John Cook: "Once when he (Grandfather Moses Logan, Sr.) was going to Meadville with the family, the weather being very cold, in a two-horse sled, well supplied with straw, robes, and blankets, near Conneaut Lake they overtook John Cook. He was on horseback. He said to John, "Tie your horse to the sled, get in, hap up and keep warm." John said, "No, I'm all right." They made the trip. About midnight they were called up. John's horse had come home with an empty saddle. In the search Cook was found, badly frozen. They took him home, did what they could to revive him. When he opened his eyes he said to grandfather, "Moses, I remember my faults this day," and expired."

James Hamilton: "Among our neighbors were S.S.Tiffany, Albert and James Johnson, Shortwell and Wallace Hood, George Prime, and James Hamilton, the latter being a close friend of father's and deserved more than a passing notice. John Cook emigrated from Ireland, and I believe took up land one-half mile north from grandfather. He built a log house. Was married a few days later. He was caught in a winter blizzard and frozen to death. James Hamilton, a near relative, was a sailor in the service of England. He was held six months at sea because he had accidentally spilled a few drops of water on the steps. I heard him say that was the last he ever did for Queen Victoria. One evening he called on father. He was late. Mrs. Cook had bolted the door. Lying in bed she reached out to unbolt the door. The bed was of the old style, held together by cords. She fell, crippling her so she never walked again. She lay in bed for nine years before she died. James Hamilton was a good writer and was employed at the court house at Meadville for several weeks in winter. He was a good neighbor, his word as good as his bond."