Bio-Ingles, GeorgeEwingOgle

George Ewing ( Ingles) Ogle was born in May 1865 in or near Dunbar, Fayette County, PA the son of Jacob and Sarah (Minerd) Ingles.

George's parents separated when he was about two years of age, and the father spent the rest of his life roaming the nation, with a primary residence in Chicago and Milwaukee. By 1870, George and his mother and brother resided with a grandmother, Hester (Sisler) Minerd, in North Union Township, Fayette County. In about 1870, George's mother remarried to Civil War veteran William D. Ogle, a coal miner, and the family settled in Pennsville, Fayette County. Sadly, George's mother died in 1890, of breast cancer, when he was 25.

George is believed to have taken the Ogle name at some point in time between 1889 and 1900.

When George was age 24, he married Sarah E. Flack (1869-1939), the daughter of John F. and Mary Flack, and a native of Adams County, IL. The wedding took place on Feb. 11, 1889, at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County. At the time of marriage, George resided at Alice Mines near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA.

George and Sarah had seven children -- John William Ogle, Ida May McDowell, Ruth Miller, Chalmer Trustin Ogle, Albert Ogle, Myrtle. H. Stamford and Clarence "Otice" Ogle. There was a 20-year age difference between their eldest and youngest children.

The Ogle family later moved to Pitcairn, Allegheny County, PA, where they apparently remained for the rest of their long lives. The postcard seen here shows Pitcairn's Sixth Street, looking south from the school.

Tragedy rocked the family in 1895 when George's younger brother, William H. Ingles, died at the age of 28 in a coal mining accident.

When the federal census was taken in 1900, George and Sarah and their four children, ages four months to 10 years, were living in Pitcairn. George was employed that year as a shipping clerk. Also residing in their home as a boarder was his younger half-brother, 30-year-old Albert H. Ogle, who was unmarried.

In about 1909, George's father, who had been away for decades, and thought to have been estranged from the family, returned to Pitcairn. George's mother and step-father were dead, and thus the way may have been paved for the reuniting of this family -- grandfather, only surviving son and daughter in law, and seven grandchildren. In commemoration of this remarkable turn of events, the family posed for a photograph, presumably at the family home in Pitcairn in 1909.

At the time of the photograph, Jacob was age 71, and his son George was 44, and the years of separation at that point had been 42 -- almost George's entire lifetime. Jacob would live another 11 years, but returned to Milwaukee to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, where he made his primary residence.

In 1910, the census shows George and Sarah and their expanded family of now seven children in Pitcairn, with their home on Ninth Street. George made his living that year as a laborer in the railroad car shops.

Grandfather Jacob Ingles, seated, right, reunites with his son George (seated, center) and family. Seated, l-r: John William Ogle, Myrtle H. Ogle, Ruth Ogle, George and Jacob. Back, l-r: Ida Mae (Ogle) McDowell, Sarah (Flack) Ogle, baby Clarence Otice Ogle, Chalmer Trustin Ogle, Albert "Happy" Ogle.

Little else is known about George's remaining years. His father died in Pitcairn in 1920.

Sarah joined him in eternity two years later on March 3, 1939. They are buried in Grandview Cemetery, the same cemetery as George's father.

John William Ogle (1889-1931) married Mary Mable Mensch (1893- ? ) on March 16, 1915. John was 26 years of age at the time of marriage, and his bride was age 22. The Ogles had six daughters -- Audrey Beatrice Neal, Faith Coline Hartman, Ruth Erma Humphrey, Vera Dawn Brown, Bonnie Lovell Happ, and Mary Lucretia Whalen. John was self-employed in the coal transport business, known as "transfer and express" in the terminology of that time. He also worked on the railroad, and when suffering from heart problems in later age, found employment as a tax collector. He used a beautifully lettered sign, reading "J.W. Ogle Coal Transfer & Express," which is believed to have been affixed to his wagon.

Son Chalmer Trustin Ogle ( ? - ? ) married Bernice Yothers ( ? - ? ). They resided in Pitcairn. They had at least four children -- Barbara Ogle (1926-2004), who married Kenneth E. Warner ( ? -1979); Boyd Ogle; George Ogle; and Maxine Ogle, who married (?) Stewart.

Granddaughter Audrey Ogle (1916-2005) married Thomas H. Neal and resided in Port Charlotte, FL. Said the Baltimore Sun, "Mrs. Neal worked as a secretary before retiring. She moved to the Port Charlotte area in 1968 from Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Neal was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and enjoyed working at the Charlotte-Glades Library System." Mary (1923-2005) married William J. Whalen and resided in Monroeville, PA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

Grandson Boyd Ogle (1925-2006), married Eileen. He was an airplane mechanic during World War II, working on B-24 liberator aircraft. He was a former journalism teacher and Miami Herald reporter who wrote film and book reviews.