BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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1915
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ALBERT
OGLESBEE. Having resided in this county since he was twelve
years of age, the well-known Union township farmer whose name is above
noted has witnessed a marvelous development of the community in which he
settled shortly after the Civil War. Industrious and progressive,
Mr. Oglesbee has prospered in his farmer operations and is
accounted one of the substantial men of the Haws Chapel neighborhood,
where he is held in the highest esteem, he and his widowed mother living
quietly and comfortably on the old home farm, enjoying the respect and
regard of the entire community.
Albert Oglesbee was born in Caesar Creek
township, Greene county, Ohio, on Aug. 16, 1860, son of Nelson and
Maria (Powers) Oglesbee, both natives of Greene county, the former
of whom was born in Dec., 1832, and died on Nov. 25, 1903, and the
latter of whom was born on Nov. 22, 1840, and is still living.
Nelson Oglesbee was the son of Isaiah and
Rachel (Devoe) Oglesbee, natives of Frederick county, Virginia, the
former of whom was born on May 14, 1795, and the latter of whom was born
on Dec. 18, 1797, who married about the year 1820 and immigrated to
Ohio, locating in Caesar Creek township, in Green county, where they
entered a considerable tract of land from the government, out of which
they created a valuable farm, on which the remainder of their lives were
spent. Isaiah Oglesbee and his wife were Methodists and
became influential in the affairs of the pioneer community in which they
settled. They were the parents of eleven or twelve children.
It was on this pioneer farm that Nelson Oglesbee was born and
there he was reared. As a young man he became a carpenter and some
of the buildings still standing in the Caesar Creek neighborhood display
the substantial character of his handiwork. He inherited a portion
of the old home farm, and at the time of his marriage, in 1858, bought
the interests of the other heirs and remained on the paternal acres
until 1872, in which year he sold the farm and bought a farm of eighty
acres on the Prairie road in the Haws Chapel neighborhood in Union
township, this county, where the rest of his life was spent and where
his widow and son still live. In 1874 he remodeled the house which
stood on this farm and in 1891 built the present substantial barn.
Nelson Oglesbee and his wife took an active interest in the
affairs of the Haws Chapel Methodist church, of which they were members,
and were also active in the general affairs of the community, Mr.
Oglesbee for some time serving as school director in his district.
On Dec. 2, 1858, Nelson Oglesbee was united in
marriage to Maria Powers, daughter of Edward B. and Keziah
(Beeson) Powers, both natives of Green county, the former of whom
lived until the year 1803. Edward B. Powers, whose father,
a native of Ireland, was one of the earliest settlers of Greene county,
was a farmer and carpenter and built many of the houses and barns that
were erected in his community in pioneer days. He and his wife
were the parents of five children, four sons and one daughter, of whom
two are still living, Hiram Powers, who lives at Union City,
Indiana, and Mrs. Oglesbee, mother of the immediate subject of
this sketch.
To Nelson and Maria (Powers) Oglesbee were born
three children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest, the
others being Ella R., born on June 11, 1864, widow of Frank J.
Pendry, who lives in Wilmington, this county, and Edward E.,
Aug. 4, 1870, who owns a feed store at Dayton, Ohio.
Albert Oglesbee was twelve years of age when his
parents moved to this county and he completed his education in the old
"Dutch" district school in Union township. Being the eldest child
in the family, he early took an active part in the management of the
home farm and upon his father's death remained on the place, making a
comfortable home for his mother, to whom he is devoted. He is a
quiet, unassuming man, but is doing well his part in life and enjoys the
confidence and respect of all his neighbors.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 607 |
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ALONZO
OGLESBEE, who is an excellent farmer of Liberty township, where
he owns one hundred and forty acres of land, was born on Oct. 28, 1860,
on the farm where he now lies, and is the son of Joshua and Mary
(McKay) Oglesbee, the former of whom was born on July 29, 1825, and
the latter on Sept. 27, 1837, the daughter of George and Mary
(Ferguson) McKay, pioneers of Chester township, this county.
George McKay was a native of Virginia, who came to Clinton
county when a young man, with his father. Afterward he returned to
Virginia in 1800 and lived in Ohio from the time he was eighteen years
old. He died in 1850 and his widow in 1878. George McKay's
father, Moses McKay, who was born in Virginia about 1776, came to
Clinton county in 1818 with his wife and eleven children, leaving one
son in Virginia.
Joshua Oglesbee was the son of John and Sarah
(Stump) Oglesbee, natives of Virginia, who were married in the Old
Dominion state on Sept. 4, 1809. Three children were born to them
before they came to Ohio. John Oglesbee owned nearly twelve
hundred acres of land in Liberty township, this county, a part of which
is now owned by his descendant, Granville Oglesbee. John
Oglesbee was the son of Isaiah Oglesbee, who settled in
Clinton county, one and one-half miles east of Lumberton, where he died
in 1840, his widow surviving him three years. They were members of
the Friends church.
