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The Vogt/ Werner Family Plot

Jennifer Leung Religion 167 Professor Homerin Project #2- Mount Hope Epithets

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Across the way from “Our Willie over in the Summerland”, there rests a stone

that is neither fancy nor eye-catching, yet this stone caught my eye. Mainly because I

thought one of the symbols on the stone was the tail of a dragon, which I thought would

be uncommon in Mt. Hope. However as I venture closer I could see that what I was

looking at wasn’t the tail of a dragon but a carved wreath on top of two palm fronds that

were intersecting at one end. I looked at the stone more closely. There were no symbols

or other interesting epitaphs aside from the leaves and the wreath. On the sides of the

stone were two engraved intact columns with a Corinthian top. The back of the stone is

plain.

Front View of the Monument Closer view of the front

Left Side Right Side

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Back of the Monument Iconography on the stone

On the front the inscription is as follows:

Albrecht Vogt Edward Werner

1844-1918 1824-1906

Emilie Vogt Pauline Werner

nee Werner nee Schneider

1853-1926 1829-1900

Underneath this inscription are the fronds and wreath

and underneath that are the names “Vogt” and

“Werner” embossed on the left and right side

respectively.

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This large stone is but one stone in a plot of 11 (which includes the family

monument). Next to this monument are three smaller stones that are white in color and

look as if they were made from marble because of their deteriorated state. The other

seven stones are in a row in front of the monument and are made of the same material as

the monument; some kind of dark gray stone, perhaps granite since all these stones are in

really good shape. From left to right the inscriptions on the stones are as follows:

1. Walter P. Vogt

1891-1900

(the name “Walter” is embossed across the top of the stone, only three stones in this plot

are like that)

2. Emilie Vogt

December 13, 1853

April 22, 1926

3. Albrecht Vogt

October 21, 1844

August 17, 1918

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4. Albert E. Vogt

May 26, 1878

August 29, 1947

5. Kathryn S. Vogt

February 7, 1881

January 15, 1971

6. The word “Mother” embossed across the top

7. The word “Father” embossed across the top

The three small stones next to the family monument (from left to right) are:

1. Albert Edward

????

????

2. Emilie Vogt

Died

May 2? 1880

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3. Albrecht Vogt

June 30 1876

Died

Aged 6???

That is all that is on these stones. No symbols, no epitaphs referring to the Bible, nothing

like that.

I obtained a copy of the plot chart from the Mt. Hope office, which showed

exactly what I saw in the plot. Everything was where it was and there were no strange

unmarked graves. A note on the plot chart said: “See court order on file permitting

Kathryn Shedd Vogt to be interred upon lot. 9-8-47”. I was told that this was probably a

civil case where Kathryn Shedd Vogt the wife of Albert E. Vogt was petitioning to be

allowed to be buried with her husband because she wasn’t a Vogt or Werner by blood.

The other information about this plot I was able to obtain from Mt. Hope’s office was the

purchaser of this plot. It turns out that this plot was brought by Edward Werner, and not

Albrecht Vogt, whom I had originally thought bought the plot. Edward Werner had

purchased this plot on October 10, 1877. The plot is the southeast corner of 214 in section

C. the area he bought measured 225 sq ft and was purchased for $112.50. Three years

later on December 27, 1900 Werner brought another 75 sq ft adjacent to the original plot

to be added. This added section was known as 214 ½. Werner paid $37.50 for the plot.

According to the death dates, the infant Emilie Vogt was the first person to be buried in

this plot, yet Albrecht A. Vogt had died in 1876, thus his body must have been moved or

is just not in the plot. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find any information regarding the

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stone; such as who made it and when it was erected. There wasn’t much more

information I could gather on the stones and I now turned my attention to its residents.

So who is buried under these stones and what is their story? Who are they?

