THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NAMES
EDWARD J. O'BRIEN
(1890-1941) Author, editor from Boston.
JEREMIAH O'BRIEN
(1744-1818) Revolutionary naval officer from Maine. His capture of the British
schooner "Margaretta" was United States first naval victory 1775.
MATTHEW J. O'BRIEN
(????-1898) Chief engineer on the Confederate ship "Alabama" when it was sunk
by the Union ship "Kearsarge" in 1864, off of Cherbourg, France. Later was U.S.
Supervisor of Steam Vessels in New Orleans.
RICHARD O'BRIEN
(1758-1824) Privateersman from Maine. Minister to Algiers 1796.
CARDINAL O'CONNELL
(1859-1944) Archbishop of Boston who was made a Cardinal 1911.
EUGENE E. O'DONNELL
(????-????) Shipmaster. Served with U.S. Shipping Board World War I. V-P of
C.H. Sprague and Son 1918. President Eastern Steamship Line 1928.
FRANCIS J. O'GARA
(1917-1971) The only living person to have a Liberty ship named for them. WSA
representitive on the "S.S. Jean Nicolet" sunk in the Indian Ocean 1944. The
crew was massacred by the Japanese but O'Gara was taken prisoner and found alive
in a prisoner of war camp in 1945.
EDWIN JOSEPH O'HARA
(1923-1942) Merchant seaman aboard the S.S. "Stephen Hopkins" when it was
sunk in the South Atlantic 1942.
BERNARDO O'HIGGINS
(1778-1842) Chilean soldier and Statesman. Dictator of Chile 1822.
JAMES J. O'KELLY
(1735-1826) North Carolina preacher and anti- slavery Methodist.
RALPH T. O'NEIL
(1888-1940) Commander of the American Legion 1930-1931.
ANNIE OAKLEY
(1860-1926) Markswomen born in Ohio. Attraction in circuses.
ADOLPH S. OCHS
(1858-1935) Newspaper publisher of Chattanoga Times 1878 and New York Times
1896. Spent his later life in philanthropy and public causes.
JOHN MARY ODIN
(1801-1870) Catholic clergyman. Archbishop of New Orleans 1861.
CARL OFTEDAL
(1907-????) Journalist jailed by Nazi in 1940 and released at War's end.
This ship laid down as the "George N. Drake". Transferred to the Norwegian
government while under construction and renamed "Carl Oftedal".
FRANCIS B. OGDEN
(1783-1857) Engineer. Pioneer in designing steamboat engines.
PETER SKENE OGDEN
(1793-1854) Fur trader, explorer. First to reach the Great Salt Lake region.
Ogden, Utah, is named for him.
WILLIAM B. OGDEN
(1805-1877) New York land developer. Moved to Chicago and became it's first
mayor 1837. First president of Union Pacific Railroad 1862.
RICHARD J. OGLESBY
(1824-1899) Union General. Governor of Illinois 1865-1869; 1872-1873. Senator
1873-1879. Governor 1885-1889.
JAMES OGLETHORPE
(1696-1785) English colonist who settled Georgia 1733.
FREMONT OLDER
(1856-1935) Printer, editor, reformer. Editor of San Francisco Bulletin 1895 and
the San Francisco Call 1918.
JAMES OLIVER
(1822-1908) Cooper, foundryman, inventor. Worked mainly in the design and
manufacture of plows.
RICHARD OLNEY
(1835-1917) U.S. Attorney General 1893-1894. Secretary of State 1895.
LEIF M. OLSEN
(1913-1942) Merchant seaman on the "S.S. Caddo" lost when it was torpedoed in
the North Atlantic 1942.
JULIUS OLSEN
(1873-1943) Professor at Hardin-Simmons College in Abilene,Texas 1902-1942.
FLOYD B. OLSON
(1891-1936) Farmer- Labor leader. Governor of Minnesota 1931-1936.
SOTOR ORTYNSKY
(1866-1916) Catholic prelate. Greek Catholic Bishop of the United States 1907.
BEN T. OSBORNE
(????-????) Executive Secretary, Oregon State Federation of Labor.
CHIEF OSCEOLA
(1800-1838) Seminole Chief. Leader of the Second Seminole War.
J. C. OSGOOD
(1851-1926) President of the Colorado Coal and Iron Co.
WILLIAM OSLER
(1849-1919) Professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
for 21 years. The greatest medical figure of his time.
ELISHA GRAVES OTIS
(1811-1861) Mechanic, inventor. Invented the elevator 1861.
HARRISON GRAY OTIS
(1765-1848) Congressman from Massachusetts 1797-1801. Senator 1817-1822.
Mayor of Boston 1829-1832.
JAMES OTIS
(1725-1783) Political leader of Massachusetts Bay 1761-1765.
WILLIAM B. OTWELL
(1877-1941) His paper "Otwell's Farmer Boy" gave impetus to the movement
which grew in to today's 4-H Club program.
RICHARD V. OULAHAN
(1867-1931) Newspaperman with the New York Times and Sun.
CHIEF OURAY
(1833-1880) Chief of the Utes who led negotiations with the U.S. that
lead to the Treaty of 1868 with the seven Ute tribes.
LEE S. OVERMAN
(1854-1930) Senator from North Carolina 1903-1930.
JOHN OWEN
(1849-1939) Lumberman. President of the John Owen Lumber Co. in Wisconsin.
ROBERT DALE OWEN
(1801-1877) Social reformer. Congressman from Indiana 1843-1847. Helped
establish the Smithsonian Institute.
THOMAS W. OWEN
(1866-1920) Founder of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
MICHAEL J. OWENS
(1859-1923) Inventor that perfected the first bottle blowing machine 1895.