Typed by: Kay Cunningham
John Rufus Ogden
Surnames: OGDEN, REED, McCLANAHAN, DENTON, MILLS, DAVIS, WALKER, HOWZE,
WILLIAMS, DENTON, KURETSCH, SMITH, TAYS.
John Rufus Ogden, of Cedar Springs -- married November 20, 1900, to Sarah Oakes
Reed ("Sallie"), b in Falls County, Texas -- a daughter of Richard Allen Thomas
and Sarah Minerva ("Minnie" McClanahan) Reed. They purchased a ranch in Mexico,
and several of their children were born there before they returned to Falls
County, Texas. Their five children were:
Max Ogden, b October 1902 in Mexico, d 1905 and buried there.
Elenora Ogden (later "Elnora"), b November 29, 1904, in Mexico -- married Walter
Denton, and had two daughters and one son.
Guy Mac Ogden, b December 4, 1908, in Mexico, d June 10, 1983, in Marlin, and
buried in Hillcrest Cemetery there -- married July 20, 1931, to Georgia Oda
Mills at Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, who died July 30, 1975. When Guy Mac
Ogden died, he was survived by a son, Ronny Ogden of Austin, Shirley Walker of
Dallas, and Sallie Howze of Midlothian; two sisters, Alyce Williams and Elnora
Denton of Marlin; ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Alyce Aileen Ogden, b October 16, 1920, died about 1985 in Marlin, Falls County,
Texas -- married Robert D. Williams of Rosebud, Falls County, Texas, and had two
daughters: Sharon married John Kuretsch and had one daughter, Kari Kuretsch; and
Dana married Kevin Smith and had a daughter, Alyce Gayle who married Mark Tays
and had twin sons, Marcus Lee and James Robert Tays, b August 29, 1981, and
another child born in 1983.
John Rufus and Sarah Oakes (Reed) Ogden were both buried in Hillcrest Cemetery
at Marlin.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing
these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County," Compiled and Edited by the Falls County
Historical Commission, page 332, column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
This book is out of Print, and very few copies are available.
