COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES pastor of the Mahoning Presbyterian G n irch, took a great interest in the young man. and through his influence he was prci>aring to enter Princeton C o llw c with the view o f be coming a minister of the gospel. Impaired health, coupled with defective sight, com pelled him to give up his studies, and he was advisetl that to save his life he must follow some outdoor occupation. .Accordingly he learned the carfwnter's trade, and w as em ployed on several of the local buildings still standing. Jam es Oglesby taught in the local schools, and fo r one year in Dickinson Sem inar)-, Williamsport. D r. W illiam Thomi>son. the noted eye specialist o f Philadelphia, in a ncws|>apcr article described an instrument fo r detecting astigm atic defects in the eye. Jam es Ogle.sby, seeing the article, was able to make the instniment and learned the cause o f his defective vision, which Dr. 'Hiompson corrected. .A friendship developed between the two which terminatiffi only with the death o f Dr. Thompson. W ith perfect sight and improve*! health Jam e s Oglc.sby dcci*leil to take u]i the study o f medicine. H is preceptor was Dr. Sharji Snytlcr. and he graduated from Jefferson M edical College in i8(«8. .After graduation he entered into partnership with Jam es D. Straw bridge. M. D.. a noted s ilic o n o f his day, and the ]>artnership conliimed until dis solved by mutual consent. Dr. Straw bridgc iKlieving il to be for the younger doctor's interest to branch out fo r himselt. O n Sept. 23, 1873. Jam es Oglesby and Elizabeth .Ann, daughter o f W illiam and ElizalK th (H ursh I A'asline, were imitc*l in m arriage by Rev. .Samuel Donicr. D. 1). They ha*l two children, W illiam A'astine and G eorge Bell, the latter, l»om .Aug. 16, 1878. dying Jan . 1 1 . i886. T h e shock o f his death cast a shadow over his |Kirents which time, the great restorer, w as unable to remove.^ In 1887 the fam ily residence, at .No. 8 East M arket street, w as completed, the Doctor h avin g surrendered his option on the north w est com er o f F e rry and M arket streets in ord er that the Thom as Beaver Free Library m ight be built thereon. Dr. Oglesby w as a m em l«r of the Mahoning Prcsbylcrian O u irch . o f which he w as a niling elder, serv ing as treasurer of the session for several years. H e w as a member of the .Masonic fraternity, licing a past master o f IXanville i-odge. N'o. 224. I’olitically he was a Re publican. D r. O glesby's interest in photography re
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sulted in several pictures which arc now highly^ prized by their possessors. When sixty-five years o f age he took up the study of Esperanto, the "w orld 's au xiliary language.” which afforded him much enter tainment. H is correspondents were located all over the globe. Declining health made it necessary fo r the Doctor to withdraw from the active general practice o f his profession, whereupon he made a specialty o f diseases of the eye. .After a lingering illness he died Feb. 2 1, 19 12 . The M orning .V «tu in recording his death s a id; " H e w as one of the leading physicians not only o f Danville, but o f this section. H e was fond o f research; he w as thorough and pains taking in his nieihoils, under all circumMances keeping fully abreast with the times. .Along with his deep knowledge and love for his profession he combined a genial disposi tion and gentleness o f manner that ma*le him an ideal ]>ractitioncr. T o the victim o f dis ease in the moments o f stress and weakness as well as the jfliysician he w as the tender, sym|>athizing friend. It was thus that he cam e to stand so near to the people. It is thus that the news o f his death will cause genuine sorrow not only among those who have felt his kind ministrations but also among all in the community who appreciate the example o f his blameless and devote*! life." Wii.i.i.M '.STiNK Oni.Ksiiv, son o f Dr. Jam es and Elizalietli .Ann (V astin e) Ogles by. w as liorn in Danville Oct. 13. 1874. His c<lucation and [ircparation fo r college was gained under Jolm Al. Kelso, the well known educator who taught his parents liefore him. He gradmitcd from the C o l l i e o f New J e r sey (now Princeton U niversity) in 1896. re ceiving the degree o f .A. B . lu 18 ^ ) he graduate*! from the law dcfiartment of the U niversity o f Pennsylvania, when he retnmc*l lo Danville to practice his profession. M r. Oglesby is now serving his third term as justice of the (>cacc. C H A R I.F .S .S U M N E R W A Y N E F O X . cashier of the Catawissa National Bank, was Imm Jan . 25, 1857. at Numidia. I/K u st town ship, Columbia Co.. P a. H is father. H. Haines F o x, w as one of the leading physi cians o f Columbia county. It is not known where the emigrant ances tors were Imrn or the *late of their coming to .America. It is supposed that they reside*! in N ew Jerse y, as the grandfather o f G tarles
