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JOHN BOGLE
JOHN BOGLE, commonly known in his own day as "Wee Johnny Bogle," had been a resident merchant in Virginia for some years, and in the latter end of last century lived with his sister, widow of Dr. Thomas Brown of Langside. Their town residence was the first house built in George Street, which stood alone in the fields for years. Mrs. Brown feued part of what is now North Frederick Street for a vegetable garden. "Senex" says that these Daldowie Bogies were a sober, orderly race, who seldom entered into the gaieties of the city; but the Shettleston Bogles had the character of being quick, volatile, and fond of frolic. Mr. Bogle died about 1802.
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