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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 186-187



JOHN P. S. VOGHT.

	John P. S. Voght, secretary of the United States mint at Denver, 
was born in Lawrence, Kansas, May 14, 1860. His father, John Voght, was 
a native of France and for many years was engaged in river 
transportation on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. He was also one 
of the frontiersmen of Kansas and contributed in marked measure to the 
development and progress of those sections of the west with which he 
was identified. He married Josephine Vinot, a native of France, and 
both have now passed away. In their family were two children, the 
daughter being Mrs. Augustine V. Walter, who lives in Denver.

	John P. S. Voght acquired his early education in the public 
schools of Denver, to which city his parents removed on the 9th of 
October, 1860. He passed through consecutive grades to the high school, 
which he left in 1877. He afterward attended the Northwestern 
University in Chicago and was there graduated with the LL. B. degree as 
a member of the class of 1881. He thee returned to Denver and afterward 
engaged in mining at various points in the west, including Leadville, 
being proprietor of several mining properties. He later entered the 
government service, with which he has been identified for five years as 
secretary of the United States mint in Denver.

	In 1884 Mr. Voght was united in marriage to Miss Christine 
Bowman, of Newport, Rhode Island, a daughter of John Bowman. They have 
one child, Josephine, the wife of Lincoln R. Meeker, of Denver. Mr. 
Voght is deeply interested in the study of geology, of mining 
conditions and opportunities, and few men are better informed 
concerning these subjects in Colorado than he. His experiences have 
brought him wide knowledge and his reading has been comprehensive and 
thorough. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, 
and he has been a lifelong follower of Henry George and a believer in 
the single tax. He is highly esteemed as a man of genuine worth and he 
is proving a most capable official in the position which he now 
occupies.