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BIOGRAPHIES
* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records
of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896
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FRANCIS M. O'CALLAGHAN
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 668 |
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JEPTHA OGDEN
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 643 |
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JEPTHA
L. OGDEN, one of the most successful farmers and
fruit growers of Carroll township, Ottawa county, was
born in Morris county, N. J., Nov. 28, 1827, and is one
of a family of six children, only two of whom now
survive, our subject and his sister, Ruth, wife
of Henry Jide.
Their parents, JEPTHA and Rachel (Munson)
Ogden, were also natives of New Jersey, the father
born July 24, 1795, the mother on June 12, 1788.
They came across the mountains from New Jersey with
teams to Ottawa county, the trip occupying a month, and
reached Port Clinton, May 25, 1838. After resting
a few days in that city they proceeded in a scow by
river to Carroll township, where they located on the
land now owned by our subject. The farm was then a
perfect wilderness, but they at once began to clear and
develop the land, which has now been placed under the
high state of cultivation. In the log house which
was there erected the deaths of both parents occurred,
the mother dying Feb. 23, 1874, the father on May 15,
1877.
The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood and youth
after the manner of most farmers' sons, acquiring his
education in the old log schoolhouse of the district, at
an early age being trained to those habits of industry
and economy which have proven the secret of his success
in life. In connection with general farming, he is
also engaged in fruit growing, in which he is meeting
with a well-deserved success. In Ottawa county, on
Nov. 28, 1852, Mr. Ogden was married to Miss
Margaret Cover a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth
Cover, and they became the parents of six children:
Saphroni, born Sept. 26, 1853, now the wife of
John Meeker; Reuha, born Sept. 18, 1855, was married
Feb. 11, 1874, to Charles Humphrey, and died July
19, 1882; Philina born Feb. 8, 1857, now the wife
of Daniel Day, of Port Clinton, Ottawa county;
Rachel E., born April 14, 1862, now the wife of
Charles Humphrey; Jeptha William was born Sept. 29,
1864; Alice, born Apr. 6, 1871, is the wife of
Edward Jide; and one child died in infancy.
The mother of this family died February 18, 1879, and
Feb. 8, 1881, Mr. Ogden was again married, this
time to Mrs. Mary Giger, widow of Henry Giger,
and sister of his first wife, and her death occurred
Nov. 19, 1888. On Feb. 13, 1892, Mr. Ogden
wedded Mrs. Clemenza Almira (Mattock) Conn, widow
of Philip Conn. She was born in Coshocton
county, Ohio, June 5, 1842, and is a daughter of
Isaac and Matilda Mattock, the former of whom now
makes his home in Adams, Defiance Co., Ohio. By
her former marriage Mrs. Ogden became the mother
of five children: Emma, born Aug. 1, 1863, died
Aug. 11, 1866; Matilda born Dec. 11, 1865,
married Jan. 8, 1884, to William Schmaltz, of
Defiance county; Mary, born Mar. 19, 1873,
married Apr. 28, 1889, to William Tuttle;
Euphema, born April 22, 1881; and Theodocia,
born June 16, 1883.
In his political views Mr. Ogden is a Democrat
and in religious faith the family attend the services of
the United Brethren Church. From his early boyhood
our subject's life has been spent in Carroll township,
and from a wilderness, inhabited mostly by savages with
only a few white settlers, he has seen the country
converted into finely-tilled land, dotted with handsome
residences, in which work he has contributed his share,
and he enjoys and respect of all who knew him.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 643 |
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ALBERT
B. ORTH, one of the hustling young business men
of Port Clinton, Ottawa county, where he conducts a
leading confectionery business, is a native of that
city, born Dec. 29, 1860.
Frank Orth, his father, was the youngest of six
brothers who emigrated from Germany to the United
States, settling in Detroit, Mich., where they organized
a musical band known as the "Orth Brothers'
Band." John Orth, Sr., one of these
brothers, recently died at Detroit, aged eighty-seven
years. Frank Orth married Miss Mary
Wagoner, and removed to Port Clinton, about the year
1850, where, being by trade a shoemaker and harness
maker he worked for several years for Joseph
Sylvester His children were: Frances,
John, Louis and Albert B.,
of whom Frances married Samuel Wisner a
carpenter at Port Clinton, and they have one son living.
