Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Ogier, Isaac S. K – O'Harnett, Morrison J

Ogier, Isaac S. K

lawyer, jurist, was born in South Carolina. He was an early emigrant to California, and resided at Los Angeles. In 1858 he was appointed judge of the United States court for the southern district of California.

Ogilby, John David

clergyman educator, author, was born Dec. 30, 1810, in Ireland . He was ordained both deacon and priest by Bishop Onderdonk, of New York, in 1838. Three years later he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the General Theological seminary. His chief publications were: An Outline of the Argument Against the Validity of Lay Baptism; and The Catholic Church in England and America. He died Feb. 2, 1851, in Paris, France.

Ogilvie, Clinton

artist, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in New York city. In 1864 he was elected an associate member of the National Academy of design, and he has since exhibited there The Valley of Schwytz, Switzerland; Lake Como, near Bellagio; Among the Adirondacks; The Sunny Summer-Time; Summer Afternoon in the Adirondacks; and The Mountain Brook.

Ogle, Alexander

state legislator, congressman, was born in 1765 in Maryland. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature, and frequently re-elected. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819, and subsequently served several years in the two houses of the state legislature. He was a general of militia, and for nine years was prothonotary of his county. He died Oct. 14, 1852, in Pennsylvania.

Ogle, Andrew J

congressman, was born in 1822, in Somerset, Pa. He was prothonotary of his county when twentyone years of age. He was a representátive in congress from Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. He was appointed charge d'affaires to Denmark in 1852. He died about 1853.

Ogle, Benjamin

state legislator, governor, was born Feb. 7, 1746, in Annapolis, Md. He was a member of the council of Maryland before the revolution, and was governor from 1798 to 1801. He died July 6, 1809, in Annapolis, Md.

Ogle, Charles

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1798 in Somerset, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1841. He died May 10, 1841.

Ogle, Samuel

governor, was born in England. He was governor of Maryland during 1737-42, and again in 1747.

O'Hara, Theodore

soldier, author, was born Feb. 11, 1820, in Danville, Ky.

He was an officer in the United States army during the Mexican war, and subsequently in the confederate army. He is remembered for his poem, The Bivouac of the Dead, stanzas from which have been inscribed on tablets in several of the national cemeteries. He died June 6, 1867, near Guerrytown, Ala.

O'Hara, Warren Joseph

physician, was born Sept. 13, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa. He attended the public schools of Philadelphia, Mount Pleasant high school, the International Commercial college of Saginaw, Mich., and subsequently graduated in medicine from the Rush Medical college of Chicago. He is physician to the Mercy hospital of Big Rapids, Mich., and is a member of the leading medical bodies. His contributions to medical journals are considered of great value.

O'Hara, William

Roman catholic bishop, was born about 1816 in Ireland.

In 1868 the diocese of Scranton was formed out of that of Philadelphia, and he was appointed its first bishop.

O'Harnett, Morrison J

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born June 27, 1828, in Carlyle, Ill. He served as a soldier in the Mexican war, and during the civil war was captain of company D, fifteenth Illinois cavalry. He has been judge of his county, and has served as a member of the Illinois state legislature.

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