Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Charles H. Ogden
Merchant
Centurion, 1864–1874
Proposed by
John H. Gourlie and Augustus R. Macdonough
John H. Gourlie and Augustus R. Macdonough
born
January 4, 1813
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
July 2, 1874
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
April 3, 1864
Age fifty-one
Age fifty-one
buried
Saint Paul’s Chapel and Churchyard,
Manhattan, New York
Manhattan, New York
seconder of
Century Memorial
The trait most conspicuous in Charles Ogden was not so much his rare and peculiar wit, as the thorough breeding that held it always under control. No one of us remembers to have seen another hurt by the edge of that wit which so often surprised and charmed us with its keenness. His own sensitivities bred in him a punctilious care for others’ feelings; and the literary reputation he might easily have won as a satirist would have been unwelcome to his refined, quiet, and friendly nature.
Augustus R. Macdonough
1875 Century Association Reports
