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Redstone Presbytery," and in the "History of Blairsville Presbyters." The history of Westmoreland county says of Joseph Ogden inter alia," Joseph Ogden was one who would not suffer persons to pass his house on Sunday on secular business without having them brought before a justice of the peace for violation of the law."      Joseph and Susannah Ogden had ten children, viz.: Joseph, Jr., John, James, George, Armstrong, Col. Amos, William, Elizabeth, Mary, and Susannah. They are all dead. Elizabeth married Jamison Hendricks, uncle of the late Vice-President Hendricks, and died in 1857, and was buried at Madison, Indiana.      The doctor is, on his mother's maternal side a direct descendant of John Barnett, who came with his family from Londonderry, Ireland, to Hanover township, then Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, prior to 1730. Elizabeth Barnett, the third in direct line from John Barnett, married William Moorhead, and had twelve children, of whom the second was Samuel Moorhead, who was born March 28, 1769, and died March 1, 1853. He married Nancy Craig, who was the seventh child of Capt. Samuel Craig, Sr., a commissary in the Revolutionary War, having come from New Jersey to Westmoreland county about 1770. Nancy Craig Moorhead's brothers were General Alexander Craig, Capt. John Craig, and Samuel Craig, Jr., all soldiers in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812. Samuel Craig, Jr., was one of the few who returned from Col. Archibald Lockry's ill-fated expedition in 1781. Capt. Samuel Craig, Sr., was killed by the Indians on Saturday, November 1, 1777, while in pursuit of his official duties at a point on the Chestnut Ridge in Fairfield township, about half way

between Fort Ligonier and Pack Saddle station on the Pennsylvania railroad.      Samuel and Nancy Craig Moorhead had nine children, of whom Elizabeth, born July 18, 1801, married Col. Amos Ogden, and died March 26, 1884. Col. Amos Ogden was born April 17, 1797, and died March 22, 1867. He was married December 24, 1818, and had eleven children, one of whom, Susan Mary, married Dr. James Taylor.      Col. Ogden lived and died upon the same farm, and in the same house where he was born. He was a remarkable man, an ideal of the old-school gentleman; as a husband and father, kind and indulgent; as a citizen, esteemed, respected and honored by all; and while no seeker after office, yet he was the recipient of responsible civic appointments; the first common school inspector in Westmoreland county appointed by the Court November 3, 1834, under the Act of Assembly of April 1, 1834, and the Republican candidate for associate judge of the several Courts of Westmoreland county, at the general election held October 14, 1856; and as a military officer he was firm and decided, kind and forbearing, appreciating the responsibility of his position; yet he never shrank from the discharge of his duty.      Dr. Taylor, the subject of our sketch, was born at West Fairfield, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Fairfield academy, Elder's Ridge academy, Western Reserve college, Ohio, Jefferson Medical college, and the Eclectic Medical institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a member of Westmoreland Lodge, No. 518, F. and A. M., Urania Chapter, No. 192, Royal Arch Masons, Kedron Commandery, No. 17, Knights Templar, and Pennsylvania Grand Consistory, thirty-second Regular Ancient and Accepted

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