George Fogt
George Fogt, deceased, was a native of Germany, where he was born in 1805. He married Miss Julia A. Holfbearer, born in Germany Feb. 10, 1810. In 1844 they emigrated to America in company with Michael Shiff and family, and located in Shelby County on 160 acres of land, on which he lived many years, and followed farming as his vocation. They reared a family of eight children, Sarah, Jacob, Rachel, Catharine, Julia, George, John, and Frederick. In June, 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Fogt left their farm and moved to Sidney, where he died May 24, 1873. Mrs. Fogt then moved to Anna in the fall of 1813, where she died Jan. 20, 1878.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883