Ben Hogan

Hogan's great-grandfather left Dublin, Ireland in the 1840-50's and settled in Mississippi and later moved to Dublin, Texas to work in an Iron foundry as did his grandfather William Alexander Hogan who was born in Choctaw County, Mississippi in 1847 and would later marry Cynthia J. Hogan of Alabama who was four years his elder. In the 1870's the family treked the 500 miles to Dublin, Texas and worked as a blacksmith. Chester C. Hogan was born in Dublin on 2 February 1885 and worked for the family blacksmith business with a brief interlude bottling Dr. Pepper.

On 13 August 1912 Chester Hogan and Clara Williams gave birth to their third child and third generation Irish-American William Ben Hogan, named after their grandfathers.

 

 

Reading Sources:

James Dodson: Ben Hogan - An American Life

Curt Sampson: Hogan