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John Ogden

American educator (1824-1910)

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Born: 1824
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6.“1LT John Ogden (1824-1910)”findagrave.com/memorial/154512167/john-ogdenRetrieved 2025-07-13
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Died: July 23, 1910
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, 1910
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2.Stated in Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
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Birthplace: Ohio
Citizenship: United States
Education: Ohio Wesleyan University

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John Ogden was an American military officer, minister, veteran educator, and abolitionist. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, being captured in 1864 and held prisoner until the conflict ended. He became an education official with the Freedmen's Bureau in Tennessee and co-founded a school for African Americans, Fisk School, that preceded Fisk University. He also served as the third North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction in the early 1890s.

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Given name: John
Sex or gender: male
Family name: Ogden
Place of burial: Lake View Cemetery

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