BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 602.


ALEXANDER OGLE - The popular and successful manager and shipping clerk of
the Belmont Glass company, of Bellaire, Ohio, is Alexander Ogle. Mr. Ogle
has, by unflagging energy and devotion to his employer's interests, worked
his way from a general assistant around the company's works to his present
responsible position. He was born in the city of Bellaire March 3, 1848,
the son of Benjamin and Julia (McElycene) Ogle, natives of Ohio and Penn-
sylvania, respectively. Mr. Ogle received his schooling in the Bellaire
city schools, afterward working upon the river for a short time. He was
variously engaged until the secession of the southern states, at which
time he became an assistant in one of the departments of the Union army,
being with the Seventy-seventh Ohio regiment of volunteers. He served
until the close of the war in this capacity, being too young to enlist
as a regular soldier. Mr. Ogle was with Sherman on his march to the sea,
and also at Pittsburgh Landing, and participated in several other
important engagements. After the war he returned to Bellaire, and when
the erection of the works of the Belmont Glass company began he entered
the employ of that company, and has remained with them up to this time.
Catherine Lilly, of this city, became his wife in July, 1870, and has
borne him three children: Bertha M., Ora O. and Alexander F. Mrs. Ogle
and her daughters are members of the Christian church, of which they are
active communicants. Mr. Ogle is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He
espouses the principles incorporated in the platform of the republican
party, and has ever been an active and faithful follower of this or-
anization. Mr. Ogle has gained many friends in his business and social
career, and is held in the highest esteem by the people who know him
best. A man of much force of character and of strict integrity.