William b ogden biography of abraham

William b ogden biography of abraham: William B. Ogden was a businessman,

William B. Ogden is a native of Delaware County, N. He was born in the town of Walton, on the 15th of June, He is of the Eastern New Jersey Ogden family. His grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. His father, Abraham Ogden, when eighteen years old, left Morristown, N. He had proceeded on his journey as far as Philadelphia, when he met a brother or relative of his friend, the late Governor Mahlon Dickerson, of New Jersey, who gave him such a glowing account of the Upper Delaware country, and of the immense forests of pine timber upon the banks of the Delaware, promising great prospective wealth from its accessibility to the Philadelphia market, that he was induced to accompany Mr.

Dickerson to that, then, wilderness country, where he finally settled, and passed a life of active usefulness, engaged in such employments as were best suited to develop and build up the home of his adoption. He was regarded as a man of sound judgment and good business tact. He was social and domestic, fond of reading, yet very hospitable in his disposition.

His advice was sought and valued, especially by those younger than himself. His active usefulness was much impaired by a stroke of paralysis in