At the time of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, John Logan Belsha was was six years old. He was living in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri, in the home of his uncle, George Belsha, and unmarried aunts, Melissa and Maryann Belsha.

Other individuals living in the household included his older sister, Sarah Belsha (called Sallie) and George Goodell, a laborer on the farm.

John Logan and Sarah's parents, John Belsha and Harriet Finch Kinnison Belsha Wimsatt, died in 1844 and 1847, respectively.

Also living nearby were John Logan's other uncles: Henry, William, Napoleon, and Ferdinand Belsha, and his aunt, Elizabeth (nee Belsha) Cann.

John Logan and Sarah's step-father, Robert Wimsatt, was also living in Bois Brule Township in 1850 with his new wife, Drucilla (nee Robinson) Wimsatt with children from both of their previous marriages, one child of their own and several slaves.

At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, John Logan Belsha was living in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri. He was 15 years old and living in the home of his uncle, Henry Belsha.

Also living in the house at the time were Priest and Nancy Anderson and their infant daughter, Melissa. Priest was a laborer on the farm. 

Also probably employed as a farm laborer was John Krabbey, 30 years old, from Missouri. 

Three additional children were listed as living in the Henry Belsha household; John M. Cann, Henry's nephew from his deceased sister, Elizabeth (nee Belsha) Cann, as well as John R. and Thomas Belsha.

It is unclear who John R. and Thomas Belsha were. Neither were mentioned in Henry's Last Will and Testament, although he did specifically mention other nieces and nephews.

At the time of the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, John Logan Belsha was 25 and living in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri, with his second wife, Maria Susannah (nee Tucker) Belsha. 

John Logan's occupation was listed as farmer.​

Also living in the household were Sarah Belsha, his daughter from the marriage to his first wife, Nancy Elizabeth (nee Baily) Belsha. Also listed were John Logan and Maria Susannah's children, Elisa and John (Napoleon) Belsha.

Listed in an adjacent dwelling was Napoleon Belsha, a boy of only 13 years old. It is possible that this boy was Henry Napoleon Belsha, the son of John Logan's deceased uncle, George, and that the separate dwelling listing was an enumerator error and the dwelling number should have been attributed to the adjacent family, James and Levina Hogan. 

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census, John Logan Belsha was 35 years old and living in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri, with his third wife, Felicitas Ann (nee Melton) Belsha. 

John Logan's occupation was listed as Farmer.​

Also living in the home at the time were John Logan's children from his second marriage, John (Napoleon) Belsha and James (Lawrence) Belsha, as well as (Thomas) Edward Belsha, his son with Felicitas (nee Melton) Belsha. 

John Logan's other two children, daughters Sarah and Eliza, were deceased by the time of the 1880 census.

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census, Mary Elizabeth Hager was 6 years old and living in Central Township, Perry County, Missouri, with her parents, James Ruben Hager and Teresa Ann (nee Tucker) Hager. 

Her father was listed as a farmer and as being born in North Carolina.

Also living in the home at the time were her siblings, Rosa, Augustus, Mary, Orlando, Joseph, and Ida Hager. 

Note that, in 1880, Mary Elizabeth Hager's father, James Ruben Hager, was a year younger than her future husband, John Logan Belsha. 

At the time of the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, John Logan and Mary Elizabeth (nee Hager) Belsha were living on on a farm in Bois Brule Township, Perry County, Missouri.

Also living in the home at the time were their children, Mary Eleanora, Mary Anna and Mary Pearl Belsha.

John Logan's son from his third marriage, Thomas Edward Belsha, and his son's wife, Gertrude (nee Hayden) Belsha, lived on the adjacent farm.

At the time of the 1910 census, John Logan Belsha was 65 years old and living on a farm that he owned in St. Marys Township, Perry County, Missouri, with his fourth wife, Mary Elizabeth (nee Hager) Belsha.

Also living in the home at the time were their children: Mary Eleanor, Mary Anna, Mary Pearl, Joseph Elmer and Joseph Clyde Belsha.​​

At the time of the 1920 census, John Logan Belsha was 75 years old and living on a farm that he rented in Chester Township, Randolph County, Illinois, with his fourth wife, Mary Elizabeth (nee Hager) Belsha.

Also living in the home were their sons, (Joseph) Elmer and (Joseph) Clyde Belsha.

Living on the adjacent property was the couple's daughter, Mary Eleanora (nee Belsha) Gibbar, her husband, James Henry Gibbar, and children, Jerome, Harold, Jane and Paul. 

Living on the next adjacent property were their two daughters, (Mary) Pearl and (Mary) Anna with their husbands, brothers Lawrence Mattingly, Jr. and Pius (Grover) Mattingly. 

The property was listed as belonging to Lawrence Mattingly, Jr. It is likely that all three families farmed the land together.

Both John Logan and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (nee Hager) Belsha, died before the next census. John Logan died in 1926 and Mary Elizabeth died in 1928.