Joseph Ogle
BIRTH 24 Sep 1810
St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 15 Sep 1898 (aged 87)
BURIAL
Kossuth Cemetery
Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Inscription: Age 87y 11m 23da
Joseph Ogle is among the earliest settlers of the county. He was at Flint Hills in 1832, but was not permitted to make a settlement. He returned to Illinois and remained there till 1837, when he came to Iowa again and settled in Union township. He lived some years in Union township, and then moved further north, finally buying a farm on the Wapello road in 1854, and settled there. This was his home for thirty-four years. In 1888 he sold and moved to Missouri, but did not stay there long. He came back and settled in Mediapolis the next year. His wife died in 1890. A year or two before leaving the farm he met with an accident which disabled him for the remainder of his life: and for the past ten years has been a great sufferer, confined to his room and his bed a great deal of his time. He was a soldier in the Blackhawk war, and the only representative of that service in these townships. He has built a comfortable residence in Mediapolis, where he lives, nursed with loving care by his daughters. His family are: James, married and lived in Mediapolis awhile, then moved further west; Nancy married Peter Trissal, Elizabeth and Catherine, live at home with their father. John enlisted in the 2nd cavalry, and died in the service.
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