BIOGRAPHIES:  Martin VOGT, Crystal Lake Township, Barron County, WI

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Martin Vogt, who is profitably engaged in farming and poultry raising in
Crystal Lake Township, of which he is a public official, was born in
Jackson County, Illinois, Aug. 16, 1888, son of Hans H. and Alvina
(Schroeder) Vogt. The father, a native of Germany, came to America in 1870,
settling in Jackson County, Illinois, and remaining there until 1911, when
he came to Barron County, Wisconsin, and bought 80 acres in Crystal Lake
Township, Section 7. After a residence of one year on this place he retired
and took up his residence at Turtle Lake, where he died in 1917. His wife,
Alvina, who was born in Missouri, is still living at Turtle Lake. They were
the parents of seven children, of whom there are now six survivors, namely,
Fred H., Anna, Martin, Henry, Ernest and Julius. Martin Vogt attended
school in his native state of Illinois, and at an early age became his
father's assistant on the home farm. After working for his parents until
1912, he rented their farm in Crystal Lake Township, and so operated it
until 1919, when it became his own property through purchase. Its present
condition is chiefly the result of his own labor, as it was he who cleared
and broke the land and made most of the important improvements. Among the
latter is a fine, large chicken house. Mr. Vogt makes a specialty of
raising pure bred White Leghorn chickens, of which at the present time he
has a flock of about one thousand. His operations have been successful, and
in spite of occasional drawbacks he has continued to prosper. He donated
land for the new Woodside School, his interest in educational matters being
further manifested by his service as clerk of the school board, District
No. 18. In 1921 he was elected town treasurer. The Lutheran Church numbers
him among its useful and consistent members. Mr. Vogt was married Dec. 26,
1912, to Clara Ruehling, who was born Jan. 25, 1888, daughter of Frank and
Madeline (Feig) Ruehling, then residents of Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri. Mrs. Vogt's mother died in 1890, being survived by her husband,
who now lives in Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vogt three children have
been born: Malinda M., Dec. 16, 1913; Harold G., Dec. 17, 1915, and Edgar
A., April 15, 1919.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 888.