Vogelsang Cemetery, Milam County, Texas

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Submitted by: GG
        Date: May 2004
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The Vogelsang Cemetery is located in the Vogelsang Community, which is near Ben
Arnold.

Driving directions to the Vogelsang Cemetery from Cameron, travel North on
Highway 77, pass intersection of FM 485 and HWY 77, proceed to Ben Arnold. At
Ben Arnold there will be an old gas station, turn right on FM 1444. Go down FM
1444 for about five miles, then on a hill (second hill and second bridge) the
sign, Vogelsang Cemetery, this turn will be on the left, and it will be CR 137.
Go down CR 137 for about 3-tenths of a mile and the cemetery will be on the
left, park across from the cemetery.

Across the cemetery is where Augusta Schwarting-Vogelsang (wife of Frederick
"Fritz" Vogelsang) erected a church building for the Vogelsang Community it was
torn down in the 1960s, the scrap lumber from this building was sent to Ben
Arnold along with some lumber from a church building in Burlington to build a
church building in Ben Arnold.

Information from family history and Curtis Lucko, President of the Vogelsang
Cemetery (Church of Christ Cemetery Association).

Sign

Left (Old Section)

Right (New Section)

Vogelsang, Anton
b: 1888
d: 1895
son of Frederick "Fritz" & Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Augusta Schwarting
b: 1856
d: 1944
wife of Frederick "Fritz" Vogelsang
daughter of John & Sophia Schwarting

Vogelsang, Ernest "Andy"
b: 1879
d: 1962
son of Frederick "Fritz" & Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Erwin Herbert
b: 30 Aug 1909
d: 5 July 1969
S1 (Seaman First Class) - US Navy - World War II
son of Frederick "Fritz" Vogelsang, Jr. & Antonio (Toni) Kuhn Vogelsang
husband of Minnie Ohlenbusch Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Frederick "Fritz"
b: 1842
d: 1925
son of Jacob A. Vogelsang & Mattie (Behrens) Vogelsang
husband of Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Ida
b: 1875
d: 1954
daughter of Frederick "Fritz" & Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang
husband of Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang
wife of Carl Schroeder

Vogelsang, Ida (Elizabeth) Laake
b: 12 Dec 1893
d: 7 May 1986
daughter of Paul Otto & Ida (Geistman) Laake
wife of Will (Wilhelm) Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Will (Wilhelm)
b: 12 Apr 1891
d: 21 Feb 1975
son of Frederick "Fritz" & Augusta (Schwarting) Vogelsang
husband of Ida Elizabeth Laake Vogelsang