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Ogden David Dooley
1906 - 1984 (78 years)-
Name Ogden David Dooley Nickname Buster Birth 18 Apr 1906 Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas 
[1] Gender Male Death 16 Dec 1984 Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas [2] Person ID I37155 Scudder Last Modified 25 Nov 2010
Father William David Dooley, b. 2 Apr 1875, Long Mott, Calhoun, Texas d. 8 Jun 1952, Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas (Age 77 years) Mother Agnes Margaret Windus, b. 14 Feb 1878, Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas d. 9 Dec 1919, Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas (Age 41 years) Marriage 5 Jun 1905 Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas Family ID F13203 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Arlena Mae Butler, b. 18 Apr 1906, Llano, Llano, Texas d. 2 Jul 1994, Camp Wood, Real, Texas (Age 88 years) Marriage 8 Aug 1930 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas Divorce 1938/9 Children 1. P.A. Dooley 2. C.V. Dooley 3. D.O. Dooley Family ID F13235 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Gladys Fulcher Parks d. 1970 Family ID F13234 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 3 Willie Jo Tiller, b. 15 Mar 1908, Texas d. 21 Nov 2005, Bracketteville, Kinney, Texas (Age 97 years) Marriage 18 Dec 1971 Bexar county, Texas Family ID F13233 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Ogden was the manager from 1931 until his death of the Petersen Ranch, which was a 19,300-acre cattle ranch located 7 miles northeast of Bracketville. In 1928, Bracketville was the only town in Kinney County, Texas, a ranching community of approximately 1,800 people located near the Mexican border in West Texas. The primary occupation of the community was ranching, and the biggest business in town was Petersen and Company, owned by N.P. Petersen, R.C. Ballantyne, and Adolph A. Bitter, Willie Jo's father-in-law,
In 1935, Ogden went to the Petersen and Company office to discuss the ranching business with N.P. Petersen. Present at the meeting, besides Petersen and Ogden, were Clarence Bitter, the bookkeeper and general manager of Petersen and Company; Willie Jo, who at that time was married to Clarence Bitter; and R.C. Ballantyne, N.P. Petersen's business partner and adviser. At the meeting, N.P. Petersen told Ogden that he approved of the way he was managing the ranch and offered to form a joint venture with him for its operation. Under the offer, which Ogden orally accepted, he was to stop taking a salary and pay half of the operating costs of the ranch and receive half of any profits. If Mr. and Mrs. Petersen and their daughter had sufficient funds during their lives, the Petersen Ranch would become Ogden's on the death of the Petersens' daughter, Martha (Mrs. Bartberger), who was the Petersens' only child. When the meeting concluded, Petersen and Ogden shook hands but the terms of their oral agreement were never reduced to writing.
From 1936 until Martha Bartberger's death in 1981, Ogden resided at, and had exclusive possession of, the Petersen Ranch as ranch manager. He made many improvements to the property including a stone ranch house, two tenant houses, equipment and feed storage buildings, branch roads, fencing, and wells. Ogden and N.P. Petersen paid for these improvements jointly, pursuant to the terms of their 1935 oral agreement. In 1949, N.P. Petersen died and devised the Petersen Ranch to his daughter, Martha Bartberger.
After Ogden's death, there began legal arguments among his daughters and his widow, Willie Jo. Altogether, the Ogden's estate included four ranches and stock in a holding company and was valued over $8 million.
- Ogden was the manager from 1931 until his death of the Petersen Ranch, which was a 19,300-acre cattle ranch located 7 miles northeast of Bracketville. In 1928, Bracketville was the only town in Kinney County, Texas, a ranching community of approximately 1,800 people located near the Mexican border in West Texas. The primary occupation of the community was ranching, and the biggest business in town was Petersen and Company, owned by N.P. Petersen, R.C. Ballantyne, and Adolph A. Bitter, Willie Jo's father-in-law,
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