Joseph Ogle | |
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| Born | June 17, 1737 |
| Died | 24 February, 1821 |
| Partner | Prudence Drusilla Biggs (m.1762) Jemima Meiggs (m.1780) |
| Children | Nancy Ogle (1762-?) Catherine Ogle (1764-1840) Mary Ogle (1766-?) Prudence Ogle (1766-?) Rev. Benjamin Ogle (1769-1847) Joseph Ogle Jr. (1777-1846) Druscillia Ogle (1780-1812) Mary Ogle (1784-?) Jacob Ogle (1784-1847) Jemima Ogle (1787-1858)Contents |
Joseph Ogle (June 17, 1737 - February 24, 1821) was an American soldier and frontiersman.
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Joseph Ogle was born in Frederick, Maryland to a Methodist couple, Benjamin Ogle (1715-1779) and Rebecca Browner (1720-1779). [1] [2] Ogle married first Prudence Drusilla Biggs (1748–1777), of Frederick County, Maryland in 1762 and had 5 children together.
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In 1777, the family was living on Buffalo Creek in what is today Brooke County, West Virginia. Capt. Joseph Ogle commanded a Virginia company during the Revolutionary War. He was involved in the Siege of Fort Henry in what is now West Virginia.He married a second wife, Jemima Meiggs or Meeks, with whom he had four children. All of the children were born in what was then Virginia. [3]
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Ogle left Virginia in opposition to slavery.[ citation needed ] By 1785, Ogle had settled his family in the Northwest Territory, which is present-day Monroe County, Illinois. [2] Ogle is said to have been the first Methodist in Illinois, and helped found the Shiloh Methodist Church, the first Methodist Church. [1] [2] [4] Ogle first settled on the road from Bellefontaine to Cahokia. In 1796, he moved to New Design, in what is now Monroe County. In 1791, Ogle was involved in a skirmish with Native Americans near what is now Waterloo, Illinois.
Joseph Ogle died on February 24, 1821, in New Design, Illinois. [1] He is buried in St. Clair County, Illinois. Ogle had a son who was also named Joseph Ogle. His son was involved in the Black Hawk War, and died in 1846.
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