“Erected to the memory of
BREVET MAJOR E. A. OGDEN,
the founder of Fort Riley;
a disinterested patriot and a generous friend;
a refined gentleman; a devoted husband
and father,
and an exemplary Christian.
Few men were more respected in their lives, or more lamented in their deaths. As much the victim of duty as of disease, he calmly closed a life, in the public service, distinguished for integrity and faithfulness.
BREVET MAJOR E. A. OGDEN,
Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army, departed this life, at Fort Riley, August 3d, 1855, in the forty-fourth year of his age.
‘And I heard a voice saying unto me, write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.’”
Home of the late Lewis Ludington, son of Colonel Ludington, at Carmel, N. Y., built in 1855
A younger brother of Major Edmund Ogden was Richard Ludington Ogden, who became a captain in the United States Army, and was an extensive and adventurous traveler.