Charles E. Fogt
Charles E. Fogt, deceased, was born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 14, 1809. He emigrated to America in 1833, and located in Shelby County, O. On the 23d of Dec. 1839, he married Miss Mary Boyer, then of Shelby County, but a native of Berks County, Pa., where she was born Dec. 14, 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Fogt settled on the farm in section 34, Franklin Township, now owned and occupied by their son, C. Fogt, Jr., on which they lived until the spring of 1881, when they moved to Anna, where he died March 18, 1882. They reared a family of seven children, viz., Christina A., John B., Lucinda, George W., Mary A., Christian E., and Samuel F., all of whom are now living except Mary A., who died in February, 1879.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883