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JOSEPH H. VOGEL, M. D.

    Dr. Joseph H. Vogel, well-known and popular physician at New Ulm, this
county, is a native son of that city, having been born there on March 28, 1879,
son of Joseph P. and Margaret (Sear) Vogel, the former a native of Austria and
the latter of Bavaria, who had settled in this part of Minnesota, with their
respective parents, in the days of their youth, during the early days of the
settlement hereabout, and who were thus pioneers of this section.

    Joseph P. Vogel was born in Austria, son of Simon and Barbara (Biemichael)
Vogel, both natives of that country, and was seventeen years old when he
accompanied his parents to this country, the family coming straightway to
Minnesota and settling in this county in June, 1856. Simon Vogel homesteaded a
tract of land in Siegel township, where he established his home and long was
regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of that section, being one of the most
substantial farmers of that neighborhood. In their declining years Simon Vogel
and wife retired from the farm and thereafter made their home in New Ulm, where
both died, the former being ninety-seven years of age at the time of his death
and the latter eighty-seven. They were the parents of five children, George,
Mrs. Schaeffer, Mrs. Joseph Flor, Mrs. Schumm and Joseph P. The latter grew to
manhood on the homestead place in Sigel township, assisting in the arduous
labors of developing the farm from its wilderness state to a tillable condition
and in 1861 when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the local regiment and
served in the cause of the Union, in 1862 participating in the defense of New
Ulm against the Indian uprising. Later he engaged in the retail liquor business
in that city, but after a short experience in such a vocation abandoned it and
turned his attention to the lumber business, in which he was successfully
engaged for twenty years or more, during which time he became one of the
best-known lumbermen in this section. He is now living retired in New Ulm, both
he and his good wife enjoying many evidences of the high esteem in which they
are held throughout that entire community. Mr. Vogel is approaching his
eightieth year and Mrs. Vogel is ten years younger. They were married not long
after the close of the Civil War, Mrs. Vogel also having been one of the
pioneers of this county, she having come from Bavaria with her parents, Gabriel
and Marie Sear, when a girl, the family setting in Milford township, this
county, being among the very earliest settlers of that part of the county. In
their declining years Gabriel Sear and his wife retired from the farm and moved
to New Ulm, where their last days were spent, both living to be more than eighty
years of age. They were the parents of five children, Mrs. Mary Aherns, Conrad,
Mrs. Catherine Dernbach, Mrs. Elizabeth Schilling and Elizabeth, who married
Joseph P. Vogel. To this latter union five children were born as follow: Louis
G., of New Ulm; Alfred J., also of New Ulm; Bertha, deceased, who was the wife
of L. J. Buenger; Alma, wife of L. B. Krook, of New Ulm, and Joseph N., the
-immediate subject of this biographical sketch. Joseph P. Vogel and wife are
earnest members of the Lutheran church, for many years stanch supporters of the
local good works of that communion, and their children were reared in that faith.

     Upon completing the course in the local schools at New Ulm, Joseph H. Vogel
entered the Minneapolis Academy, from which institution he was graduated in
1899, after which he entered the medical department of the University of
Minnesota. After a year of faithful study there he entered Rush Medical College
at Chicago, from which latter institution he was graduated in June, 1903. Upon
receiving his diploma, Doctor Vogel returned to his home in New Ulm and at once
opened an office for the practice of his profession, and has been thus quite
successfully engaged ever since, during which time he has taken high rank in the
medical profession in this part of the state. Doctor Vogel is a modern,
up-to-date physician, well versed in all the latest lore of his profession and
takes an active interest in the affairs of the Brown County Medical Society, the
Minnesota State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, of which
several organizations he is a member. Not long after entering the practice at
New Ulm he was appointed health officer and for several years served very
efficiently in that important office. Doctor Vogel is a Republican and ever
takes a good citizen's interest in local political affairs, being an ardent
advocate of the principles of good government. While primarily devoted to the
alleviation of the ills of humanity, he has not been unmindful of the material
side of things and is a stockholder in the Brown County Bank and in the State
Bond and Mortgage Company.

     On January 24, 1906, Dr. Joseph H. Vogel was united in marriage to Antonia
Crone, who was born in New Ulm, elder of the two children born to Carl and Anna
(Meyer) Crone, she having a brother, Carl. The elder Carl Crone and his wife,
who are still living at New Ulm, are both natives of that city, their respective
parents having been among the earliest settlers of this region. Carl Crone is
the eldest of the seven children born to his parents, Theodore Crone and wife,
who came from Friesland, Germany, and settled at New Ulm soon after the
establishment of that settlement, their other children being Henry, Anton,
Theodore, Ferdinand, Ahle and Jeanette. The Meyers also were a well-known family
in the early settlement of New Ulm and Mrs. Crone had a brother, Albert.

     To Dr. Joseph H. and Antonia (Crone) Vogel one child has been born, a son,
Joseph C. Mrs. Vogel is an earnest member of the Lutheran church and she and the
Doctor are recognized as among the leaders in the social and cultural life of
the community, being held in high regard by their many friends throughout the
county.


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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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