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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 752-753
HERMAN VOGEL, of Cassville, Grant county, was born in Cassville Dec. 22, 1862, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (HANBACH) VOGEL, both natives of Germany, the former born in Bavaria, the latter in Wurtemberg. On coming to the New World the father first located in Pittsburgh, Penn., whence he removed to Indianapolis, Ind., later to Montrose, and in 1854 settled in Dubuque, Iowa. A year later he became a resident of Cassville, Wis., and, being a butcher by trade, he opened a meat market at that place, which he conducted with good success for many years. He died in Cassville in 1889, respected by all who knew him; in fact, no more honorable man ever lived. His estimable wife, who still survives him, continues to make her home at that place. Of the four children born to them, three are living, namely: Elizabeth, at home; Herman; and John, a resident of Iowa.
Herman VOGEL passed the days of his boyhood and youth in his native town, and is indebted to it public schools for his educational advantages. On starting out in life for himself he was engaged in the meat market business with his father until 1889, when he embarked in business as a dealer in groceries and dry goods.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck