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VOGT, GEORGE, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes; Franklin Centre; owns thirty-two acres of land outside of the corporation, valued at $25 per acre; born Sept. 4, 1838, in Bavaria, Germany; emigrated with parents to the United States in 1851; located in Franklin Tp., Lee Co., Iowa; at the age of 13, he commenced to learn the shoemaker’s trade, from which time that has been his occupation; commenced business for himself in 1857. Married Mrs. Sally Vogt, whose maiden name was Weber, April 18, 1860; she was born Dec. 12, 1835, in a province then in France, now in Germany; her husbands were brothers; by the first marriage she had five children, three now living — George, Susan and Caroline; deceased were Henry and Caroline; the children by second marriage are Henry, Katy, Lena, Mary, Emma and Anna; lost three, Julius, Rosa and infant not named. Mr. V. has served as member of the School Board several years, and is the present Recorder of the corporation; is a member of Evangelical Church; Democratic.