Oglesby Family Research - Person Sheet
Oglesby Family Research - Person Sheet
BirthNov 1823, Indiana
Census01 Jun 1850, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky290
Census01 Jun 1860, Oldham County, Kentucky291
Census01 Jun 1870, Saltillo, Oldham County, Kentucky292
Death05 Apr 1871, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Burial26 Oct 1898, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky293
OccupationClerk; farmer; steamboat captain
FAG Memorial-https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38736910
FatherJoseph Oglesby (1781-1852)
MotherElizabeth Hite (~1787-1868)
Spouses
Birth20 Apr or Jun 1822, Jefferson County, Kentucky295
Death05 Sep 1850, Kentucky
FatherJacob Hite (1792-1872)
MotherElizabeth W. Sneed (1795-1834)
Marriage29 Jul 1847, Jefferson County, Kentucky296
ChildrenElizabeth Hite (1848-1894)
Harriet C. (1850-1850)
ChildrenHarriett K. (1852-)
Joseph W. (1855-)
Richard T. (1858-)
Elizabeth L. “Bettie” (1864-)
Benjamin Asbury (1867-<1906)
Katie (1869-)
Notes for Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
Owned and operated the steamboat J. H. Oglesby which sank 1 Sep 1858.
Obituary notes for Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 27 October 1898, Thursday
Buried In Cave Hill.
The remains of Capt. Benjamin A. Oglesby were brought to the city yesterday from Oldham county, where they had lain for many years, and were interred in Cave Hill cemetery.
Capt. Oglesby was in his day one of the foremost steamboatmen on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and owned and operated a number of fine packets between Louisville and New Orleans.
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"Capt. B. A. Oglesby" is enumerated in the death records of Jefferson Co.; age 45; died April 5, 1871. Notes that he moved from Oldham Co. Kentucky to Madison, Indiana in the "place of birth" column.
Buried In Cave Hill.
The remains of Capt. Benjamin A. Oglesby were brought to the city yesterday from Oldham county, where they had lain for many years, and were interred in Cave Hill cemetery.
Capt. Oglesby was in his day one of the foremost steamboatmen on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and owned and operated a number of fine packets between Louisville and New Orleans.
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"Capt. B. A. Oglesby" is enumerated in the death records of Jefferson Co.; age 45; died April 5, 1871. Notes that he moved from Oldham Co. Kentucky to Madison, Indiana in the "place of birth" column.
Research notes for Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
Name: PEYTONA
Type: Siedwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 266' X 34' X 8.', 548 tons.
Power: 30-1/2's- 10 ft.. 6 boilers
Launched: 1846, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: 1852, dismantled.
Area: 1846, Louisville-New Orleans
Captain: John Shallcross
Comments: machinery went to TELEGRAPH NO. 3
Type: Siedwheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 266' X 34' X 8.', 548 tons.
Power: 30-1/2's- 10 ft.. 6 boilers
Launched: 1846, Louisville, Ky.
Destroyed: 1852, dismantled.
Area: 1846, Louisville-New Orleans
Captain: John Shallcross
Comments: machinery went to TELEGRAPH NO. 3
Relationship notes for Benjamin Asbury & Harriet Matilda (Family)
• Harriet Matilda Hite is the 3rd Cousin of Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
Common Ancestor: Hans Joist Hite & Anna Marie Merckle
• GG Grandparents of Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
• GG Grandparents of Harriet Matilda Hite
Common Ancestor: Hans Joist Hite & Anna Marie Merckle
• GG Grandparents of Benjamin Asbury Oglesby
• GG Grandparents of Harriet Matilda Hite
Notes for Benjamin Asbury & Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” (Family)
An Emma and Stewart Oglesby are living with Benjamin’s family in the 1860 Census; they appear to be the children of Micajah and Jane (?) Oglesby of Monroe County, Kentucky (1850 Census). Relationship to Benjamin is unknown. One WC site has an Emma Dorsey as daughter of James Dorsey and Elizabeth Taylor.
This site (db=:3272433) also has the following as children of Bn and Mary:
Joseph, Hannah, Richard T., Elizabeth and Benjamin.
This site (db=:3272433) also has the following as children of Bn and Mary:
Joseph, Hannah, Richard T., Elizabeth and Benjamin.