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Jonathan Ogden

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Jonathan Ogden

Birth
Chesterfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Nov 1835 (aged 32)
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Troutville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.0333152, Longitude: -78.7698667
Memorial ID
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Jonathan was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Bloom Ogden.
He married Elizabeth Leonard October 31, 1823.

FROM THE HISTORY OF BRADY TOWNSHIP, CHAPTER 29, LEWIS CASS ALDRICH HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.


"BESIDES THOSE ALREADY NAMED, JONATHAN OGDEN WAS ALSO AN EARLY SETTLER, AND ON HIS LAND, THE UNION CEMETERY, A MILE EAST OF TROUTVILLE,IS LOCATED. ONE DAY IN 1839, WHILE CARELESSLY LEANING ON HIS GUN, WHICH HAD A SHORT BARREL, HIS DOG LICKED THE TRIGGER, AND DISCHARGED THE GUN, KILLING MR. OGDEN INSTANTLY. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BURIED IN HIS GRAVEYARD."

Jonathan was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Bloom Ogden.
He married Elizabeth Leonard October 31, 1823.

FROM THE HISTORY OF BRADY TOWNSHIP, CHAPTER 29, LEWIS CASS ALDRICH HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.


"BESIDES THOSE ALREADY NAMED, JONATHAN OGDEN WAS ALSO AN EARLY SETTLER, AND ON HIS LAND, THE UNION CEMETERY, A MILE EAST OF TROUTVILLE,IS LOCATED. ONE DAY IN 1839, WHILE CARELESSLY LEANING ON HIS GUN, WHICH HAD A SHORT BARREL, HIS DOG LICKED THE TRIGGER, AND DISCHARGED THE GUN, KILLING MR. OGDEN INSTANTLY. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BURIED IN HIS GRAVEYARD."

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Agd. 33 yrs.



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