The first stone that I uncovered (not literally) was that of Walter P. Vogt who is

also known as Paul W. Vogt in the Mt. Hope interment records and in the newspaper

index in the Rundel library. Walter P. Vogt was nine years and five months old when he

died from typhoid fever. He was the son of Albrecht and Emilie Vogt. The obituary

stated that Walter had died on December 18, 1900 in the family residence at 250 East

Ave. His funeral was held in the house on December 21 and he was buried in Mt. Hope

that same day. Walter’s stone had his name embossed across the top and the reason I give

to this was because Walter was the Vogt’s first child to have lived past infancy and then

die. Perhaps this added ornamentation was their way of showing their love for him, much

like the desire of Willie in the Summerland’s parents to draw the attention to their son’s

stone.

Buried next to Walter is his mother, Emilie Vogt, the wife of Albrecht Vogt and

the daughter of Edward and Pauline Werner. Emilie Vogt died from endocarditis at the

age of 72 years, 4 months and 9 days. She also died in her home though by then the

family had moved to 347 Seneca Parkway. She died on April 22, 1926 and was buried on

April 24. The obituary listed that three daughters; Mrs. Edward G. Pfahl, Mrs. Arthur G.

Dutcher, Mrs. Raymond A. Lander and one son, Albert E. Vogt, survived her.

The next person in the plot was the main focus of my research mainly because

there was a lot of information written about him. He was Albrecht Vogt, the founder and

president of Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Company. Whereas the other members

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of his family (with the exception of his son) only had a paragraph for their obituary, Vogt

had a whole article written about him. The title of the article was “Death of Albrecht

Vogt, Prominent Manufacturer”. The article went on to list Vogt’s work and his

accomplishments, which were many. Vogt was truly a self-made man.

Albrecht Vogt was born on October 21, 1844 in Baden in southwest Germany. He

graduated from a polytechnic university in 1859 and left Germany in 1868. He arrived in

New York City. I was able to find a record of his arrival into the USA from Rundel

Library. This record listed the name of the ship he came on, the town he left, his

destination and other information that convinced me it was the same Albrecht Vogt. The

name of the ship that Vogt was on was called the “Bremen” and it was departing Bremen

heading to New York arriving on April 14, 1868. Vogt’s age was listed as 23, his sex;

male and his occupation; merchant. The province and village he was from was listed as

unknown. The destination was USA. Vogt spent several years in NYC before he moved

to Rochester. It was in NYC that he learned his skills for business and was a salesman in

various businesses, specializing in trimmings. Vogt married Emilie Werner in 1873 in

NYC and moved to Rochester in 1874 with her. This was also the year that their first

child Pauline Emily Vogt was born.

In Rochester, Vogt teamed up with Frederick Haiges and together they were

Haiges and Vogt making trimmings for women’s dresses from a small factory in 44

Exchange Street. This partnership was dissolved in 1876 and Vogt continued alone until

1880. Vogt bought 332 and 334 St. Paul Street and erected his business there in 1879. He

officially moved there on February 1 of 1880. Vogt’s company was incorporated in 1884.

In 1887 the Rochester Coach Lace Company was added and in 1891 both were

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consolidated and incorporated as one under the name of Vogt Manufacturing and Coach

Lace Company with a capital of $135,000. Albrecht Vogt was the president and general

manager of his company. Not only did Vogt build a successful business enterprise that

lasted well into the 1980s in Rochester, but he was also very much involved in several

other companies that were in Rochester at that time.

Vogt was one of the originators and the director of the German American Bank

and the Standard Sewer Pipe Company. He was organizer and director of the Rochester

Title Insurance Company and one of the incorporators and president of the Rock Asphalt

Company. Vogt was also director of the Rochester German Insurance Company and was

incorporator, secretary and treasurer of the Genesee Brewing Company. He was one of

the originators of the Edison Illuminating Company and its vice president until the

company’s consolidation. Not only was Vogt very active in the business community of

Rochester, he was also very active in its social aspect as evident from all his

memberships. Vogt was a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, the

Germania Lodge, the Frank Lawrence Lodge, F&AM, the Rochester Club and the

Genesee Valley Club. He was also a member of the Third Presbyterian Church and was a

republican. He enjoyed music immensely and was a great patron of Rochester’s musical

community. He had seven kids with Emilie; Pauline, Albert, Hertha, Elsa, and Walter,

Emilie, and Albrecht. Only four lived to adulthood.

