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From History of Putnam County, Ohio : its peoples, industries, and institutions (1915), A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all th (1896)
ULXUS S. OGAN, who is prominent among the successful members of the Ottawa bar and is the senior of the law firm of Handy & Ogan, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city since 1883. Mr. Ogan is a native of Putnam county, Ohio, born January 9, 1850, a son of Noah W. and Nancy (Custer) Ogan — the mother deceased and the father a resident of the town of Columbus Grove.
Julius S. Ogan was born on a farm near Columbus Grove, and when a lad of ten years was taken by his parents to the village, where he grew to manhood, attending in the meantime the common schools, in which he acquired his elementary education. Later, he entered Oberlin college, from which he was graduated in 1876, and two years later, completed the law, course in the university of Michigan at Ann Arbor. After his admission to the bar, Mr. Ogan began the practice of law at Columbus Grove, where he remained until the latter part of 1882, at which time he came to Ottawa, and effected a co-partnership with Hon. John M. Sheets, present common pleas judge of Putnam county, and the firm thus formed continued until May 10, 1894, when Judge Sheets retired, Hon. William H. Handy taking his place. The firm of Handy A Ogan has continued since the latter year, and has a reputation much more than local throughout the counties of northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Ogan entered the profession well fortified with scholastic and legal training, soon succeeded in establishing a good practice, and has been remarkably successful. By strict attention to business, sterling integrity and gentlemanly manners, he has won the reputation of a careful and painstaking lawyer, and is the legal adviser of many prominent men of Ottawa and Putnam county. Mr. Ogan is one of the leading republicans of Ottawa, and has contributed to his party’s success in a number i > j of campaigns. He served as mayor of Columbus Grove, and, at different times, was his party's candidate for important official positions, notably those of representative, probate judge and prosecuting attorney, but never succeeded in overcoming the overwhelming democratic majority, which still obtains in Putnam county. He is a member of the F. & A. M., belonging to the blue lodge, chapter, and council, m all of which he has been honored with important positions. Mr. Ogan was married in the town of Columbus Grove, December 25, 1882, to Miss Estella Turner, daughter of William and Martha Turner, a union blessed with the birth of four children, viz: Mattie,
Myrtle, Mildred and Julius S.
As printed in A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all th (1896). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JUDGE JULIUS SINCLAIR OGAN.
An attorney of Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio, and one of the largest landowners of the county, is Judge Julius Sinclair Ogan, who has been a resident of Ottawa since the fall of 1882. He was born and reared in this county, and with the exception of the years which he spent in college, has lived his whole life within its precincts. After graduating from the classical course at Oberlin College, he graduated from the law department of Michigan University, and has been engaged in the active practice of his profession since 1878. He has never been an aspirant for public office, and has never held but one, being appointed judge of the common pleas court for a period of eleven months. He has preferred to give his time and attention to his private practice and to the management of his large landholdings in this county.
Julius S. Ogan, the son of Noah W. and Nancy (Custer) Ogan, was born in Pleasant township, Putnam county, Ohio, June 9, 1850. His father Avas born in Green county, Ohio, October 21, 182 1, a son of Peter Ogan and wife. Noah Ogan came to Putnam county about 1834 with his parents and located in Pleasant township and there he spent his youth and young manhood. After his marriage to Nancy Custer, a daughter of Daniel Custer-and wife, Noah W. Ogan located on. the farm next to that of his father, in Pleasant township, and lived there until the latter part of the fifties, when he moved to Columbus Grove, where he engaged in the grain and grocery business, remaining there until the opening of the Civil War. He enlisted, in September, 1861, and was made captain of Company K, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served for about three years, and was discharged after the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, on account of total disability, arising from the loss of his left arm. After the close of the war, Noah Ogan returned to Columbus Grove and engaged in various pursuits. He was engaged in the internal revenue service for some time, and also owned a farm near the village. He also practiced law in Columbus Grove, where he spent his declining years, his death occurring there on May 29, 1906. His first wife died about 1869, and some years later he married Emma Elliott. -By his first marriage there were four children, two of whom died in infancy. The others were, Jennie, who became the wife of Daniel Henley, and lived in Cleveland, Ohio, until her death, and Julius S., whose history is here presented. By the second marriage of Noah W. Ogan were born two children, Servitus Wesley and Silas Jerome.
Julius S. Ogan grew to manhood, at Columbus Grove, and after receiving his elementary education in the schools of that village, he entered Oberlin College, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1876. He at once entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and graduated from the law course, in. the spring of 1878. With this excellent training, it is no wonder that he was a successful lawyer, from the beginning. He began practicing at Columbus Grove immediately after his graduation, and he and his father were in partnership in that place, until 1882. In the fall of that year he moved to Ottawa and went in partnership with John M. Sheets, who has since become the attorney-general of Ohio. Mr. Sheets was elected common pleas judge in 1894, and at that time Mr. Ogan went into partnership with William H. Handy, who had just retired from the common pleas bench. Mr. Ogan and Mr. Handy continued in partnership until the latter part of 1905, when Mr. Ogan was appointed judge of the common pleas court. He held this office for about eleven months, and since then has practiced alone.
Mr. Ogan was married on December 25, 1882, to Estella Turner, who was born in Pleasant township, Putnam county, and is the daughter of William M. and Martha Jane (Kuhn) Turner. Her grandfather was probate judge and died soon after he went out of office. Mr. Ogan and his wife are the parents of five children, four of whom are having: WilHam Wesley dying at the age of six. The four children are Martha Jane, Myrtle, Mildred and Julius S. Myrtle is the wife of Dr. Joseph Shaw, of Coshocton, Ohio, while the other two children are still living with their parents. Julius is now attending the Ohio State University at Columbus. Mildred married J. F. Donart,. who is in the real estate and loan business at Ottawa.
Mr. Ogan was appointed a member of the Putnam county Building Committee in 1909, which had general charge of the construction of the new court house. He remained on this committee until the court house was finally completed and contributed his full share to the laborious duties of this committee. He is president of the Ottawa Home and Savings Association and one of its largest stockholders. He owns nine hundred and thirty acres of land ia Putnam county, from which he derives a very profitable income annually. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter and council.
As printed in History of Putnam County, Ohio : its people, industries, and institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Noah W. Ogan William H. Handy (b. 1847)
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