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request of the faculty of the seminary, he re- tained his professorship. He purchased a resi- dence in Sing Sing, N.Y., and there founded All Saints' church. Briar Cliff, which was not finished until after his death. He received the degree D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1843. He was married first, April 15, 1834, to Cornelia D., daughter of Joseph Warren Scott of New Brunswick, N.J.; and secondly, Jan. 17, 1839, to Anna Helena, daughter of Dr. F. R. Smith of New Brunswick, N.J. He is the author of: An Outline of the Argument against the Va- lidity of Baptism (1842); The Catholic Church in England and America (1844), and edited Jacob's Latin Reader, with notes partly translated from the German and partly gathered from other sources. He left an incomplete MS. of a large work on Ecclesiastical History. He died in Paris, France, Feb. 2, 1851, and his body was sent back to America and buried in the churchyard of Christ church, New Brunswick, N. J.

OGILVIE, Clinton, painter, was born in New York city, Dec. 28, 1838; son of William Halsey Ogilvie. He was a pupil of James M. Hart (q. v.), in New York, and was in Paris, 1866-67. He es- tablished a studio in New York city in 1867, de- voting himself to landscape painting, and made a second visit to Paris, 1872-73. He occupied his studio in New York, 1873-79; resided at Nice, Mentone and other art centers of Europe, 1879-83, and was again in New York, 1883-1900. In 1864 he was made an associate of the National Academy of Design, where lie exhibited regularly. His subjects were mostly French and Swiss land- scape, his American pictures including: Among the Adirondacks (1874); The Sunny Summer- Time (1876); Summer Afternoon in the Adiron- dacks (1877); The Mountain Brook (1878). He died in New York city, Nov. 2, 1900.

OGLE, Benjamin, governor of Maryland, was born in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 7, 1746; son of Gov. Sanmel and Ann (Tasker) Ogle, and grandson of Samuel Ogle of Northumberland county, Eng- land, and of Gov. Benjamin Tasker. He was educated in England; was a member of the council prior to the Revolution, and served on the committee of observa- tion for Frederick county. He was the tenth governor of Maryland, 1798-1801, and on Feb. 11, 1800, issued a proclamation making the day of Washington's death '"a day of mourning, humiliation and prayer," which custom continued to be observed by the succeeding governors of Maryland. He resided on the estate " Belair " in Prince George county, which descended to liim through Gov. Benjamin Tasker. He was married first to

Rebecca Stilley, and secondly to Henrietta Mar- garet, daughter of Henry and Mary (Thomas) Hill. He died at " Belair," Prince George county. Md., July 6, 1809.

OGLE, Charles, representative, was born in Somerset, Pa., in 1798; son of Gen. Alexander Ogle, a native of Maryland, who removed to Som- erset county. Pa., where he was a member of both houses of the state legislature for manj^ years from 1806; a representative in the 15th congress, 1817-19; general in the state militia, and died, Oct. 14, 1852. Charles Ogle studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1819. He settled in practice in Somerset; was a general in the state militia; a Whig representative from Pennsylvania in the 25th and 26th congresses, 1837-41, and elected to the 27th congress, but did not live to take his seat. He died in Somerset, Pa., May 10, 1841.

OGLE, Samuel, colonialgovernor of Maryland, was born in England about 1694; son of Samuel Ogle of Northumberland county, England. He was captain in a cavalry regiment in the British army, and was governor of Maryland under proprietary government from September, 1731, until the return of Lord Baltimore in 1732. He went back to England, vras promoted in the army, was again governor of Marj'land, 1735-42, and a third time, 1747-52. His third appointment in- duced him to take his wife with him, and he left England in the ship Neptune, March 12, 1747, and resided on a fine estate in Anne Arundel county. He was married in England to Ann, daughter of Benjamin Tasker, who was president of the Maryland council during his last administration and upon whom the government devolved at his death, until the arrival of Horatio Sharpe, the next governor appointed by the crown. He died in Annapolis, Md., May 3, 1752.

OGLESBY, Richard James, governor of Illi- nois, was born in Oldham county, Ky., July 25, 1824. His parents died in 1832, and he removed to Decatur, 111., in 1836 with his uncle Willis Oglesby, working there as a farm-hand and car- penter. He studied law under Judge Silas W. Robinson at Springfield, 111., 1844-45, and was licensed to practise in 1845. He joined the 4th Illinois volunteers for service in the IMexican war and was commissioned 1st lieutenant. He saw service at Vera Cruz and at Cerro Gordo, resum- ing his law practice in Decatur, 111., in 1847. He was graduated at the Louisville, Ky., law school, LL.B., 1849; engaged in seeking gold in Califor- nia, 1849-51, and in 1851, having gained $4,500 in California, lie again took up the practice of law in Decatur. He traveled in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, 1856-57. In 1858 he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for represen- tative in the 36tli congress, was elected in 1860 to the Illinois senate, resigning his seat, April