Ogden, Aaron – Olcott, Simeon
Ogden, Aaron
soldier, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 3, 1756, in Elizabethtown, N. J. He was a senator in congress from 1801 to 1803; and was governor of New Jersey in 1812.
At the time of his ueath he was presidentgeneral of the Society of Cincinnati. He died April 19, 1830, in Jersey City, N. J.
Ogden, David
lawyer, jurist, was born about 1707, in Newark, N. J. He went to England in 1783 as agent for the New Jersey loyalists in prosecuting their claims for compensation, and secured an allowance for his own estates, which were valued at $100,000. He died in June, 1800, in Whitestone, N. J.
Ogden, David A
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Morristown, N. J. He was a member of the assembly in 1814 and 1815; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1817 to 1819. He died June 9, 1829, in Montreal, Canada.
Ogden, Elias Bailey Dayton
lawyer, jurist, was born May 22, 1799, in Elizabethtown, N. J. In 1848 he became associate justice of the supreme court of New Jersey. He died Feb. 24, 1865, in Elizabethtown, N. J.
Ogden, Henry W
soldier, agriculturist, congressman, was born Oct. 21, 1842, in Abingdon, Va. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1879, and of the state house of representatives in 1880; and re-elected in 1884, and was speaker of the house from 1884 to 1888. He was elected as a democrat from Louisiana to the fifty-third congress, to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Ogden, John Cosens
clergyman, author, was born about 1740, in New Jersey. He was a successful clergyman of New England; and the author of A History of the Moravians; and several religious works. He died in 1800 in Chestertown, Md.
Ogden, Matthias
soldier, was born Oct. 22, 1754, in Elizabethtown, N. J. At the close of the war he receivea the brevet of brigadier-general, to date from Sept. 20, 1783. He was a member of the legislative council in 1785, and in 1789 a presidential elector. He died March 31, 1791, in Elizabethtown, N. J.
Ogden, Octavius Nash
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 14, 1852, in New Orleans, La. His father was Abner Nash Ogden, one of the justices of the supreme court of Louisiana, and a grandson of Abner Nash, the first governor of North Carolina. He received his early education in New Orleans, and finished his studies at the university of Virginia.
He was admitted to the bar in 1873, and has attained success in his profession at New Orleans. He is the author of Halimah, an Indian Legend; Dominic You; and other works, and has contributed extensively to current literature.
Ogden, Robert
congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1716, in Elizabethtown, N. J.
He was a delegate from New Jersey to the colonial congress, which met in New York in 1765. He died Jan. 1, 1787, in Sparta, N. J.
Ogden, Robert Nash
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 5, 1839, in , author, was born May 5, 1839, in Baton Rouge, La. He served with distinction in the confederate army. For a while he was speaker of the house of representatives, and subsequently became one of the judges of the court of appeals of New Orleans. He is the author of a novel entitled Who Did It?
Ogden, Wesley
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1818, in Brockport, N. Y.
He settled in San Antonio, Texas. During 1865-67 he held the office of district attorney, and then was district judge until 1870, when he became a judge of the state supreme court.
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.
Oglesby, Richard James
soldier, lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born July 25, 1824, in Oldham county, Ky. He was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1860, and resigned to enter the volunteer service in 1861. At the commencement of the rebellion he was chosen colonel; afterward appointed brigadiergeneral; and in 1863 a major-general. He resigned in 1864, and was elected governor of Illinois. He was again elected governor in 1872, and a few months thereafter was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1879. In 1884 he was again elected governor of Illinois for a term of four years.
O'Gorman, Henry
lawyer, jurist, was born April 8, 1847, in Boston, Mass.
He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of St. Paul, Minn., and attended the Washington university of St. Louis, Mo. He served two years as sheriff of Ramsey county, Minn., and for six years was judge of probate. He is one of the leading lawyers of the west at St. Paul, Minn.
O Hara, James E
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1844, in New York city. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses.
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.
Ohliger, Lewis P
business man, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1843, in Bavaria. He was appointed a trustee of the Wooster and Lodi railway, of which he is now president. He was elected from Ohio to the fifty-second congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy.
O'Keefe, John Francis
educator, lawyer, was born Dec. 28, 1860, in Wilson, N. Y. He attended the Wilson academy and the Mount Union college, Ohio, and for several years taught school. He was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Michigan and the federal courts of the United States. He makes a specialty of corporation law, and is the general counsel for the Saginaw and Bay City Rapid Transit Railway company.
Olcott, Simeon
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1735, in Connecticut. In 1784 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas of New Hampshire; in 1790 a judge of the superior court; chief judge of the same court in 1795; and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire from 1801 to 1805. He died Feb. 22, 1815, in Charlestown, S. C.