On this day: Howard Ogle appointed Justice of the Peace

On this day in 1834 my fourth great-grandfather Howard Ogle (1790-1875) was appointed Justice of the Peace at Delaware City by Governor Caleb P. Bennett. He and his two sons were prominent citizens of New Castle County. His son Thomas Moore Ogle was Recorder of Deeds in Wilmington. His son and my 3rd great-grandfather Benjamin N. Ogle was a superintendent of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal in Delaware City.

Howard Ogle appointment from Delaware Governor’s Register

Text: June 11– The Governor this day appointed and commissioned Howard Ogle a Justice of the Peace at Delaware City in the County of New Castle in the place of James Henry resigned.

Source:

Ancestry.com. Delaware Governor’s Register 1674-1851, Volume I [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: Governor’s Register: State of Delaware. Wilmington, DE, USA: Press of the Star Publishing Co., 1926.

On this day: the Benjamin N. Ogles

On this day, Benjamin N. Ogle and his grandson Ben N. Ogle passed away, 102 years apart.

Benjamin N. Ogle was born about 1815 in Delaware and passed away 27 Apr 1889 in Delaware City, Delaware. He was the son of Howard Ogle and Charlotte. He married Clara Matthews in 1841. He was a carpenter and for many years was the superintendent of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. He and his wife had five children in Delaware City: Josephine, Anna, Lucy, Sarah and William, who was Ben N. Ogle’s father.

Thomas N. Ogle went to Delaware City this morning to visit his brother, Benjamin Ogle, who is lying very ill, with but little hopes of his recovery. He is 74 years of age, and for many years has been the superintendent of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. He has always been faithful in the discharge of his duties, and his present dangerous illness is attributed to the exposure he has been obliged to undergo in attending to them.
Thomas Ogle visits his brother Benjamin Ogle, on his death bed (Wilmington Daily Republican 4/23/1889)

Ben N. Ogle was born 20 Jun 1918 in Trinidad, Colorado and died 27 Apr 1991 in San Bernardino, California. He was the only son of William M. Ogle & Margaret McDougal. His parents separated early in his life and when he moved to California with his mother around 1920 or 1921, his father stayed behind in Colorado where he was a physician for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

Ben N. Ogle, 72, of San Bernardino died of cancer Saturday at his home. Ogle, a native of Trinidad, Colo., lived in San Bernardino for 70 years.
Ben N. Ogle obituary, San Bernardino County Sun (4/30/1991)