John is a hardware merchant in Port Clinton,
Ohio. Louis, a tinner by trade, married
Carrie Andrews, a daughter of Peter Andrews,
a pioneer of Ottawa county, Ohio; her father, who had
served in the war of the Rebellion, died some time
afterward at Port Clinton, where the widowed mother is
yet living.
The subject proper of this sketch attended school at
Port Clinton until he was thirteen years old, when he
began to learn the baker's trade with W. S. Flaughter,
for whom he worked thirteen years, at the end of which
time, on account of ill health, he was obliged to quit.
Two years later he bought out E. I. Root and
opened up a confectionery and ice-cream trade, wholesale
and retail, in which he has since continued, a period of
about eight years. On Sept. 11, 1882, Mr. Orth
married Miss Cora Hollinshead, daughter of
Robert Hollinshead, formerly a fish dealer, of the
firm of R. B. & Co., Port Clinton, Ohio, later a
resident of Toledo, and now living in Iowa, whose
children were: Cora, Harry C., Lester, Clara,
May and Eva; of whom Harry C. is a
fish merchant in Port Clinton; Lester, single, is
with his brother Harry in the fish business;
Clara married John Robecker butcher, in the
employ of Kelley & Wanger, of Port Clinton;
Eva married Matthew Hisenbeck, engineer on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, living at
Toledo, Ohio. Albert and Cora Orth
have no children of their own, but have adopted one
little girl, named Bessie Merrill.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 844 |
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JOHN
ORTH. The city of Port Clinton, Ottawa
county, enjoys the distinction of having within her
limits as progressive and enterprising citizens as are
to be found in the State, among whom stands prominent
the firm of Mizener & Orth, dealers in
general hardware, etc., of which firm our subject is a
member.
Mr. Orth is a native of Ohio, born Dec. 3, 1854,
at Port Clinton, Ottawa county, a son of Frank and
Mary (Wagoner) Orth, the former of whom was the
youngest of six brothers who emigrated from Germany to
the United States, settling in Detroit, Mich., where
they organized a musical band known as the "Orth
Brothers Band." John Orth, Sr.,
one of these brothers, recently died at Detroit, aged
eighty-seven years. Frank Orth married and
removed to Port Clinton about the year 1850, and being a
shoemaker and harness-maker by trade, worked a number of
years for Joseph Sylvester. In 1861 he
enlisted in the Thirty-seventh-Regiment, O. V. I., and
served as sergeant of a company four years, or to near
the close of the war, when on account of sickness he was
honorably discharged; he died at Port Clinton some time
afterward. His widow, who is still residing there,
receives a pension. Their children were:
Frances, John, Louis and Albert B., of whom
Frances married Samuel Wisner a carpenter
at Port Clinton, and they have one son living; Louis,
a tinner by trade, married Carrie Andrews,
daughter of Peter Andrews, a pioneer of Ottawa
county, Ohio; Albert B. is a confectioner at Port
Clinton, Ohio.
John Orth, the subject proper of these lines,
attended Port Clinton schools only, and at an early age
learned the tinner's trade with Harms & Bliss,
for whom he worked three years. He was next
employed by George E. Bliss about two years,
after which, in 1883, he entered into partnership with
Mr. Mizener, they jointly buying out Mr. Bliss,
and they have continued together with the hardware
business, doing an extensive local and Island trade.
Their store building is 26x66 feet in dimensions, with
additions in the rear 20x26, 18x36 and 20x30 feet
respectively. Politically Mr. Orth is a
Republican, and he has held several civic offices, such
as those of township and corporation clerk and
treasurer, filling the latter incumbency four years,
while at the present time he is a member of the board of
education. Socially he is affiliated with the
Knights of Honor and National Union; in religious faith
the family are identified with the German Lutheran
Church.
On Dec. 3, 1878, Mr. Orth was married at Port
Clinton to Miss Emma C. Harms, a native of that
city, born in 1858, daughter of William and Regina
Harms, and their children are Frank W. and
Estella May. Mr. and Mrs. Orth are widely
known and highly respected in the community in which
they live.
* Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of
the Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 537 |
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