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Source: 
Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated

Vol. II
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913


R. C. Van Buren
ROBERT CARL VAN BUREN, M. D.

 

~ Page 322 - Source:  Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913

  ANTHONY VOGEL, a well known, enterprising and successful merchant of Upper Sandusky, has built up an extensive trade as a dealer in shoes and has long been numbered among the substantial and representative citizens of his native county.  His birth occurred at Upper Sandusky on the 20th of June, 1862, his parents being Frank Joseph and Susanna (Fleck) Vogel, both of whom were natives of Germany, the former born on the 28th of June, 1827, and the latter on the 7th of January, 1832.  When a young man of twenty-five Frank J. Vogel emigrated to the United States, coming to Ohio and establishing his home at Upper Sandusky, where he spent the remainder of his life at the tailor's trade.  The house which he built in 1861 and in which his children were reared is still the home of our subject.  His demise, which occurred on the 30th of October, 1883, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret for he had won many friends during the long period of his residence here.  His wife came to the United States at the age of twenty-one and spent the remainder of her life at Upper Sandusky, here passing away on the 21st of June, 1909.  Unto them were born twelve children, namely:  Frank, Susanna, John, William, Henry, Anthony, Catherine, August, Joseph, Edward, Lena and Elizabeth.
     Anthony Vogel
attended school until fifteen years of age and then learned the shoemaker's trade, working at that occupation for about seven years.  When a young man of twenty-five, he opened a shoe store at Upper Sandusky and has conducted the same continuously since or for a period covering three decades.  He carries a stock of goods valued at ten thousand dollars and has always been accorded a gratifying and well merited patronage.
     On the 19th of November, 1891, at Upper Sandusky, Mr. Vogel was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Donnersbach, both of whom are deceased.  During his active business career the father followed farming in Mifflin township, this county.  The parents of Mrs. Vogel were both natives of Germany.  By her marriage she has become the mother of six children, as follows:  Walter C.; Margaret, who passed away on the 5th of November, 1905, at the age of eleven years and seven months; Mary who died on the 28th of April, 1899, at the age of three years and seven months; Grace C.; Marcus A.; and Helena.  On the same lot where his father erected a home more than a half century ago.  Mr. Vogel has built a handsome modern dwelling of seven rooms.
     Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Vogel has supported the men and measures of the democracy, believing firmly in the principles of that party.  He has efficiently served in the capacity of treasurer of Crane township and has also done valuable service in the cause of education as a member of the township school board.  He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Catholic Knights of Ohio and a devout communicant of the Catholic church.  In the community where his entire life has been spent he has won and maintained an enviable reputation as a prosperous merchant and respected citizen.  Industry and progress seem to be the salient features in his career and have been potent elements in the acquirement of a success which, however, speaks not only in terms of material gain but in the regard and high esteem of his fellowmen.
~ Page 341 - Source:  Past & Present History of Wyandot County, Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company - 1913

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