Vogt died on August 17, 1918 at his summer home near Eastman Park. He was 73

years old and had died from heart disease. The obituary stated that he had been in poor

health for three years and had suffered from a general breakdown. From all that Albrecht

Vogt did in life it is easy to see why there are intact columns on his family monument

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that signify a noble life. From the article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Vogt

was obviously an important member of the community and he and his family was greatly

respected. In fact, his daughters all married into other prominent families.

Buried next to Vogt is the only son of Albrecht and Emilie Vogt; Albert Edward

Vogt. From the information I found on Albert Vogt it was apparent that he followed his

father’s footsteps and was in many respects, very much like him. Albert E. Vogt took

over Vogt Manufacturing after his father’s death and like Albrecht Vogt; Albert Vogt

was also very active in the business and social life of Rochester. The younger Vogt was

the chairman of the Board of Directors of Central Trust Company and chairman of the

Board of Managers of the Convalescent Hospital for Children. He was also the president

of three subsidiary companies of Vogt Manufacturing. Albert Vogt started working for

his father in his teens. He attended the Rochester Free Academy, the Philadelphia Textile

School and the Rochester Business Institute. Vogt Jr. was very active in many business

and industrial associations among them the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, the

National Association of Manufacturers and the Rochester Industrial Management

Council. Vogt Jr. was an avid yachtsman and was a member of the Rochester yacht club,

the Genesee Valley Club, the Rochester Club, the Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, F&AM and

a member of the first Baptist Church. He was also director of the Rochester Community

Chest. Albert Vogt died at his home 8 Highland Heights on August 29, 1947. His wife,

Kathryn S. Vogt, three sisters and several nieces and nephews survived him. Vogt died at

age of 69 years, 3 months and 3 days from coronary sclerosis.

Kathryn Shedd Vogt is the next person in the plot. She is buried next to her

husband although as I have stated earlier, there might have been some problems

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involving her interment in the plot. Kathryn Vogt was also the most recent death in this

family. Kathryn died at 89 years from heart disease at the home that she shared with

Albert Vogt (8 Highland Heights). She died on 1/15/1971 and was interred the day after.

Her obituary didn’t offer much on her life, in fact even in death her husband still

shadowed over her. For instance, the title of one of the obituaries I found on her was

“Kathryn Vogt, Executive’s Widow”. Her husband had died nearly three decades ago and

yet she is still known as the widow of the late great Albert E. Vogt. What the obituary did

state was that she was a lifelong resident of Rochester and a member of many charity

organizations. Kathryn belonged to the 11th Twig, which was a group of volunteers at the

Rochester General Hospital. She was also a member of the Rochester Female Charitable

Club, the Genesee Valley Club, and the Century Club. She served on the board of

Hillside Children’s Home. Kathryn also belonged to the Country Club of Rochester and

was a member of the First Baptist Church. Several nieces and nephews survived her.

Kathryn and Albert never had any more kids after Albert E. Jr. Thus there are no direct

male heirs to Albrecht Vogt.

Next in the plot is Pauline Schneider Werner, the wife of Edward Werner and

mother of Emilie Werner Vogt. Not much is known about her, From the 1880 census, I

found out that she was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, a town that was not to far from

Baden and was in fact in the same region. Pauline Werner died on August 15, 1900 at her

home, which was 44 Gorham Street. All the obituary stated was that she was the wife of

Edward Werner and when and where her funeral services were held. Pauline Werner died

at the age of 71 years and 6 months from paralysis.