Joshua Oglesbee spent his entire life in Liberty
township. He remained at home with his widowed mother until
reaching his majority, or until his marriage, on Mar. 11, 1855, to
Mary M. McKay, to which union there were born three children,
Alonzo, Sallie M. and Horace Oglesbee married Jennie
Foodie, and now lies in Dayton, Ohio. Joshua
Oglesbee and wife were members of the old-school Baptist church and
active in church work. They owned four hundred and thirty acres of
land in Liberty township. He died on May 28, 1900, and his widow
died in 1908.
Born and reared in Liberty township, Alonzo Oglesbee
was educated in the common schools there. On Oct. 21, 1898, he was
married to Mary E. Turner who was born in Greene county, this
state, the daughter of John and Margaret (Haines) Turner farmers
in that county and members of the Quaker church. Margaret
(Haines) Turner was the daughter of Eber Haines, who was a
prominent minister in the Quaker church in the early days of Clinton
county. He was born in 1825 in Greene county and died in Clinton
county in 1911. To Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee seven children
have been born, of whom six are living, Sarah M., Esther, Gladys,
Leontine, Frances and Robert J. All of these children
are still at home with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee are members of the Friends
church at New Hope are regular attendants at Sunday school.
Fraternally, Mr. Oglesbee is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 785 |
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ARTHUR
OGLESBEE is a successful farmer of Liberty township, who lives on
the Xenia pike, near Lumberton, and who was born on June 17, 1874, in
Liberty township. He is the son of Solomon and Sabina
(Middleton) Oglesbee, both natives of Clinton county. The
latter is the daughter of James Middleton, a native of Greene
county, Ohio, a farmer by occupation and a member of the Methodist
Protestant church. The paternal grand-parents of Arthur
Oglesbee were Amos and Anna (Hoffman) Oglesbee, the former of
whom, the eldest son of John Oglesbee, was born in Virginia in
1810 and came to Ohio in 1817, three years later, settling in Clinton
county. In 1835 Amos Oglesbee was married to Anna
Hoffman who was born in 1814 in Virginia and who came to Ohio with
her parents soon after the War of 1812. Soon after their marriage,
they settled on a farm in Clinton county, where he died on Dec. 31,
1851. His widow survived him many years, her death not occurring
until June 25, 1875. They were the parents of nine children.
Solomon Oglesbee, one of these nine children, was educated in the
common schools and farmed one hundred and eighty-five acres of land in
Liberty township, which he owned. He was a member of the Methodist
Protestant church and died on Oct. 29, 1898. His widow is still
living. They were the parents of seven children, James, Hattie,
Nettie, Allie, Arthur, Lelia and Carrie. James died
unmarried, at the age of forty-seven years. Hattie and
Carrie are unmarried. Nettie is the wife of Wesley
E. Jordan, of Dayton, Ohio. Allie married Edward
McKay, a resident of Union township, and Lelia married
Charles Linkhart, of Liberty township.
Arthur Oglesbee received a good common school
education in the schools of Clinton county. On Nov. 15, 1900, he
was married to Florence Shook, who were farmers in Greene county,
and members of the Methodist church, and to this union four children
have been born, Bernice, Melville, Edith and Dorothy.
Mr. and Mrs. Oglesbee are members of the Methodist church and their
children are being reared in that faith.
After his marriage, Mr. Oglesbee located on the
farm of one hundred and sixty-eight acres, where he now lives, and where
he is engaged in general farming and stock raising.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 774 |
Mr. & Mrs.
William F. Oglesbee |
GRANVILLE
M. OGLESBEE. Among the prominent families of Liberty
township, this county, are the Oglesbees, among whom is
Granville M. Oglesbee, a representative of the third generation of
the family in this county. Mr. Oglesbee is living on the
farm once occupied and owned by his grandfather, who married Sarah
Stump in Virginia.
Granville M. Oglesbee was born in Clinton county
and has spent all of his life in Liberty township. He is the son
of William F. and Mary Jane (Miars) Oglesbee, the latter of whom
was the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Haines) Miars. Samuel
Miars was a native of Virginia who came to Clinton county with his
family early in the settlement of the county and settled in Union
township. The paternal grandparents of Granville Oglesbee,
John and Sarah (Stump) Oglesbee, were married on Sept. 4, 1809,
in Virginia, and, before coming to Clinton county, had three children.
