Background
He was born in Maryland on June 17, 1737.
He was born in Maryland on June 17, 1737.
Early years
Revolutionary War
In 1777, the family was living on Buffalo Creek in what is today Brooke County, West Virginia. Captain Joseph Ogle commanded a Virginia company during the Revolutionary War. All of the children were born in what was then Virginia.
Illinois
Ogle left Virginia in opposition to slavery.
By 1785, Ogle had settled his family in the Northwest Territory, which is present-day Monroe County, Illinois. Ogle is said to have been the first Methodist in Illinois, and helped found the Shiloh Methodist Church, the first Methodist Church.
Ogle first settled on the road from Bellefontaine to Cahokia. In 1796, he moved to New Design, in what is now Monroe County.
In 1791, Ogle was involved in a skirmish with Native Americans near what is now Waterloo, Illinois.
Ogle died on February 24, 1821. He is buried in Saint Clair County, Illinois. Ogle had a son who was also named Joseph Ogle.
