Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Vogel, Louis G. 1867 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

MAJOR LOUIS G. VOGEL.

    Major Louis G. Vogel, of the Minnesota National Guard, for over twenty years
auditor of Brown county, and one of the best-known and most influential citizens
of New Ulm, is a native son of that city and has lived there all his life. He
was born on May 24, 1867, son of Joseph P. and Margeretha (Serr) Vogel, natives
of Germany and early settlers of New Ulm, where they are still living.

    Joseph P. Vogel was trained to the trade of a wagon-maker and worked at that
trade in his native land until he came to America with his parents at the age of
ten years, the latter having joined the colony of German settlers in and about
New Ulm. He followed the wagon-making trade until about 1883, when he engaged in
the lumber business, in which he remained until about 1910. He is a Catholic and
his wife is a member of the Lutheran church. They are the parents of five
children, namely: Louis G., the subject of this biographical review; Alfred J.,
Dr. Joseph H., Alma, wife of Louis B. Krook, of New Ulm, and Bertha, deceased,
who was the wife of Louis J. Buenger. Joseph P. Vogel is the son of Simon Vogel
and wife, who also were pioneers of Brown county, and who lived to advanced
ages. They were the parents of seven children, namely: Joseph P., George,
Christopher, Mrs. Anna Flor, Mrs. Dorotho Schieffler, Mrs. Caroline Schramm, and
Josephine, deceased. Mrs. Vogel's father, Gabriel S. Serr, also was one of the
pioneers of the New Ulm settlement. He and his wife were the parents of five
children, those besides Mrs. Vogel being Conrad, Barbara, Mary and Lizzie.

     Louis G. Vogel was reared at New Ulm and received his education in the
public schools of that city. Upon completing the school course he was employed
as a bookkeeper in the office of the Empire mill at New Ulm, and was thus
engaged until the time of his selection to the office of auditor of Brown county
in 1896. So satisfactory to the general public did his services in that
important public capacity prove that he has remained in the office ever since,
having been re-elected at each succeeding election since his first incumbency.
From the days of his boyhood Major Vogel has taken a deep interest in the
Minnesota National Guard. On March 5, 1885, he enlisted as a private in Company
A, Second Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, and has ever since been connected with
the service of the state militia. On November 22, 1891, he was promoted to the
rank of sergeant in Company A; July 27, 1896, commissary sergeant of the Second
Regiment; July 6, 1897, battalion sergeant of the Second Regiment; January 29,
1898, serving as regimental adjutant. During the Spanish-American War, he served
in the Twelfth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and on April 29, 1898,
was recommended as adjutant, and in 1902 was made assistant adjutant-general of
the brigade, continuing so until the death of General Bobleter. On July 29,1912,
Major Vogel organized the Machine Gun Company, and on July 6, 1913, was again
promoted to the rank of regimental adjutant, which position he still occupies.

     In August, 1891, Major Louis G. Vogel was married to Meta Behnke, and to
this union one child has been born, a son, Willard. Mrs. Vogel was born in New
Ulm, her parents, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, having been pioneers of this
section. Her father was for years a prominent merchant of New Ulm, and still
resides in that city. His wife died in 1912. They were the parents of seven
childred, Henry, Fritz, Albert, Anna, Ida, Bertha and Meta. Major Vogel is a
Republican and a member of the Lutheran church, while Mrs. Vogel is a member of
the Congregational church.


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Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

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