Hillsdale County MI Archives Obituaries.....OGLE, Desdemona "Dessie" Melinda "Linda" March 25, 1949 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leila Menzies LeilaMenzies@aol.com and Fred Hewston ffrehew@aol.com March 13, 2006, 10:55 pm Hillsdale Daily News March 15, 1949 Desdemona Melinda OGLE a lifelong resident of Hillsdale County, MI died 25 March 1949 of pneumonia. She was born in Jefferson Township 30 Sept 1876, daughter of Matthias and Almira Jones Leonard. Surviving her are her husband Josiah E. OGLE, 4 daughters and 2 sons by a prior marriage: Mrs George (Cora) HALLAUER, Mrs. Lepo (Etta) SHATTLEROW, Mrs, Archie (Jennie) SLOCUM, Mrs. Leonard (Alice) MYERS,Elba ROSE, andWilliam ROSE, also survived by one sister Mrs. Anna STEVENS. Burial to be in Oak Grove Cemetery Additional Comments: Dessie's father, Matthias A. LEONARD, was the youngest of the 4 brothers who came from NY to Hillsdale as early pioneers: Henry B., Chauncey, and William Stacy LEONARD were his older brothers. Almira and Matthias had 4 daughters of their own: Esther(wed WYATT), Mary Etta (wed George ROSE and then Lawrence CHASE), Georgianna (wed Manley PAYNE), and Desdemona Melinda (wed last Josiah OGLE), Almira's daughter by a Mr. STEELE was raised as Sarah LEONARD, as if she were also Matthias' biological child. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/hillsdale/obits/o/ogle775gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb