DAVID HOGG, son of Silas Hogg and Louisa Hogg, nee Rose, born in Letcher County, Kentucky, on March 4, 1850. His grandfather Silas Hogg, the son of James Hogg, was born November 19, 1828, in Virginia whence he emigrated to Kentucky and settled with his family and slaves on a plantation on the headwaters of Kentucky River. His mother, whose maiden name was Louisa Rose, was born in Wolf County, Kentucky, January 28, 1827, her father’s name being David Rose, who being born in Pennsylvania was taken by his parents to Virginia and from Virginia he emigrated to Kentucky. David Hogg’s first wife was Mary J. Sample and to this union were born T. J. Hogg and James D. Hogg, both of whom now reside near Leedy, Oklahoma, and two daughters Lizzie A. Hogg and Mary J. Hogg, the latter having died September 22, 1884. After the death of his first wife he married Matilda J. Murphy, to whom were born Mary L. Hogg, Charley E. Hogg, Emma F. Hogg, Edna Hogg and Carl D. Hogg. David Hogg was educated in the common schools of Kentucky and at Greenbrier Seminary, near Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. In Kentucky he taught school about eleven years and for eight years he was county clerk of Wolf County. In 1891 leaving Kentucky he settled at Eldorado, than in Greer County, Texas, now Jackson County, Oklahoma. Greer County at that time had just been organized as a part of the State of Texas and there he held the office of justice of the peace and county commissioner under Texas jurisdiction. Later he removed and settled in Day County, Oklahoma, where he was elected and served one term as county treasurer, and in 1904 he was elected and served as a member of the Territorial Legislature from Day and Roger Mills counties. At that time he resided at Grand, the county seat of Day County. In 1906 he was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from District No. 43 and served on the following committees: agriculture, private corporations, public roads and highways, judicial apportionment, and on other special committees. He died November 13, 1918 and is buried in Roger Mills County, near his old homestead.
