Albertus Vogt – Moving Notice and Obituary

From The Leesburg Commercial (1904) _____   By    _____ NE South & East Fla. Publishing Co.JOS. H. C. PRATT,  –    –  Editor. We notice by the Bartow Courier-Informant that our friend, Mr. Al-bertus Vogt, the “Duke of Dunnellon”,the man who first discovered phosphatein Florida and made fortunes for him-self and others and built up a greatindustry in the State out of the find; …

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Albertus Vogt – To My Sweetheart

North StreetLakeland (FL) 1914 To-my-Sweetheart (Dedicated to Marguerite.)now my wife God’s truest artist wrought your formWith subtle graces in its curves,And strength and beauty to adornA Goddess such as you deserveTo make you divine, “My Sweetheart.” Your guardian angel at your birth, Brought down from out the skies Two wide blue townships in the earth, …

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Albertus Vogt – Article from Ocala Daily Banner

This is taken from a newspaper article, written by Albertus Vogt, and publishedin the Ocala Daily Banner, Wednesday, August 10, 1910. Albertus describes his early family life in Hancock County, Georgia, during theCivil War: “No man is more grateful in his remembrance to the faith of the coloredpeople, kept as slaves to their owners’ families …

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Life in Florida – by Albertus Vogt

           Copy ofNewspaper Clipping, dated June 28, 1889 LIFE IN FLORIDA by ALBERTUS VOGT THE WITHLACOOCHEE “The water-lily dips its vase of snowOn many a shallow cove along whose graceful edge the purple flowers grow And dappled river beds and tufted sedge,And in the stream beneath their image liesMirrored like beauty in a lover’s eyes.” Almost immediately on …

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A Tribute to a Benefactor – by L. L. Aiken

From:  The Dunnellon Citizen   C. Y. Miller, Publisher Published Every Friday  Member of the Florida Press Assn.Ore Dollar a Year        Affiliated with the National Editorial Assn. The following was first printed in the Ocala Banner in 1899: A Tribute to a Benefactor Written by L. L. Aiken While you and I differ in politics, it does seem to me …

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From Grandmother Marguerite Vassie Vogt’s Bible

FAMILY RECORD Marriages Page 1: John W. Vogt and Maggie Vassie, married November 21, 1889 at Dunnellon, Florida. Adelaide Bonita Vogt and Claude Watson Thomason, married November 23, 1910 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Fla. William Vassie Vogt and Helen Ray Heisley, married June 23, 1918, at First Christian Church, Deland. Fla. John Walker Vogt …

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A brief description of a beautiful lady our grandmother Margaret Vassie Vogt

Below follows an article written by my grandmother, Mary Vogt Duval. I never new I had ancestors from Hamilton, Ontario! A kind, loving, thoughtful, caring lady with a wonderfulsense of humor are the words to describe our grandmother, allfive feet, three inches of her.  She was a brunette with veryfair skin and bright, clear blue eyes, …

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What Is David DuVal doing now?

many people have been asking what David Duval has been doing recently. I’m not sure which David Duval they’re talking about, but since people are asking, I might as well give a few updates about my life. on September 28, 2023 I arrived in Hangzhou China and then spent the next couple of months exploring …

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