Houghton Surname Project

Franklin Ogden¹

M, #64891, b. 25 July 1808, d. 14 December 1900

Father*: Abraham Ogden¹ b. 4 Sep 1769, d. 29 Mar 1845
Mother*: Keziah Houghton¹ b. 10 May 1788, d. 4 Sep 1872

Family 1: Jane Briggs b. 1814, d. 1848

Marriage*: Franklin Ogden married Jane Briggs on Oct 11, 1832 at Rome, Oneida Co., NY, USA.²

Franklin Delos Ogden+¹ b. 1 Oct 1833, d. 13 Feb 1912

Family 2: Cynthia Richardson b. 1817, d. 29 Sep 1851

Marriage*: Franklin Ogden married Cynthia Richardson on Sep 21, 1850 at Perry, Wyoming Co., NY, USA.²

Family 3: Sarah Jane Pollock b. 1831, d. 1913

Marriage*: Franklin Ogden married Sarah Jane Pollock on May 26, 1853 at Warren Co., IL, USA.²

Biography

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Birth

Jul 25, 1808

Rome, Oneida Co., NY, USA²

Marriage

Oct 11, 1832

Rome, Oneida Co., NY, USA²

Marriage

Sep 21, 1850

Perry, Wyoming Co., NY, USA²

Marriage

May 26, 1853

Warren Co., IL, USA²

Death

Dec 14, 1900

Galesburg, Knox Co., IL, USA²

Obituary

Dec 15, 1900

Galesburg, IL, USA, Galesburg Newspaper:
Ogden, Franklin, for 35 years resident of Galesburg, and former resident of Berwick Twp, Warren County, died his home 1276 North Broad this afternoon of paralysis. Some years ago he suffered from a light paralytic stroke. The last stroke was a fatal one on Nov 2 from which he gradually failed. At his bedside were, wife, niece, Mrs. A .L. Eagan, his son and daughter-in-law, F.D.Ogden of Berwick, his granddaughter, Mrs. Ed Ogden.
     Born in July 25, 1808 son of Abraham and Keziah (Houghton) Ogden in Oneida County, New York near Rome. The parents natives of the old and New England, respectively. The father came to America when age 23 years and settled New York and in 1839 removed to Berwick, Warren Co., Ill. He was a man faithful to his adopted country and served in the War of 1812.
     Franklin Ogden resided on his father's farm Oneida Co NY until age 24 years married Oct 11, 1832 Jane Briggs. They continued to reside Rome NY or near there where seven children were born, the eldest, F.D. Ogden of Berwick, Albert R. Ogden of Cripple Creek, CO, being the only ones now living. Five years were spent on a farm near Wyoming, Wyoming Co, NY, then came west 1839 to inspect the country.
     In 1840 moved his family to farm near Berwick. His wife died suddenly over 50 years ago and in summer 1851 he went back to his native state and married Cynthia Richard Whitney Aug 2, 1851 in Perry, Wyoming Co. NY. One child born to them who died in infancy. Third married Mrs. Sarah Jane Baker nee Pollock May 26 1853.
     During residence at Berwick he owned 4 different farms and lived at different times on each. For two years was merchant in Berwick and there lost much of his means he accumulated in farming. In 1865 Mr. & Mrs. Ogden moved to Galesburg. Lifelong member of Baptist church having identified with it as a young boy. Been faithful member of four Baptist churches. When in Berwick he engaged in pork packing business before there was a railroad this section of the country and the first train run CBQ (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR) consisted of 12 cars pork packed by him and sent to Chicago from what is now Cameron.
     He leaves wife and two sons, F.D. Ogden lives on the farm his father settled in 1840 and Albert Ogden of Colorado. A sister, Mrs. Harrietta Riddle of Matoon. More of his relatives, Ed Ogden this city, grandson, Mrs. Winifred M. Ross, grandniece, the late Ace Matteson, nephew. Funeral will be from the home, burial Berwick. No flowers requested at the funeral.²

Burial

Berwick, Warren Co., IL, USA¹

Biography

1886 Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, IL
(804) BiographicalPublishing Company, Chicago, page 804.

Franklin Ogden, ex-merchant and retired farmer, son of Abraham and Keziah (Houghton) Ogden, natives respectively of Old and New England, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., July 25, 1808. Abraham Ogden came to America when he was 23 years of age; settled in York State where he farmed up to 1839, when he came to Illinois, and in Berwick Township, Warren County, spent the rest of his life, dying in 1845. The old man was a lover of American institutions, and in the War of 1812 served his adopted country faithfully as a soldier. He reared four sons and three daughters, Franklin being the second in order of birth.

The subject of our sketch received a fair common-school education in New York State; grew to manhood on a farm, came to Illinois in 1840, and lived in Warren County until 1865. At Berwick, in that county, he was for some years engaged in mercantile business, at which, augmented by the products of the farm, he accumulated a considerable fortune. In the spring of 1866 he removed to Galesburg, where he has since been engaged in the manufacture of
composition stone. Before the war Mr. Ogden was a Whig; in fact, it may be said that he was an active politician, for we find that he was a political speaker of more than local reputation. When the Whig party expired, or was swallowed up by other parties, he identified himself with the Republican party, which he has since given his ablest support. For more than 50 years Mr. Ogden has been a member of the Baptist Church; 30 years of the time a Deacon, and the proudest thing to be said of him is, that through his whole life (and he has seen more than three-quarters of a century) his acts have been consistent with his professions.

At Rome, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1832, Mr. Ogden was married to Miss Jane Briggs, who died at Berwick, about the year 1848, leaving five children, after having buried two, Analucia and Joseph, who died in infancy. Of the others, Franklin D. is a farmer in Warren County; Eliza Jane died in 1853, at the age of 18 years; Allen B. died in 1853, at the age of 14 years; James also
died in 1853, at the age of 11 years, and Albert is a citizen of Colorado.

Aug. 2, 1850, Mr. Ogden, united with his second wife, Mrs. Cynthia Whiting, nee Richardson, in Genesee, N. Y. She lived but a short time, and died at Berwick, in Warren County, Aug. 29, 1850. Mr. Ogden found his third wife in the person of Mrs. Sarah Jane Baker, nee Pollock, and to her he was married at Berwick, May 26, 1853. Mrs. Ogden was a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Robert and Margaret (Hurley) Pollock. Her first husband, Mr. S. W. Baker, was a professional educator in his lifetime. Her only child, George W. Baker, died near Berwick, Aug. 4, 1853, at the age of three and one-half years.²