Section E5, grave 20.1
Born 1859 in California
Died 1861 (aged 2 years, 7 months)

There is a marker in the cemetery from 1861 for David Ogle. Just a toddler at the time of his death in Dallas, David was born in "Sanwan" (San Juan), California in 1859.  The idea of people migrating from California to Dallas in the mid 19th century sparked our curiosity, and we wanted to know more about this child’s journey.  Luckily we  found a colorful biography from David’s  widely-traveled father, an excerpt of which is below. Reader discretion advised.

"I, Luther Alexander Ogle, was born A.D. January 11, 1834 in Cooper County Missouri. I left Missouri when I was only ten years old and came to Dallas, Texas. Stayed there two years, then moved back to Missouri and stayed there until 1849. Then I moved to Coffeeys Bend, Texas, on the Red River and remained there that winter. Early in the spring of 1850, I left with a train of 50 wagons for California, by way of El Paso, Texas. Thence through the territories of New Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles, California. I failed to mention that a wagon train had started to California several days before our train started. After we left El Paso, we met the U. S. troops who informed us that the train that had started first had been massacred by the Indians and that they had come to escort us to Los Angeles. Before we reached Los Angeles while crossing the Gila River, my mother died. We used one of the wagon bodies to make her a coffin and buried her there. After leaving Los Angeles my father was thrown from a mule and seriously injured from which he died on Christmas Day ten miles south of Los Angeles and was buried there. In the spring of 1851, we left Los Angeles and went to Stockton and from there to Coyote Creek. We built a house there and remained there till the spring of 1852. Then my brother John Ogle and I went to Sacramento and sold our stock. In the summer of 1852, we left Sacramento for Salt Lake in company with Berry Barton and a man by the name of Colter and five other men we did not know. When we got to Salt Lake, we found thence to be Mormons by their wives running out and hugging and kissing them. We stayed there five days and then went on toward Missouri. While we were in camp upon the Platte River Barton and I went hunting. We killed a buffalo, and came on back to camp to find our mules and horses gone. We followed the trail they had gone one day and night on foot--a distance of 100 miles. They had been taken by an immigration train on the way to California. We came up with this train and demanded our mules. The leader of the train told us to take the mules and the men who had stolen them too. After returning to camp, we went on to Lafayette County Missouri and from there to Copper County Missouri, I went alone. From there I went to Dallas, Texas in company with my brother and sister. We traveled on horse back. I stayed there from 1852 to the fall of 1853 and while there was married to Miss Angeline Chess(i)er (?). At this time I was 19 years of age and she was 15. We left Dallas and went to Fort Smith, Arkansas. From there we went in 1854 to California by the way of Salt Lake. Some of the creeks on the way were hard to cross, and one woman who could not ride waded across. We pulled her along with ropes. At Salt Lake, we stayed one day. While here I saw Brigham Young in a wagon with 36 of his wives. They were driving six yellow horses. From Salt Lake we went to Virginia City, Utah. Stayed there one winter working with cattle. There were a great many Indians here. One day hearing my wife call I ran to the house. She was holding an Indian by the hair and four dogs were eating him up. The Indians had tried to shoot her. From Virginia City we went to California and this time stayed six years, working in the mines on Kearn River for two years digging gold. From California I came back to Dallas, Texas. Here I farmed for a good many years and during the war. From Dallas, Texas I went to Blanket Creek and from here to James River. At Pegleg Crossing while we were traveling one of the horses began kicking and struck my son David Ogle in the head breaking his skull. We went to the home of Mr. Creed Taylor on James River 22 miles from Junction City. I lived here two years, the rent of the land costing nothing for 250 head of cattle and 50 head of horses. From here we went to Devils River, 22 miles from Sonora. After my wife died I went to Llano to my son David Ogle. We went from Llano to Hackberry Creek near Rock Springs Edward County. We lived here until my son was killed. After David's death I lived with my son William Ogle for a year. From there I moved to Bandero County where I have lived for the past two years with my son-in-law, Mr. Ben Faris.

The End"