OGDEN TOWNSHIP
This Township was first settled by Moses Valentine, from New York, in the fall of 1826; he was soon followed by Joel Woodward and John Underwood. Erastus Brockway moved into this Township in the spring of 1835, and is the oldest settler now living in Ogden,-- he never has missed voting in any election or townmeeting since its organization In the fall of 1836 Ephraim Hicks settled with his family on the farm where he now lives. Clark Angel, William Paul, and Ruel Thayer came the same fall, and Norman B. Carter in 1836. The Township was organized in the spring of 1837, and Ephraim Hicks chosen the first Moderator; thirteen votes being cast at said organization. Amanda Volentine, now Mrs. Chester Randall, of Blissfield, was the first white child born in the Township, and the first death was that of Lydia D. Paul, in 1838. The first saw-mill was built by Calvin Bradish, in 1837, on Gleason Brook. The Township is naturally low and level, and heavily timbered with maple, oak, walnut, ash, whitewood, etc., from which large amounts of timber have been taken. By large outlays in draining its lands have been made fertile, and are constantly improving. The value of its farms and farming implements is $602,000, beside $88,000 of live stock. The value of its productions aggregated $211,325, in 1870. Odgen has no village within its borders, but has two post-offices, named Ogden Centre and West Ogden. The value of real and personal property of this Township aggregates some $900,000.
Copyright Ed Van Horn, 2006, Port St Lucie, Florida