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COL Samuel Gore Ogden

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COL Samuel Gore Ogden

Birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
1 Dec 1810
Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
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Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Ogden served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War, and was later prominent in the iron business, founding the Boonton Iron Works in 1770 on six acres of land located along the Rockaway River, near Boonton, New Jersey. In 1775, he married Euphemia Morris (1754-1818), who was a sister of Gouverneur Morris. After his brother Abraham Ogden served as Commissioner to the Indians in Northern New York, Samuel and Abraham, along with Gouverneur Morris and others, purchased a large tract of land in New York south of the Saint Lawrence River, seeking to develop and then sell off the land to settlers. One of the principal settlements in this tract, the City of Ogdensburg, New York, was named after Samuel Ogden

Son of Judge David Ogden and Gertrude Ogden
Husband of Euphemia Ogden
Father of David Bayard Ogden; Gertrude Gouverneur Meredith; Sarah Morris Ogden; Catharine Morris Parker; Euphemia Ogden and 4 others
Brother of Sarah Hoffman; Chief Justice Isaac Ogden; Abraham Ogden; Nicholas Ogden and Peter Ogde
Ogden served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War, and was later prominent in the iron business, founding the Boonton Iron Works in 1770 on six acres of land located along the Rockaway River, near Boonton, New Jersey. In 1775, he married Euphemia Morris (1754-1818), who was a sister of Gouverneur Morris. After his brother Abraham Ogden served as Commissioner to the Indians in Northern New York, Samuel and Abraham, along with Gouverneur Morris and others, purchased a large tract of land in New York south of the Saint Lawrence River, seeking to develop and then sell off the land to settlers. One of the principal settlements in this tract, the City of Ogdensburg, New York, was named after Samuel Ogden

Son of Judge David Ogden and Gertrude Ogden
Husband of Euphemia Ogden
Father of David Bayard Ogden; Gertrude Gouverneur Meredith; Sarah Morris Ogden; Catharine Morris Parker; Euphemia Ogden and 4 others
Brother of Sarah Hoffman; Chief Justice Isaac Ogden; Abraham Ogden; Nicholas Ogden and Peter Ogde

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