Joab was the second settler [after James Woodside] in about 1807 (the first with a family) in Brady township, Clearfield, PA.

They lived on Stump Creek where Carlisle Station now is [1925], on the B. R. & P. Railroad about five miles south of DuBois. In the spring of 1812 Joab's was the only family except the bachelor James Woodside, for twenty miles around.

The first grist mill* in the township was Joab Ogden's, the bolting cloth of which turned by hand. Ogden was a noted hunter.1382
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“As early as 1802 the settlement of that thriving and populous portion of the County known as Brady Township was commenced. James Woodside, the first settler in that section, then removed there. Two years later, Joab Ogden, a son of Daniel, became a near neighbor of Woodside. No further increase was made until I812.”1383
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A Joab Ogden as well as Daniel Ogden, and others, is named in December of 1806 among the 155 taxable inhabitants of Chinklacamoose township, (Centre County) which included all of Clearfield county.1384
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Jerri Matchinsky Sun Mar 9 06:57:14 1997

I am looking for information on Joab OGDEN. In particular, I am seeking information on his wife. Joab came to Clearfield Co. with or about the time of his father Daniel OGDEN around 1800 (sources differ on the date) from Otsego County, NY. Daniel settled in Clearfield, Joab in Brady Township. Joab died March or April 1848. His son George Thomas OGDEN was born 28 AUG, 1801. I have LOTS of info on the OGDEN's life in NY that I am willing to share.1385
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Of the children of Daniel Ogden, several returned to the State of New York, and we have no trace of them…. Joab also went westward. He soon returned, with two of his children, and settled in Brady township where he died. It is said that there was an adverse claimant to the land upon which Joab squatted, who, at a later period, commenced proceedings for the recovery of the land. Joab engaged the late Judge Burnside as his counsel. When the cause came up for trial, Joab’s counsel informed him that the title was against him, advised him to compromise with his adversary, and buy out his claim. Joab said he would so so, but he had no money, and more than that, he never expected to get any. However, through the intervention of Judge Burnside, an arrangement was effected, the claimant agreeing to take cattle in lieu of money, if delivered at his residence in Chester county. Joab, delighted with the arrangement started from home with his drove, and on passing through Bellefonte, failed not to leave with his worthy counsel a fine beef, which the Judge had agreed to accept for his services. There is quite a tinge of romance about the history of Joab. He is described as a man full of eccentricities—true as steel, and having habits which in many respects were similar to those of the aborigines. His life was one of adventure, and he forms the hero of some of the marvellous [sic] tales with which is whiled away many an evening.1375


*A gristmill or grist mill is a building in which grain is ground into flour. In many countries these are referred to as corn mills or flour mills.3