Oglesby Family Research - Person Sheet
Oglesby Family Research - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Henry Oglesby 
Birth14 or 22 Sep 1822, Indiana or Kentucky282
Census01 Jun 1860, Saint Louis, Missouri283
Death02 Feb 1888, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
BurialSpringdale Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana284
OccupationCommercial Merchant (1960); Banker. President of Louisiana National Bank in New Orleans.
Web LinkRiverboat Joseph H Oglesby: http://www.riverboatdaves.com/riverboats/j-2.html#JOGLE
Web LinkRiverboat Captains: http://www.riverboatdaves.com/captains/o.html#JOGLE
FAG Memorial-https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38686144
FatherJoseph Oglesby (1781-1852)
MotherElizabeth Hite (~1787-1868)
Spouses
Birth24 Dec 1823, Virginia283
Death24 Aug 1871, Paris, France Age: 47
BurialSpringdale Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana285
FatherJames Hendricks
MotherMargaret
ChildrenJosephine Sidney (~1841-1895)
Margaret Isabelle (~1843-1914)
Ann “Minnie” (1844-1929)
Florence (1850-1899)
Joseph Henry (Died as Infant) (-<1860)
BirthSep 1845, Pennsylvania
Death09 Apr 1929, Sea Girt, Monmouth County, New Jersey
BurialLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
FatherFrederick Lennig (~1805-)
MotherEllen Douglas Thompson
Marriage30 May 1878289
ChildrenCharles Joseph (Died as Infant) (1880-1880)
Joseph Henry (1881-1963)
Notes for Joseph Henry Oglesby
He was a banker in New Orleans, where he was president of the Louisiana National Bank, the Commercial Insurance Company, the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, etc.
Research notes for Joseph Henry Oglesby
Name: Oglesby, Joseph H.
Area: 1856-58, Mo. R.
Boats: Master, JOSEPH H. OGLESBY
Comments: though named for the captain, this boat was owned by
Capt. Henry A. Ealer and others
Name: JOSEPH H. OGLESBY
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 225' X 35', 399 tons.
Launched: 1856 , Cincinnati, Oh. for Capt. Henry A. Ealer and others
Destroyed: 1858, Aug. 28, Above Glasgow, Mo. Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.,
snagged and lost.
Area: 1856, Louisville-New Orleans
1857, June 10, Mo. R., According to The Diary of E.F. Beadle,
arrived Omaha. Was her first trip to Omaha. Gave
manditory party.
Captains: 1957, Capt. Joseph H. Oglesby
J. H. OGLESBY, Wrecked near Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.
Nine boats were wrecked near Glasgow or in Euphrase Bend–the Euphrase (1840) the boat for which the bend was named, the Chian (1836), the Chariton (1837), the Dart (1838), the Amelia (1849), the J.H. Oglesby (1859), the West Wind (1864), the Annie Lee (1881), and the Joseph Kinney (1882).
Area: 1856-58, Mo. R.
Boats: Master, JOSEPH H. OGLESBY
Comments: though named for the captain, this boat was owned by
Capt. Henry A. Ealer and others
Name: JOSEPH H. OGLESBY
Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 225' X 35', 399 tons.
Launched: 1856 , Cincinnati, Oh. for Capt. Henry A. Ealer and others
Destroyed: 1858, Aug. 28, Above Glasgow, Mo. Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.,
snagged and lost.
Area: 1856, Louisville-New Orleans
1857, June 10, Mo. R., According to The Diary of E.F. Beadle,
arrived Omaha. Was her first trip to Omaha. Gave
manditory party.
Captains: 1957, Capt. Joseph H. Oglesby
J. H. OGLESBY, Wrecked near Euphrase Bend, Mo. R.
Nine boats were wrecked near Glasgow or in Euphrase Bend–the Euphrase (1840) the boat for which the bend was named, the Chian (1836), the Chariton (1837), the Dart (1838), the Amelia (1849), the J.H. Oglesby (1859), the West Wind (1864), the Annie Lee (1881), and the Joseph Kinney (1882).