Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Vogel, Lewis A. January 6, 1856 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carlene Still crstill@oregontrail.net July 31, 2006, 5:35 pm Author: Colonel William Parsons Page 357, 358 LEWIS A. VOGEL Our subject is a man of great capabilities which have been manifestly demonstrated in his varied career as well as has his admirable adaptibility during the scenes of his vicissitudinous life, which has shown tireless energy together with wisdom and thorough execution. It was in Washtenaw county, Michigan, and on January 6, 1856, that his birth occurred and here also that he received his education in the public schools of the county, while he assisted his father, Jacob H. Vogel, on the farm the remainder of the time until he was twenty-one years of age. His mother, Mary Vogel, died when he was but three years of age, and his life never knew much of that sunshine that is so sweet to childhood from the maternal bosom. When he was twenty-one years of age he turned toward the golden state via the U. P. and C. P. Railroads, working for wages on a farm for one year and then returning to his old home for a visit. After one winter there he returned and engaged on the C. P. Railroad as brakeman, operating through Sacramento and adjacent thereto, continuing until 1879. After this he went to work for the Street Railway Company in San Francisco, as conductor on the old Market street line, which was then operated by horses. During the winter of 1879 and 1880 he assisted to construct the railroad from Battle mountain to Austin, Nevada, the contractor being R. M. Steele, who later built the O. R. & N. Railway in the county. In the spring of 1880 he made his advent into this county and commenced work for A. J. Wilbur, freighting from Umatilla Landing to Pendleton, and then until the spring of 1881 he was with the N. P. Railroad and the Utah, Idaho and Oregon Stage Company. At this last date he came to Pendleton and built the old Elephant feed yard, then the largest in the place, but since burned down; after that he commenced to run an express line and holds the distinction of hauling from the depot to the post office the first mail carried into Pendleton by the cars, it coming in in a box car. Succeeding this he determined to become one of Umatilla’s stockmen and accordingly went into the sheep business, later selling out and purchasing the Depot livery barn, which he operated one year, then sold it and purchased land in the Umatilla reserve. In addition to this he holds four hundred and eighty acres, taken by homestead, pre-emption and timber culture, later buying as much more on Stewart creek, where he now lives, being occupied in raising wheat, barley and breeding fine driving horses, where he is making a good success. He was married, in Pendleton, on May 9, 1885, to Miss Lydia A. Fanning, a native of Jacksonville, Illinois, whose parents, Samuel A. and Jane E. Fanning, were pioneers of 1872. They have both died since, the father being buried in Pendleton and the mother in Willamette valley. To Mr. and Mrs. Vogel have been born two daughters, A. Rae and Eunice R. Mr. Vogel is a member of W. of W., Camp No. 41, of Pendleton, also of United Artisans, Lodge, No. 10, of Pilot Rock, to which also Mrs. Vogel belongs. He is widely and very favorably known throughout the county, and is one of its prominent and substantial citizens, being esteemed and respected by all. Additional Comments: An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the State of Oregon. W. H. Lever, Publisher 1902. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/umatilla/bios/vogel117gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb