The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . ton College one year in advance and remained two years, when he matriculated atUnion College, and graduated in 1828. Having chosen the legal profession, he studied law in the office of Samuel Sherwood,Esq., in Delhi, N. Y., and began its practice there in 1832 in partnership with the Johnson, who was then a Member of Congress. After the death of Mr. Johnson,he formed a partnership with his brother, Truman H. Wheeler, Esq., under the law firm ofN.
The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . ton College one year in advance and remained two years, when he matriculated atUnion College, and graduated in 1828. Having chosen the legal profession, he studied law in the office of Samuel Sherwood,Esq., in Delhi, N. Y., and began its practice there in 1832 in partnership with the Johnson, who was then a Member of Congress. After the death of Mr. Johnson,he formed a partnership with his brother, Truman H. Wheeler, Esq., under the law firm ofN. K. & T. H. Wheeler, which existed until 1849. Nelson Knox Wheeler was married to Emily Butler OgdensSa in Walton, N. Y.,by the Rev. Mr. Maxwell, of the Scotch Pres. Church of Delhi. The accompanying illus- [21] 321 €:i^c €>9Den jfamtl^ trations are of the quaint doorway and hall of the Walton house and of the old Colonialmantel and closet of the room in which the marriage ceremony was performed. Theyestabhshed their home in Delhi, where two sons and three daughters were born to them, and in 1849 they removed to Here they resided upon a large estate theynamed Laurel Bank Farm, and the twoyoungest children, daughters, were added tothe household. While in Delhi, Mr. Wheeler was for oneterm District Attorney of the county, and wasJudge and Surrogate one term. He was thefirst Judge of the Court of Common Pleas underthe old system, and during his incumbencyoccurred the notorious Anti-rent troublesof the county. He was twice elected memberof the State Legislature, and served with dis-tinction. In 1865 he went west to attend to theforeclosure of a railroad mortgage in Illinoisand Wisconsin, and to take part in the reor-ganizing of the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Co. After spendinga few years in the West,he returned to his familyin Deposit. He still re-tained his law practice,but his time was largelyemployed in the super-vision of his extensivefarm lands. He la
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