U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ogden, Alonza Clay (1869-1959) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 527-528 ALONZA CLAY OGDEN, was born April 14, 1869. Was married July 28, 1893, to Emma E. Morrison, who was born in 1872. Children: Esker, who died in infancy; Drews Anna, William Audra, Iva May. Mr. Ogden married for his second wife, on October 26, 1904, Martha Olive McClain, the daughter of James and Octave (Childress) McClain. Child: Orville Childress McClain. Mrs. McClain is a daughter of Rev. William Childress, who was one of the first settlers of Straight Fork Country, and one of the founders of the church at that place. He was born August 26, 1819, and married Martha Jane Farrell, January 27, 1840. He emigrated from Virginia in 1845, when he bought 100 acres of land in the woods and cleared it. His children are Julia G., Octave W., Melville P., Martha S., Mary A. Catherine W., William S., Jessie L., Ida May, Benjamin F., Olin A., Porter L. Mr. Childress was a minister in the M. E. Church for thirty-five years, and one of the charter members of Straight Fork Church. He was the son of William and Susanna (Goff) Childress. The subject of this sketch is the owner of the farm known as the James Curry farm, on French Creek, where he lives. He is also engaged in the lumber business. He is a Baptist in religion and a Republican in politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Lewis County, WV #'59-014964 FULL-NAME: Alonzo C. Ogden BIRTH-DATE: April 14, 1869 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 3, 1959 (at age 90y-6m-20d) DEATH-PLACE: Turner Rest Home, Weston, Lewis County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Joshua C. Ogden MOTHER: Drusill Coal CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Thrombosis / Cerebral Arteriosclerosis INFORMANT: Rose Heater (of Orlando, W.Va.) BURIAL: Chestnut Flat Cemetery, Crawford, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a large shared tombstone in Chestnut Flat Cemetery, Rock Cave, Upshur County, WV OGDEN Martha O. Alonzo C. 1866-1922 186-1959 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------