They first settled in Greene county, Ohio, but subsequently came to
Clinton county, where they purchased two hundred acres of land, a part
of that now owned by Granville Oglesbee. John Oglesbee
died on July 12, 1840, and his wife on Feb. 5, 1872. They were
members of the Baptist church and had eight children, Amos, Daniel,
Manley, Phoebe, John, Reese, Joshua and William F. John
Oglesbee was the son of Isaiah Oglesbee, who settled in
Clinton county, one and one-half miles east of Lumberton, where he and
his wife died, the former about 1840 and the latter about three years
later. They were members of the Friends church. The
Oglesbee family is believed to be of Scottish extraction.
WILLIAM F. OGLESBEE was born on
the farm now occupied by his son, on July 22, 1832. He was
educated in the common schools of the county and reared on the farm and
on Nov. 5, 1857, was united in marriage to Mary Jane Miars.
After his marriage, he took charge of the home farm, which in time he
came to own and which comprised, at the time of his death, three hundred
and thirty-one acres. He and his wife were members of the German
Reformed church and were particularly active in church work. He
was also more or less active in county affairs and was an influential
and useful citizen. He died on Oct. 8, 1903, and his widow
survived him for ten years, her death occurring on Nov. 15, 1913.
They were the parents of three children, Luella and Emma H.,
both now deceased, and Granville M., the second born, who is the
subject of this sketch. Luella married Orvil Paterson
and was the mother of two children, Mary Grace and Herman
the latter of whom is deceased. Emma H., who died on Nov.
28, 1897, was unmarried.
Granville M. Oglesbee has spent his entire life
on the home farm and has been prominent in the agricultural activities
of Liberty township. He is an active member in the Methodist
Episcopal church at Lumberton and particularly active in the work of the
Sunday school. Not only is he a member of the board of trustees of
the church but he is also steward. Mr. Oglesbee owns three
hundred acres of land in Liberty township and is accounted one the
Clinton country's most substantial and representative citizens.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 812 |
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WOODSON
OGLESBEE. The venerable Woodson Oglesbee, of Liberty
township, who has spent all of his life in Clinton county and who is now
afflicted with the infirmities of age, was born in Liberty township,
Clinton county, June 21, 1839, the son of Eli Oglesbee and his
second wife, who, before her marriage, was Lucinda Fawcett.
The former was born in Virginia county, Ohio, on June 4, 1810, and died
on Sept. 14, 1877. The paternal grandfather of Woodson Oglesbee
was Isaiah Oglesbee. They settled in Clinton county, about
one and one-half miles east of Lumberton, where they died, Isaac
Oglesbee about the year 1840 and his wife about three years
later. Both were members of the friends church. They had
nine children, Elias, Jacob, Jonathan, Isaiah, David, Eli, Phoebe,
Ellis, and one whose name is lost to the present chronicler.
The Oglesbee family is of Scottish extraction, but it is
uncertain at what time the family was established in America.
Eli Oglesbee, the father of Woodson Oglesbee,
was born in Virginia on Oct. 5, 1806, and came to Ohio when about eleven
years old with his father. He grew to manhood in Liberty township
and acquired a limited education. He married Rebecca Mann,
a native of Ohio, born in 1807, and who died in 1831. To this
marriage there was born one child, Lydia, who married William
Cornell, of Spring Valley, Ohio, to which union three children were
born, Hiram, Rebecca (deceased) and Woodson.
Hiram Oglesbee was born on Aug. 4, 1834, and grew to manhood on a
farm. On Aug. 2, 1858, he married Susan Buser who was born
in 1835, a native of Greene county, Ohio, to which union were born six
children, Louie B., Charles H., John W., Horace C., Edward F. and
Amos L. Hiram Oglesbee was a farmer early in life, but
subsequently engaged in the hardware and implement business at Xenia,
Ohio. Still later he was engaged in the furniture business at
Xenia, but finally settled on the old home farm, where he still lives.
Rebecca, the second child born to Eli and Lucinda (Fawcett)
Oglesbee, married A. J. Van Pelt, a resident of Port William,
and is now deceased.
Woodson Oglesbee was educated in the common
schools. He grew to maturity in Liberty township and has spent all
of his life there. At the age of twenty-two yeas he was united in
marriage to Mary Elizabeth Haines, who was born in 1841 and who
died in May, 1879. To this union four children were born, namely:
Charles A., who married Ella Christy and lives at Spring
Valley, Ohio; Alden M., who married Alta Beal, and lives
at Jackson, Mississippi; Hiram Jacob, who married pearl Jessup
and lives in Liberty township, and Mary E., who married
Thurman Early, and died in Liberty township.
After the death of his first wife, Mr. Oglesbee
married, secondly, Lucy M. Fawcett, who was born on May 27, 1860,
and to this union two children were born, Blanche, who married
Clyde Banghan, and has two children, Lucy Pauline and Ruth
Agnes, and Walter, all of whom live on the home place.
