Ralph Waldo Ogden
My dad and his dad James Quincy Davis were storytellers. We used to kid my dad about the stories he told us over and over again. One sad story passed from Grandpa Davis to my dad and then to my sister, brother, and me was the story of the tragic death of Ralph Waldo Ogden. Ralph Waldo Ogden was born December 17, 1907 in Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio to Santford Morton and Bessie Ralston Ogden. Santford was the son of my second great-grandparents Santford and Sarah Steward Ogden and brother of my great-grandmother Rosa Ogden Davis. On June 4, 1908, Bessie died and Waldo was sent to live with Rosa and her family. My grandpa was a little over a year older than Waldo. My dad said that grandpa referred to Waldo as his “little half-brother.” At the time of the 1910 census, Waldo was living with the Davis family, while his older siblings, Ivah, Paul, and Sarah were living with Santford and his second wife, Lucinda. ...