American Revolutionary War soldier, killed at the Battle of Springfield, NJ, in June 1780.
The 19-year-old son of Phebe(nee Hetfield) and the distinguished early American patriot Robert Ogden, Moses died at nearby "Connecticut Farms" (known today as the town of Union, NJ.) Despite his youth, the teenaged patriot apparently proved to be both a leader on the field and courageous in combat:
"This lovely youth
Adorned with Truth
A brave Commander Shone...".
New Jersey has been called the "Cockpit of the American Revolution", and the epitaph and the military images on Moses Ogden's gravestone--swords incised on either side of the inscription, and crossed in bas relief above the soul effigy--suggest that his bereft family took solemn pride in his conduct and devotion to the cause of liberty. The brown sandstone stele marking his grave was sculpted in the Elizabethtown workshop of master carver Ebenezer Price. GRAVESTONE PHOTO by Nikita Barlow, 1991.
The 19-year-old son of Phebe(nee Hetfield) and the distinguished early American patriot Robert Ogden, Moses died at nearby "Connecticut Farms" (known today as the town of Union, NJ.) Despite his youth, the teenaged patriot apparently proved to be both a leader on the field and courageous in combat:
"This lovely youth
Adorned with Truth
A brave Commander Shone...".
New Jersey has been called the "Cockpit of the American Revolution", and the epitaph and the military images on Moses Ogden's gravestone--swords incised on either side of the inscription, and crossed in bas relief above the soul effigy--suggest that his bereft family took solemn pride in his conduct and devotion to the cause of liberty. The brown sandstone stele marking his grave was sculpted in the Elizabethtown workshop of master carver Ebenezer Price. GRAVESTONE PHOTO by Nikita Barlow, 1991.
American Revolutionary War soldier, killed at the Battle of Springfield, NJ, in June 1780.
The 19-year-old son of Phebe(nee Hetfield) and the distinguished early American patriot Robert Ogden, Moses died at nearby "Connecticut Farms" (known today as the town of Union, NJ.) Despite his youth, the teenaged patriot apparently proved to be both a leader on the field and courageous in combat:
"This lovely youth
Adorned with Truth
A brave Commander Shone...".
New Jersey has been called the "Cockpit of the American Revolution", and the epitaph and the military images on Moses Ogden's gravestone--swords incised on either side of the inscription, and crossed in bas relief above the soul effigy--suggest that his bereft family took solemn pride in his conduct and devotion to the cause of liberty. The brown sandstone stele marking his grave was sculpted in the Elizabethtown workshop of master carver Ebenezer Price. GRAVESTONE PHOTO by Nikita Barlow, 1991.
The 19-year-old son of Phebe(nee Hetfield) and the distinguished early American patriot Robert Ogden, Moses died at nearby "Connecticut Farms" (known today as the town of Union, NJ.) Despite his youth, the teenaged patriot apparently proved to be both a leader on the field and courageous in combat:
"This lovely youth
Adorned with Truth
A brave Commander Shone...".
New Jersey has been called the "Cockpit of the American Revolution", and the epitaph and the military images on Moses Ogden's gravestone--swords incised on either side of the inscription, and crossed in bas relief above the soul effigy--suggest that his bereft family took solemn pride in his conduct and devotion to the cause of liberty. The brown sandstone stele marking his grave was sculpted in the Elizabethtown workshop of master carver Ebenezer Price. GRAVESTONE PHOTO by Nikita Barlow, 1991.
Inscription
"IN MEMORY OF
Moses Ogden
who was killed at
Connecticut Farms
June ye 7th, AD 1780
In the 20th Year of his
Age
This lovely Youth
Adorn'd with Truth
A brave Commander shone
His soul emerging from its Dust
With his Progenetors we trust
Shall shine in Realms unknown"
Gravesite Details
Source of genealogy info: Findagrave member Dan Silva
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