I do believe he is my Great Grandfather. Thank you for your help. I now believe Granny Sampson is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. I will be visiting both cemeteries when the spring thaw arrives! ----- Original Message ----- From: "GRACE A CLARK, G A CLARK" <simpson4021@msn.com> To: <MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Napoleon Bineparte Ogg > There is a OGG, N. B. in the Richmond City Cemetery but they list his > death date as Jan 31, 1882 age 41 yrs but there is nothing for Lou Emma > (Burns Ogg) Sampson could this be your Napoleon ? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kay Tucker > To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:36 PM > Subject: [MORAY-CGA] Napoleon Bineparte Ogg > > > Isn't that a wonderful name! He was my Great Grandfather. Born June 12, > 1840 > in Madison County, Kentucky. He and two of his brothers left Kentucky in > 1868 > and settled in Ray County, Missouri. His brothers were Thomas Jeptha Ogg > and > William Alexander Ogg 111. They all had farmland and were owners of a > gristmill > and sawmill. > Napoleon married LouEmma Burns who was born in New Castle, PA on July 10, > 1851. > They had 5 sons, my grandfather, William Clyde Ogg, Charles A. Ogg, Monte > L. Ogg, > Bert E. Ogg, and James Carney Ogg. > The Ogg farm remained in the family until my Uncle Clarence's death in > 1994. > The information I am seeking is the burial place of Napoleon Boneparte > and his wife, > Lou Emma. > Napoleon died January 31, 1883 in Ray County, leaving Lou Emma to raise 5 > small boys > all alone. She married a man from Pennsylvania several years later, a > "Mr. Sampson" > who died several years later. By the time my mother, Virginia Ogg > Johnston > b. 10/15/1918 was born,Mr. Sampson had been dead many years. > She does not remember where the cemetery was, but thinks it was called > Union Cemetery. > She is pretty sure her Granny Sampson was buried by Napoleon Boneparte > Ogg, her > first husband, but the name on the tombstone would probably read Lou Emma > (Burns Ogg) Sampson. > Does anyone have any information on this cemetery or these graves? > > By the way, there is a story I heard as a child. It seems Granny Sampson > was driving > her wagon into Richmond. As she approached the one lane bridge over the > creek, a > group of men on horseback were riding fast towards the bridge from the > other direction. > The leader signaled for his men to stop, the leader tipped his hat, and > said > "Good day to you " to my great grandmother and signaled for her to come > across the > bridge. Granny Sampson drove across, thanked him, he and his men went on > their way. > Granny backed her wagon back onto the bridge and sat while the sherrif > and his men > approached from the south. The sherrif yelled and waved for her to "get > the hell off > the bridge, get out of the way" Granny slowly inched forward, stopped > before she > cleared the path and asked what the big rush was all about. The sherrif > ranted and > raved and pulled on the reins of Granny's horse. He told her she let > Jesse James get > away! She smiled and said, "Oh, you must be mistaken, he was such a nice > polite young > man." The James gang had just robbed the Richmond Bank. Granny was > always a big > fan of Jesse after that day. It is supposedly true, but who knows! > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > The Ray County Historical Society maintains the Ray County Museum. > > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > Ray County Historical Society, PO Box 2, Richmond, MO 64085 >