This photo is Jesse Ogden on the left and William S Caton on the right. Taken about 1903-1905 as Wm seems to be about 18-20 and was born in 1885. You don't have a date on the photo and if it is Jesse it looks like about the same year (and maybe even the same jacket!).

Nancy notes that Jesse Ogden is obviously one of the young men in the front row of the Logging Photo. There is no date on the photo but Jesse looks about the same and is probably even even wearing the same jacket!

You will also find Jesse and William when they were students at Cooper College.

We have no reason to believe that the Caton and Ogden families were related but since this web page starts with this photo, we have one web page.

The Caton's were very early Vernon County residents and Noah Caton is prominently mentioned throughout much of the History of Vernon County.

You will also find the Caton's mentioned on the Overstreet page.

Nancy says that the photo of the Revival at the Bronaugh Christian Church, with all the folks sitting and standing in front of a church probably has William S Caton, lounging on the ground, with a hat on.

She says his grandfather was also named William S Caton and this William's first wife was supposedly Nancy Skaggs. However the Deepwood Cemetery stone that is probably hers looks more like Jane N, and has dates 15 Sep 1820 - 11 Feb 1847. So if you have any information on a Caton / Skaggs marriage, we'd like to hear about it.

Nancy tells that the Catons in the 1887 Vernon Co History were related to Noah Caton whose house served as the county courthouse early on. There's a picture of the house on the Vernon Co Courthouse postcard (upper left).