JOSEPH OGLE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Served in Lord Dunmore's War, 1774; present at Battle of Point Pleasant. Captain, Virginia State Militia, 1777-1783.

BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Ogle, the son of Benjamin Ogle and Rebecca Browner, is believed to have been born 17 Jun 1737 on Owens Creek, Frederick Co., Maryland (although some researchers contend he was born in Delaware). He married twice. He is believed to have married around 1764, and his wife was Prudence Druscilla Biggs, daughter of Benjamin Biggs and Henrietta Prudence Deborah Margaret Munday. Prudence is believed to have been born about 1746 on Owens Creek, Frederick Co., Maryland. She died about 1777 in western Virginia (now West Virginia). Joseph married a second time to Jemima Meigs about 1779; she was the widow of Samuel White. Jemima was born 26 Dec 1747 and died 1 Jan 1834 in Ridge Prairie, St. Clair Co., Illinois. Joseph moved from Maryland before 1776 to what was then Ohio County, Virginia, near the site of current-day Wheeling, West Virginia.

Joseph served in the company of Captain George McColloch; the unit joined Captain Crawford as he headed down the Ohio River and was therefore present at the Battle of Point Pleasant, considered by many the opening battle of the American Revolution. On 6 Jan 1777 at Black's Cabin on Short Creek a local unit formed and Joseph was recommended for captaincy. On 2 Jul 1777 he received a commission signed by Gov. Patrick Henry of Virginia to serve as Captain of a company of militia serving on the Ohio River; his unit was stationed at Beech Bottom Fort. In the course of the war he was involved in the defense during both attacks on Ft. Henry (Wheeling, West Virginia): 1 Sep 1777 and 11 Sep 1782. He led with Captain William Foreman a scouting party that on 26 Sep 1777 suffered defeat in an ambush that has become known as Foreman's Massacre. He and his unit were involved in the Coshocton Campaign of Colonel David Broadhead that attacked Indian towns near present-day Coshocton, Ohio.

Joseph migrated to Illinois in April 1785 and settled in what is now Monroe Co., Illinois. In 1802 he moved to Ridge Prairie near present-day O'Fallon, St. Clair Co., Illinois. He was respected for his military knowledge and continued to be involved in the defense of the American settlements of Illinois against Indian attacks that lasted from 1786 to 1795. He is believed to be the first person baptized into the Methodist faith in Illinois and helped to organize its first churches in the area. He died 24 Feb 1821 and was buried in Shiloh Methodist Cemetery. While the cemetery itself still exists, his grave marker has been lost with time.

Joseph and Prudence had the following children:

Elizabeth Ogle (1764-1786)
Catherine Ogle (14 Jan 1765-14 Jul 1840)
Prudence Ogle (17??-1813)
Benjamin Ogle (1769-16 Apr 1847)
Nancy Ogle (before 1777-1???).
Joseph Ogle (11 Jun 1777-14 Sep 1846)

Joseph and Jemima had the following children:

Druscilla Ogle (1780-18??)
Mary "Polly" Ogle (178?-abt. 1810)
Jacob Ogle (19 Sep 1784-5 Dec 1847)
Jemima Ogle (26 Oct 1787-23 Feb 1858)

GRAVE LOCATION
GRAVE LOST

GRAVE SITE
Shiloh Cemetery, St. Clair Co., Illinois

ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
GRAVE LOST, NO TRANSCRIPTION AVAILABLE

DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
James Frank Engler, Sr.

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