Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Ogden, Henry W. 1829 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

HENRY W. OGDEN.

   Henry Ogden has been a resident farmer of Bartholomew county for thirty
years. In 1873 he took up his abode upon a tract of land within its borders and
throughout the intervening decades he has devoted his attention to the tilling
of the soil in a manner that has made him one of the prosperous agriculturists
of the community. He has brought sound business judgment to bear upon his work
and by careful management and keen discrimination he has won success.

   Mr. Ogden is a son of Samuel and Cynthia (Hensley) Ogden and was born on the
12th of April, 1829, on the banks of the Kentucky river, near Ball's landing. It
was in Owen county, that state, that all of his people were born, the family
being an old one of Kentucky. Henry Ogden was reared upon a farm, early becoming
familiar with that work in its various departments. From nine years of age he
was reared by his grandfather Ogden and secured his education in a log school
house, but had fair advantages for that day, and improving his opportunities,
laid the foundation for substantial and practical knowledge. He has always kept
in touch with the advanced thought and progress of the country, and is now one
of the well informed men of the county.

   In October, 1854, Mr. Ogden came to Indiana and located in Columbus, where he
was employed as an engineer for a number of years, being connected in that
capacity with the Columbus waterworks, the furniture factory and the gas
factory. In 1873, however, he removed to Sand Creek township, one mile west of
Elizabethtown, where he has since engaged in farming.

   Mr. Ogden was married three years after his arrival to Miss Elmira Graves, a
daughter of Isaac and Ann R. Graves, the wedding ceremony being performed on the
5th of February, 1857. She was born in Columbus on the 25th of June, 1839, and
remained a resident of that city until her marriage. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ogden
were born seven children, but they had the misfortune to lose four of the number
by death. Those still living are as follows: Anna, who is the wife of Thomas L.
Perryshaw, living in Johnson county, Indiana; W. E. (Dora) married Miss Laura
Snyder and resides in Columbus, where he is manager for the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and Catherine, the wife of Sigel Burns, of Burnsville.

   In his political views Mr. Ogden is a Democrat. He is one of the substantial
supporters of the party, but has never taken an active part in political work.
As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well. Realizing
the value of industry and perseverance, he has labored on year after year with
determination and energy and is now the possessor, of a good home and is
enjoying many of the comforts of life. Both he and his wife are well and widely
known in this part of the state. They are of a cordial, social nature, reliable
and trustworthy, delighting in entertaining their friends and in return enjoying
the hospitality of many of the best homes of the locality, and all who know them
hold them in high and well merited respect.



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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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