Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Thomas Muldrup Logan, MD

1806-1876

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

1. Thomas Muldrup Logan, MD Marker

Inscription. Dr. Logan came to California in 1850 in search of gold. When the cholera epidemic broke out in Sacramento in October of that same year, he left the gold fields to lend his services to aid the residents of the city.

Dr. Logan wrote the first medical history of Sacramento and in 1872 he unsuccessfully proposed that the American Medical Association acknowledge the rights of women to study and practice medicine.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 38° 33.78′ N, 121° 30.051′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Marker can be reached from Cypress Avenue south of Chapel Square, on the right when traveling south. The resin marker is mounted on a metal post at Dr. Logan's grave site, Plot A51, State Plot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Charles "Charley" King (within shouting distance of this marker); General George Wright (within shouting distance of this marker); Newton Booth (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacramento City Cemetery / People of the Cemetery (within shouting

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

distance of this marker); John A. Sutter, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Old Tier Grounds (within shouting distance of this marker); City Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Hardin Bigelow (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

More about this marker. Inset Image:
Portrait of Dr. Thomas M. Logan: “History of the Medical Society of the State of California”, 1964, by J. Roy Jones, MD.

Also see . . . Thomas Muldrup Logan , MD (1808-1876). Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society

"Dr. Logan was a prolific writer and an artist, illustrating his medical reports and providing colored engravings of California produce to advertise the State Fair. California’s first meteorologist was Dr. Logan who kept meticulous weather data for Sacramento using instruments provided by the Smithsonian Institution. His records were accepted by the U.S. Weather Bureau when it was established in 1870. He studied local topography. He was hoping his data would explain
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

2. Thomas Muldrup Logan, MD Marker
the causes of disease epidemics. Dr. Logan collected mortality and morbidity data for the Gold Rush area from physicians, undertakers and coroners, becoming the State’s pioneer epidemiologist."

(Submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Dr. Logan's Headstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

3. Dr. Logan's Headstone

T.M. Logan, M.D.
A native of Charleston S.C.
Died
Feb. 13, 1876,
Aged
68 Y’rs & 13 D’s.
Mark the perfect men, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man is peace.

City Cemetery Map image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

4. City Cemetery Map

Founded 1849

Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 4. submitted on June 29, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.