The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-01
DEATH OF COLONEL G. OGLEBAY.

One Of the most painful duties, that has
been imposed upon us for, time knows
when, is the announcement of the death
of one Of our most esteemed and valued
citizens, G. OaLEBAY, Esq. This gen.
tleman's unexpected demise may we'll be
said to not only be shock 10 the COM
munity, but almost in the light, if we
may be permitted to use SO strong term,
of q calamity to the city. A calamity,
because ever since he has been
in our midst he has been prominently
identified with some of the greatest en-
terprises and improvements in the city.
He was q man of iron will and in
dom:table energy, and for him to be-
come connected with any undertaking
was the sure harbinger of its success.
No matter whether the business was lit
tie or great, he seemed to give it the
san,r attention, his whole mind as it
were, AMI therein was the secret Of his
great prosperity III LIE.
Our data is very limited as to Mr..
OaLEBAY's history, but from what we can
learn he was born IN Bedford county,
Pa, July 18th, 1918. thus making him
81 years of aye, lacking l8 days, at his
death. Early in life he located
in Monroe county, Ohio, and
there pursued the business OF buying
and selling tobacco. la 1874 he settled
in Bridgeport, Ohio. There he became
interested in the groce-y, forwarding and
commission business, under the firm
name of RHODES Il OGLEBAY. The senior
member, Mr.. e. RHODES, we believe, SUBJ
sequently becoming his brotner-in-law.
Success in business to high degree
seems to have been the fortune OF
this partnership, for at the dis
solution, probably eighteen or
twenty years ago, both gentlemen were
we'll to do in the worlds goods. Subse-
auently Mr.. o., bought what is now
known as BURLEYs mill and the farm
connected with it. Shortly after his
severance from active business in Bridge
port, ne became interested in the whole.
sale grocery business in this city, with
Messrs. PAXTON and DoLAN. Afterwards
the firm changed successively to PAXTON
Il OaLEBAY, OaLEBAY, Son u Co., and
G. OGL EBAY IL Sons, by which name
the firm is we'll and favora-
ably known to the trade all over the
State and IN large portion of Eastern
OHIO and Western Pennsylvania. 1t was
only last November that this firm, of
!, which il may be said Mr.. OsLEBAYswas
the founder, erected at Il cost OF $40, ,OOO
one of the handsomest business houses in
the city, and its construction may be said
to have caused the beginning Of new
era in the architectural designs of build
ings of any magnitude erected alter that
date.
For the last several years the senior
member has left his sons to successfully
manage the grocery business, while he
became more closely and largely iden'
titled with our manufactures. First he
WAS President of the Benwood Iron and
Nail Mill and Blast Furnace, and after
wards of the Bellaire Nail Mill and
Blast Furnace, while st the same
time he was also President OF
the National Bank of West Virginia.
These positions in the several concerns
enumerated, WAS filled with remarkable
skill and ability and much of their pros
perity was due to his excellent manage
ment.
The first intimation had by Mr..
OaEBAYs many friends Of his Illness
last winter, WAS trip taken TO
Florida, and through the Southern
States, the salubrious cline of which is
supposed TO restore health to the over
worked mind and enfeebled frame. 1t
was supposed that relaxation and abb
sence from business were the requisites
needful for a complete restoration OF
health, and probably most OF US sup
posed this condition had been attained,
and were therefore wholly unprepsred
for the ssd news herein contained. The
immediate cause of dissolution, we be
lievn, WAS n severe attack OF diarrhea,
which 60 prostratcd him that hls weak
ened frame prevented rally. hepassed
AWAY about nine O'Clock last night.
THE old time leaders of Republicanism
are dead or exiled from its councils, and
the men who have succeeded them are
covered with infamy and crime. One OF
its cabinet officers stands in the dock OF
the criminal, and two or three Others are
in scarcely q better position. The ex-
Sneaker of its last House is q self-confess-
cd lobbyist; his predecessor has been
bsnished from all political association be.
cause of his scsndslous jobbery. Its