Francis Barber Ogden
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Francis Barber Ogden was a member of the Society of Cincinnati with a monument at Arnos Vale Cemetery
, Bristol, England. The worn lettering can be interpreted as "Francis (Za)beer Ogden" , but a reading "Francis Barber Ogden" is also possible. This monument consists of an obelisk adorned with a coat of arms: Paly of 12, a chief charged with thirty-two mullets (five-pointed stars) 12,9 and 11. Above the shield a bald-headed eagle displayed holding in its dexter claw an olive branch, in its sinister claw a sheaf of six arrows. Beneath the shield, on a scroll, the motto: E Pluribus Unum. The inscription runs: "Sacred to the Memory of Francis ..... Ogden, A Member of the Society of the Cincinnati and Consul of the United States of America for this Port. Born at Boonton in the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., March 3rd 1783. Died at his Residence in this City, July 4th 1857, aged 74 years, having Served his Country during a Period of Twenty-Eight Years."
Arnos Vale Cemetery
Arnos Vale Cemetery , located in Arno's Vale in Bristol, England, was established in 1837. Its first burial was in 1839. The cemetery followed a joint-stock model, funded by shareholders. It was laid out as an Arcadian landscape with buildings by Charles Underwood.Arnos Vale cemetery is located on...
, Bristol, England. The worn lettering can be interpreted as "Francis (Za)beer Ogden" , but a reading "Francis Barber Ogden" is also possible. This monument consists of an obelisk adorned with a coat of arms: Paly of 12, a chief charged with thirty-two mullets (five-pointed stars) 12,9 and 11. Above the shield a bald-headed eagle displayed holding in its dexter claw an olive branch, in its sinister claw a sheaf of six arrows. Beneath the shield, on a scroll, the motto: E Pluribus Unum. The inscription runs: "Sacred to the Memory of Francis ..... Ogden, A Member of the Society of the Cincinnati and Consul of the United States of America for this Port. Born at Boonton in the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., March 3rd 1783. Died at his Residence in this City, July 4th 1857, aged 74 years, having Served his Country during a Period of Twenty-Eight Years."