This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OGDEN - SMITH - COATES - CANNON - TAYLOR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xl.2ADI/146 Message Board Post: OGDEN, GEORGE W., with sons John Walter and Nelson (D. C.) and possibly Brothers John and Milton Ogden supposedly arrive in Arkansas City, Kansas between 1900 and before Spring of 1905. George and two sons lived in City were he worked at a lumber yard. Someting happened with George W. Ogden that resulted in the Children John Walter and Nelson to be removed from his home and care that resulted in the children being placed in a orphanage in Topeka, Kansas. We have found no documents to substansuate these facts. We are still looking for possibility of Geroge Ogdens death in Cowley County, Ks. Any help in this query would be appreciated. Descendants of George W. Ogden Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE W.4 OGDEN (EDMUND AUGUSTS3, HENRY2, EDMOND EDWARD1) was born Abt. 1855, and died Aft. 1900. He married MARY JOSEPHINE WHITE Bef. 14 February 1894. She was born Bef. 1874, and died Bef. 1968 in Ft Worth, Tx AREA. Marriage Notes for GEORGE OGDEN and MARY WHITE: Divorce occured after Nelson Ogden was born, per writings of Walter John Coates AKA John Walter Ogden (see Miller Family Maker Files)prepared by Virgil D. Miller Ocean Springs, Ms. 39564. Children of GEORGE OGDEN and MARY WHITE are: i. GEORGE W OGDEN5 JR, b. Bef. 1894, Missouri; d. Bef. 1894, Missouri. ii. JOHN WALTER OGDEN, b. 14 February 1894, Ft Smith AR; d. 16 January 1994, Riverton, WY; m. ISABELLE WELSH, 1925; b. 1907; d. September 1934, Sharon Springs, Wallace Co., Ks.. Notes for JOHN WALTER OGDEN: John Walter Ogden AKA Walter John Coates by adoption or name change sometime after 1900 to 1905 after he was taken to Wallace County, Kansas along with his Brother Nelson D. C. Ogden and placed in Foster Home of John Walter Coates and Mary Ellen Duncan Coates, in Wallace TWP, Wallace County Kansas per 1905 & 1910 Census for that County. Documentation of name change has not been found as yet (Nov 2001). It should be noted that Walter John Coates attended School, and College, served in the US Army in World War 1 in France and other countries with that name. 7 Children born to Walter John Coates aka John W. Ogden reference information conatined in Miller FTW Family File More About JOHN WALTER OGDEN: Burial: 16 January 1994, Riverton, WY Cremation: Aft. 16 January 1994 More About ISABELLE WELSH: Burial: Sharon Springs Cemetery 2. iii. NELSON D. C. OGDEN, b. 28 December 1895, Ft Smith, AR; d. 08 November 1968, Fireside Manor, Cleburne, TX.