Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20
CHARLES FRIEDRICH BOGART

Charles Friedrich Bogart, son of
Isaiah and Rqxea Handy Bogart, was
born in Spencer, New York, February
25th, 1S43. He departed this life at
San Antonio, Texas, July 18th, 1917,
having attained the age of seventy
four years, four months and seven
teen days.
Most of his early life was spent in
the home in Spencer, New York, un-
til the outbreak of the civil war, when
he volunteered as .'ivate soldier for
three years service in Company /,
109th New York Infantry, August 27,
1862. He served as company clerk
clerk for the Colonel of the regiment
and as clerk in the Ordinance Depart
ment at Alexandria, Va, when the
regiment was ordered to the front he
returned to his regiment and served
again in the ranks and was in mos of
the battles in Grants campaign from
The Wilderness to the closing cf the
war at AppomatoX, Va. He participant
ed in the charge on the Both of July,
1864, when General Mead blew up the
fort in front of Petersburg, Va, where
| they held the fort until driven out by
the Confederates few hours later.
He served in the trenches and in the
charge of the taking of Petersburg at
| the close of the war and was then
made Corporal.
After being discharged he came to
Ohio and took a course in a CONNER
cial College in Toledo; after which he
engages in the tombstone business
with his father ard brother at Wat
seOn which they conducted for about
nine years; during that time he was
one of the parties who helped to ton-
struct the first brick building south of
the Lake Shore Railway tracks, the
Masonic Hal building. He sold The
marble works in Wauseon in 1875 and
went to Mason, Michigan, where in
company with his brother he purchas-
ed marble works which they con-
Quoted for one year While at Mas
on, Mr.. Bogart united with the presby-
terian church of that place. From
Mason, Michigan, Mr.. Bogart went to
Kansas and engaged in sheep raising
in which business he was very success
full and in which he continued for q
number of years, following whi IN he
spent few years in California and
= Missouri after which he returned tC
Wauseon, where for twenty years h
had charge of the loaning' of money fol
the estate of Joseph G. Mattison Of
New York City, he then went to Sar
Antonio, Texas where he was taker
sick and for the past five years ha:
been a patient sufferer until release
! from his suffering came on Thursday
July 18th.
r During these months and years o.
2 suffering he has had the constan
, company and faithful ministry of hi:
7 brother, his neice, Miss Hilton and Mr.
: Wallace Zimmerman his nurse anc
= constant attendant.
, He leaves to cherish his memory
: large circle of friends and relatives
J among whom the nearest are his twill
, brother, Friedrich Charles Bogart; hi
neices, Miss Bertha Eloise Hilton O
San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. w. H. Eage
of Wauseon; Miss Carrie Elois,
:, Hedges of Brooklyn, N Y, and hi
J nephews Mr.. Frank Hedges of Elmir;
!. New York, and Mr. Mott Hedges O
: Providence, Rhode Island.
T. The casket containing the body O
2 Mr.. Bogart accompanied by his neice
e Miss Bertha Hilton, his brother Fred
n rick C. Bogart and his nurse Mr. Wal
Z lace Zimmerman, arrived in Wauseol
over the New York Central Railroad a
= about one o'clock Sunday afternoo
and was taken at once to the Bogar
home on West Park street. Funera
services were held at the house Mon
day afternoon at o'clock which wer
attended by a large number of hi
former friends and neighbors: the Lo
sure Post G.. A. R. of which Mr.. Bogar
was a member attended the service
in a body and conducted the beautifu
Grand Army Burial Service at tn
cemetery.
Rev. Frank !! Kenyon assisted b
Rev w. c. Schafer conducted the ser
!, vices at the house, members of tn
l. congregational church choir renderinl
appropriate service of song.
Among those attending the funera
service from cut of town aside fror
the friends accompanying the caske
from San Antonio, Texas, were Mrs
- Lemuel H. Cunliffe of Norwich. Con
necticut. a cousin of Mr.. Bogart's
If Judge VIM. Handy of Ottawa, Mr.. an
l. Mrs. Frank H. Aldrich, Mrs J. s. Brai
1t lev Sr., and Mrs. Frank Hogue of To
1t ledo.