Biographical Sketch of John Vogel, Camden County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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John Vogel is one of the prosperous farmers residing on the Little
Niangua River, in Camden County, Mo.  He was born in Germany in 1842,
and in 1853 came to America with his parents, Frederick and Elizabeth
(Miller) Vogel, who were born in that country in 1810 and 1807, re-
spectively.  They settled in Cole County, Mo., where the father follow-
ed his trade of tailoring, and reared his family, which consisted of
eleven children.  Seven are living at the present time, and four of his
sons were soldiers in the Union Army.  At the age of eighteen years 
John Vogel began life for himself, and entered the Union army, enlist-
ing in Company K, Fifth Missouri Cavalry, and received his discharge in
July, 1865.  He is now a member of the G. A. R., and is a stanch Repub-
lican in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Abraham
Lincoln in 1864.  He came to Camden county in 1870, and purchased his
present fertile valley farm, consisting of 220 acres, 100 of which are
under cultivation, and here has since resided with his family.  On
December 26, 1868, he wedded Miss Louisa Arnholdt, who was born in Cole
county in 1847, and by her is the father of the following named child-
ren: Bertha, Ida, William, Henry, Charles, Peter and George, all of
whom attend the Lutheran church, of which the father and mother are
members.  Mrs. Vogel's parents, Christopher and Purlina (Frish) Arn-
holdt, were born in Germany, and came to America in 1842, locating in
Cole County, Mo.  They moved to Camden County in 1856, purchasing a 
good farm on the Little Niangua River.  He was engaged in farming and
milling until his mill was burned by bushwackers in 1864, and after the
war he located in Jefferson City, Mo., and has since been engaged in
the mercantile business, being now a resident of Brazito, Mo.

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