John Ogan, Village Marshal of Richwood, was born in Allen County, Ohio, May 31, 1846, and is a son of Peter and Caroline (Vertner) Ogan. the former a native of Virginia, of English descent, and the latter a, native of Kentucky, of German descent. His father came to Ohio in 1830, and settled on a farm in Putnam County. Our subject received the educational advantages usually afforded to boys on a farm and chose farming for his occupation, beginning life for himself with nothing. He has been a trader all his life, has dealt largely in farm lands, and for two years in horses, with Solomon Walker, and has been very successful in all his operations. During the rebellion, he offered himself for service seven times before he was accepted, but finally enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He is now Second Lieutenant of the Gibson Guards, Ohio Militia, of Richwood. In 1880, be came to Richwood and engaged in the livery business with H. J. Perry, but has since discontinued that and is now officiating as Marshal of Richwood. He is a man of great physical ability, very determined, but cool in judgment, and an excellent- officer, of whom the violators of the peace have a wholesome fear. He is a member of the Lodge and Encampment of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias, and a Republican in politics. He has made his way in the world unaided, has no debts to encumber him, and owns eighty-five acres of good land. In 1871, he married Rebecca M. Sterling, daughter of David Sterling, of York Township, and by her has one child-David E., born October 8, 1874. Mrs. Ogan is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Richwood.