As an infant, when Congress was in session, the family resided in Washington, D. C., and maintained a home in Carbondale, Illinois, for when the legislature was in recess.

During the Civil War the family remained in Carbondale, but in 1871 moved to Chicago, where Logan began her education at a private school.

Because the major was subsequently sent to Fort Vancouver in Portland, Oregon, (1901) and Manila to serve as chief paymaster to the U.S. Army in the Philippines (1904), Tucker resided with her mother in Washington.

[4] Beginning in 1907, Tucker was involved in a scandalous divorce,[9] which threatened to tarnish the carefully crafted family history that her mother had spent years building.

[9] Approaching the War Department, she attempted to have him discharged from the military, alleging he had engaged in conduct unbecoming to an officer.

The military investigation proved the charges insufficient, and when her divorce was declined Colonel Tucker instigated proceedings.

[29] That same year, she took her message to the radio, broadcasting a Dames of the Loyal Legion program aimed to generate respect for heroes.

She called for all teachers in either public or private schools to take an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledge to give honor to all historic soldiers and sailors of the nation.