Biographical Sketch of Augustus Vegely, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Augustus Vegely, wholesale confectioner.  Among the many successful
business men who have made their home in Buchanan County on one is
deserving of special notice more than the subject of this sketch. He
was born in Alsace, on the 9th day of June, 1826.  His father was a
contractor, and the son assisted him until 1847, when he determined
to avail himself of the advantages that America offered to men of
energy and economy, when coupled with sterling honesty.  He landed
at New Orleans, where he remained only a short time, and then went
to Galveston, Texas, and after a residence there of a few months, 
settled in St. Louis, Missouri.  In 1852, he came to this county 
and engaged in his present business, and is the pioneer in his line
now doing business, as well as one of the oldest firms in the city.
His business at first was on a small scale and has grown year by
year, and Mr. Vegely is a good illustration of what an industrious
man can accomplish by giving his attention to one subject and bending
his energies in one direction.  He is eminently a self made man, com-
mencing with but little means, he has gained wealth and a prominent
social position by preserving a straight-forward, true, honest and 
upright course, and has been eminently successful in all his under-
takings.  He has always shown a worthy public spiritedness and has
heartily sympathized with all local improvements and enterprises.  
He built the first business building on Felix Street, on the corner
of Fifth Street, on the lot where Baldwin & Co.'s jewelry store now
stands.  He has never been a political aspirant, preferring the peace
and quiet of his legitimate business to the strifes and turmoils of
public life.  He was married to Miss A. Augustine, March 24, 1855.
She is also a native of Alsace, and was born December 16, 1833.  
Their family consists of five children: Augustus; Adel, now Mrs. 
H. M. Ramey; Emma, Oliver R. and Norman O.  They lost one son, Edward.

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