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Does anyone have any other info on John Walker Vogt or any other the other Vogt names I have listed? John's father was Jesse Vogt (my g-g-g-grandfather) and John's mother was Adelaide Vogt. Jesse's brothers were Jacob Vogt and Dr D.A.Vogt Jacob's wife was Eliza Felder of Orangeburg, SC. Sydney has 2 brothers Albertus and Sidney, and 2 sisters Elizabeth Roxanne and Lorena (half sister, my g-g-grandmother).
Not sure about the other children, but Albertus was born in Eutawville, Sc on 04/08/1850.
I found more info about the Vogt family at the following website:
http://www.david-duval.com/VogtFamily
JOHN WALKER VOGT
Margaret Vassie's first husband was a tall, handsome man with blue eyes and black hair, who was known to be a gentle, well-educated man. As an orphan boy before his sixth birthday, and who probably did not remember his
parents, he learned to be adjustable. He was fortunate to be reared and educated by an uncle, Jacob Vogt, who owned a cotton and cane plantation in Marion County, Florida, and was a teacher at East Florida Seminary in Ocala.
John lived with Uncle Jake, a widower, and several cousins until 1876, when Jacob died.Then John was eighteen and on his own.
John's brothers and sister had been separated when their father died. Older brother, Sydney, was reared by an uncle. Dr. Frederick Vogt, in South Carolina. Sister Elizabeth Roxanne (Betty) was reared by her mother's brother, John H. Walker, in Georgia, and Albertus' guardian was Dr. Daniel Vogt,a resident of Marion County, Florida, near Ocala. Lorena was raised by her mother (2nd wife of Jesse Vogt). Albertus was sent to Kentucky Military Institute for his education. After a sojourn out west Albertus
returned to Florida.
As brothers, John and Albertus began to spend much time together and became good friends. They seemed to have a special bond, although quite unlike in personality. Both were energetic and hard-working, and about 1885 the two
became equal partners in the real estate business, opening an office in Ocala.(See their business logo on the cover,) When Albertus made the discovery of hard-rock phosphate on his homeplace, their lives were changed, yet the two
remained partners in business and best friends.
John met Margaret Vassie in Dunnellon, where she was a school teacher. They were married by a Methodist minister in Dunnellon in 1889. Their first home was on Bonita Island, where their daughter, Adelaide Bonita, was born in 1890, and their son, William Vassie, was born on the island in 1892.
Soon after William was born, John moved his family into the beautiful new home that he had had designed and built for them in Levy County, about nine miles west of Albertus'and Mary's home. John Walker Vogt, Jr. was the first of their children to be born in their new home, which was in 1894. In 1897, a daughter. Marguerite was born, living only two weeks. A son, Kenneth Leonidas, was born in 1899, who lived only ten months.
About 1900 John Walker Vogt, Sr. became ill. His illness was diagnosed as a kidney ailment, then called Bright's Disease. For almost two years John suffered, and he died on August 11, 1901, age 43 years.
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