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Benjamin Franklin Oglesby & Cynthia Ann Dukes

Benjamin Franklin Oglesby
Born: About 1814 in Christian Co., Kentucky
Married: July 20, 1844 in Muhlenberg
Died: December 3, 1878 in Christian Co., Kentucky
Father: Jacob B. Oglesby
Mother: Permelia Harkins Crabtree

Spouse: Cynthia Ann Dukes
Born: About 1824 in Muhlenberg
Died: Before 1878 in Christian Co., Kentucky
Father: Sampson Dukes
Mother: Nancy M. (believed by many to be Cherokee Indian)

Children of Benjamin F. Oglesby & Cynthia A. Dukes:

  1. Cryhorn Decalve “Crog” Oglesby
    Born: February 1845 in Christian Co., Kentucky
    Married:
    1. April 26 1874 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky to Melissa B. Oglesby, daughter of Wade Hampton Oglesby & Sarah Elizabeth Coursey. (Wade was the brother of Benjamin Franklin Oglesby)
    2. October 20, 1885 in Logan Co., Kentucky to Mary Ellen “Pinkie” Coursey, daughter of William E. Coursey & Willie Elmus McKinney
    Died: July 13, 1924 in Logan Co., Kentucky
  2. William Anderson Oglesby
    Born: About 1848 in Christian Co., Kentucky
    Married:
    1. November 23, 1869, Martha E. Lile in Muhlenberg
    2. March 6, 1883, Tabitha L. “Bibi” Lile in Muhlenberg
    3. December 23, 1885, Patsy Ann Owen in Muhlenberg
    4. January 3, 1920, Betty Tate in Logan Co., Kentucky
    Died: June 10, 1926 in Muhlenberg
  3. Newton Jackson Oglesby
    Born May 11, 1854 in Christian Co., Kentucky
    Married:
    1. May 28, 1874 in Muhlenberg to Nancy Louraine R. Owen, daughter of James Owen & Nancy J. Dules
    2. Before 1910 to Frances Barbara Morgan
    Died: January 1926 in Muhlenberg
  4. Permelia Jane Oglesby
    Born: March 1864 in Christian Co., Kentucky
    Married: February 4, 1886 in Muhlenberg to William Sampson Dukes, son of John Dukes & Sarah Dukes
    Died: January 16, 1952 in Muhlenberg

Sources: Christian Co., Logan Co. and Muhlenberg Censuses; Kentucky Land Grants, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, Chapter X (1836-1924); Muhlenberg Deed Book 65, Page 372 and Deed Book 73, Page 467; Will of Sampson Dukes; Hopkins Co., Christian Co., Logan Co. and Muhlenberg Marriages; Books on the history of Muhlenberg and History of Logan Co.; family members.

Contributed by Barb Curtis

Updated August 4, 2017