americans owned less than $10,000 in real estate in 1900; that increased to more than $100,000 in 1926. For more see Who's Who of the Colored Race, 1915; Who's Who in Colored America, 1927; and We Ask Only a Fair Trial: a history of the Black community of Evansville, by D. E. Bigham.

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NKAA Source: Who's who of the colored race : a general biographical dictionary of men and women of African descent, vol. 1 (1915)
NKAA Source: Who's who in colored America; a biographical dictionary of notable living persons of Negro descent in the United States [1927, 1933-37]
NKAA Source: We ask only a fair trial : a history of the Black community of Evansville, Indiana

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“Stewart, Logan H.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 4, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/276.

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