Yolo-Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Ogden, George A. 1863 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 9, 2005, 5:47 pm Author: Tom Gregory GEORGE A. OGDEN The man whose name is the title of this sketch is one of the best posted grain dealers in Northern California. He has built up a large business and is well known and highly respected by all with whom he has had to do in- any way. Always, his integrity is unquestioned and often it is said of him more truly than it has been said of many others, "his word is as good as his bond." George A. Ogden was born at Plainfield, Yolo county, Cal., September 28, 1863. His father, Andrew Ogden, a native of the Old Dominion state, started for California by way of Cape Horn in 1848, and arrived at Sacramento January 1, 1849. After some not entirely satisfactory experiences as a miner for gold he settled in Yolo county and became a farmer and stock-raiser. He bought and improved a farm near Plainfield, on which he lived and prospered until his death, which occurred in 1892. His widow, who was before her marriage Miss Georgiana Blair, is living at Woodland, Yolo county. Of the eight children she bore to her husband seven are living. George A. was the third in order of birth. Amid the healthful and moral environments of the farm, George A. Ogden was reared and learned farming and the value of industry and honesty to one who would make a real success of life. He was educated in the public schools near his father's farm and at Atkinson's Business College, at Sacramento, where he was graduated in 1880, when he was about seventeen years old. His father owned a grain farm near Anderson, in Shasta county, and this the young man managed successfully for ten years, improving his knowledge of agriculture and learning the ways of business and of men. Of course he made mistakes sometimes, but he got on. He came to Woodland in 1890 and engaged in the grain trade, and that has been his business ever since. During the first eight years he was a buyer for Eppinger & Company, and since then he has been in the trade wholly for himself. He buys and ships grain so extensively that his operations demand a warehouse having a capacity of eight thousand tons of grain and four thousand tons of hay. His establishment is connected with the Southern Pacific tracks by a private switch. It was in Redding, Shasta county, Cal., that Mr. Ogden married Miss Mary Wolfe, a native of Oregon, who has borne him two children: William H., a high school graduate, is assisting his father in the conduct of his business. Hazel is a member of her parents' household. In his political views Mr. Ogden is a Republican. He is a Past Grand of Woodland Lodge No. 111, I. O. O. F., and a member of the Woodmen of the World. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/ogden125nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb