OGDEN, R. B.

OGDEN, MILLER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/12/2019 at 21:39:32

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

OGDEN, R. B., book and job printer; born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va., Feb. 5, 1825 ; came with his parents to Urbana, Ohio, in 1832; in 1838, he went to Cincinnati, there he entered the office of the Cincinnati Gazette and learned the printer's trade ; remained there about five years, then went to Springfield, Ohio, where he remained until he came to Keokuk in 1846 ; published the Keokuk Gazette from 1847 to 1849, when he was appointed Assistant Postmaster ; in 1850, he established the first book and stationery store in Keokuk ; carried on that business until 1865 ; since then he has been in the book and job printing business. Mr. Ogden's wife was Miss Elizabeth M. Miller, daughter of Rev. Reuben Miller, of Springfield, Ohio; they have four children—Charles W., Robert M., Helen G. and Mary M.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879