Brief Life History of Frederick Austin
When Dr. Frederick Austin Ogg was born on 8 February 1878, in Solsberry, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, his father, William Ross Ogg, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Susannah Law, was 26. He married Emma Virginia Perry on 9 September 1903, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. He lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Watertown, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1920. He died on 23 October 1951, in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Fred O. Ogg in household of Wm. R. Ogg, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frederick Austin Ogg - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Frederick Austin Ogg
- Frederick A Ogg, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of a nickname from the Gaelic adjective óg ‘young’, used to distinguish the junior of two bearers of the same personal name (typically, father and son).
English (Lincolnshire): variant of Hogg , pronounced without initial /h/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ogg, Frederic Austin, from American National Biography Historian and political scientist, was born in Solsberry, Indiana, the son of William R. Ogg and Sarah S. Law, farmers. The family later moved to …
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