Albert Ogden son of Zenas Ogden and Julia, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Marsh, was born at Walton, New York. February 1. 1815; came to Milwaukee in 1830. and joined himself to the founders of Elkhorn. He married Charlotte, daughter of Peter Boyce, September 7. 1843; she died July 25, 1844: his second wife was Emma Oricia, daughter of Miner Watkins and Anna Barr, married April 29, 1847.
Mr. Ogden made no ripple in politics, nor was named on election tickets; but he was a Whig as long as Clay and Webster lived to lead. From 1854 he was a Democrat, and lived to vote for Palmer and Buckner. He prospered moderately and noiselessly, and at his death. August 5, 1903. left a fair property and no children. Mrs. Ogden was born at Stockbridge, Vermont, May, 1824; died at Elkhorn, November 29, 1905.
From: Beckwith, A.C. (1912). History of Walworth County Wisconsin