Woodson Oglesbee owns one hundred and seventy-four
acres of land in Liberty township, this county, and in Greene county.
He is a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant church at Port
William, Ohio. He has spent all of his life in general farming and
stock raising and has a wide acquaintance throughout the county, where
he is held in the highest esteem by all.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F.
Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 782 |
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A. E. OREN, a successful farmer
of Liberty township, was born in that township on Nov. 22, 1868, the son
of Jesse and Mary (Bennett) Oren, the former of whom is the son
of Elihu and Jane (Newcomb) Oren.
Elihu Oren was born in Greene county, Tennessee,
on Mar. 3, 1809, and in 1810 came with his parents, John Oren and
wife, to Clinton county, where he grew to manhood on his father's
farm, and, at the age of twenty years, engaged in teaching. On
August 1, 1830, he was married to Jane Newcomb, who bore him six
children who grew to maturity, Charles, Elizabeth, Jesse, Mary Jane,
Asenath and Clarissa, the last of whom died in 1862, in her
eighteenth year. Elihu Oren continued teaching for a number
of years after his marriage, but later engaged in farming. He
moved to Liberty township in 1835 and there resided until his death,
Mar. 7, 1872. He was known as the friend of railroads, free pikes
and free schools, the last years of his life having been spent in the
work of extending the Chesapeake & Ohio railway. In politics he
was a Whig, until 1840, when he voted the Whig ticket for the last time.
From that time until Lincoln issued his emancipation proclamation, he
was a Garrisonian Abolitionist, after which he allied himself with the
Republican party. Reared under the influences of the Society of
Friends, he was opposed to war. His sympathies, however, during
the Civil War were with the Union, and he desired and prayed for the
success of the Union army. His two sons, Charles and Jesse,
enlisted in the Union Army. Charles was captain of the
Fifth United States Colored Troops, and was killed by a sharpshooter in
front of Petersburg in August, 1864. Jesse, the father of
A. E., served three years in Company B, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Elihu Oren's devoted wife survived him,
and spent the last years of her life with her son-in-law, B. F.
James. Elihu Oren owned the farm which his grandson, the
subject of this sketch, now occupies.
A. E. Oren, who was born and reared on the farm,
spent three years in Wilmington College, during which time he won
distinction as a college baseball player and as a pole vaulter with the
track team.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 820 |
Jesse Oren |
JESSE NEWCOMB OREN
was born in Clinton county, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1835. Mr. Oren
was third child of Elihu and Jane (Newcomb) Oren. When he
was six weeks old, in February, 1836, his father moved with his family
on to the farm now owned by Jesse N. Oren and managed by his son,
Arthur E. Oren, and which has been his home for nearly eighty
years. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, doing farm work in
summer and attending school in winter. He also attended Antioch
College for a time in 1864-5, then under the presidency of Horace
Mann. In 1859-60 he engaged in teaching. In 1861 he
answered the call made by Abraham Lincoln for three-years men to
put down the rebellion, and enlisted on Sept. 17, 1861, in Company B,
Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in that company until
the fall of Atlanta, when he was mustered out as orderly sergeant, in
October, 1864. He was for a time a prisoner of war and an inmate
of Libby and other rebel prisons.
Mr. Oren returned home from the army and resumed
farming. At the election of 1865 he was elected a member of the
Ohio Legislature, to represent Clinton county and served for two years,
1866-7.
Mr. Oren was again elected to the House of
Representatives in 1871 for two years and in 1874, for the same length
of time, serving in all six years as representative of his county.
He was elected to Ohio Senate in 1883 to represent the fifth senatorial
district, composed of the counties of Greene, Fayette and Clinton.
George Hoadly was then governor of the state. Mr. Oren
was again elected by the same district in 1891, when James E.
Campbell was governor, serving, in all, four years in the Senate and
six years in the House. In 1903 Governor Nash appointed him
a member of the Ohio board of state charities, for the term of three
years. At the expiration of that time, 1906, Governor Harris
reappointed him for another term of three years. At the end of
this term, 1909, on account of failing health, he resigned his position
and retired from active public business. He has been able during
the past six years to read the papers and keep posted on all the
important public questions of the day.
Mr. Oren is a member of the Society of Friends
and a firm believer in the principles and doctrines taught by that
organization. Although he served for more than three years as a
soldier, he believes all wars are contrary to the teachings of Christ
and that all questions in dispute between nations should e settled by
peaceful means, without resorting to force.
On July 8, 1866, Mr. Oren was married to Mary
A. Bennett, of West Elkton, Ohio. Five children were born to
them: Charles H., Arthur E., Cora B., Clara J. and Alice
L. Two of these, Charles H. and Cora B. are
dead.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 936 |
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