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Buried next to his wife is Edward Werner. He was the father of Emilie Werner

Vogt, and hence the father-in-law of Albrecht Vogt, and the husband of Pauline Werner. I

was also unable to find much information on Edward Werner. His obituary only stated

that died on August 4, 1906 at the age of 81 years and 7 months. He also died at home

(44 Gorham Street) and he died from arteriosclerosis. According to the obituary he leaves

one daughter, Mrs. Albrecht Vogt, four grandchildren (Walter had died six years earlier)

and one sister. Like his wife, Edward was also born in Wurtermberg, Germany. Whether

he and Pauline married and then came to the US or married in the USA is unknown.

However, since Emile Werner Vogt was born in NYC, I concluded that he must have

came to the US sometime before 1854. When I searched through the immigrant record

books however I couldn’t pinpoint which Edward Werner was mine. Both Edward and

Pauline were buried in the section of the plot that was known as 214 ½.

The preceding paragraphs were all about the seven stones that were in front of the

monument, however as I have stated before, there is a total of ten makers in this plot and

the other three stones are the small, worn, white stones that sit to the left of the

monument. In order from left to right, these stones mark the graves of Albert E. Vogt Jr.,

Emilie Vogt, and Albrecht A. Vogt.

The stone of Albert Edward Vogt Jr. is close to illegible. The only way I was able

to be certain of the deceased’s identity was through the interment records of MT. Hope

that I had found at the Rundel Library. Those records stated that the deceased was,”

Albert Edward, infant son of Albert E. and Kathryn; 1913” Thus this stone marks the

grave of Albert E. and Kathryn’s only son who died at 28 days from congenital

endocarditis. If he had lived he would be the sole heir to Albrecht Vogt’s line. Albert Jr.

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died at the family house on Barrington Street and was interred on June 18, 1913. There

was no obituary found for Albert Jr.

Buried next to Albert Jr. is Albrecht A. Vogt who would have been Albert Jr’s

uncle. The stone is sufficiently legible and it says:

Albrecht Vogt

Died

June 30 1876

Aged 6 months

The interment records from Rundel library lists the deceased as Albrecht A. Vogt who

had died from cholera infant at the age of 6 months on June 30, 1876. The child had died

on N. Clinton Street. I had inferred that this child was the son of Albrecht and Emilie

Vogt based on date of births and marriages. He was the couple’s second son. Again no

obituary was found for Albrecht A. Vogt.

Buried next to Albrecht is Emilie Vogt who has the last stone in the plot and is the

grave closet to the family monument. Of all three stones the stone of Emilie Vogt was

the only one that was legible and its states:

Emilie Vogt

died

May 26 1880

anything else under the date is illegible. From the interment records I determined that

Emilie died from paralysis at 21 days at the family residence on Gorham Street. She was

buried on May 27, 1880. However I was not able to find anymore information on Emilie

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Vogt, and again I inferred from the date of birth from the other graves that she was the

infant child of Albrecht and Emilie Vogt; more specifically she was their third child.

Thus this was the family that was buried in the southeast corner of section C.

According to the 1880 New York State Census, the members of the family that were

living then were:

1. Albert (Albrecht) Vogt, the relationship was “self” and he was 33 years old. His

birthplace was listed as Baden and his occupation was a fringe manufacturer.

Both his parents were also born in Baden.

2. His wife, Emilia Vogt was 26 years old at the time and she was born in NY. Both

her parents were born in Wurtemberg. Her occupation was “Keeping House”.

3. Pauline E. Vogt was the daughter at age 6 then and she was also born in NY. Her

occupation was listed as “ At School”.

4. Albert E. Vogt was the two-year-old son who was also born in NY. His

occupation was “At Home”.

5. The fifth person living with Albrecht Vogt and his family was Edward Werner,

his father in law. He was 53 at the time and also listed as “At Home”.

6. Pauline Werner was still alive at the time and also lived with them. She was 52

and “At Home”.

7. The last person who was listed as living with the family was one Rose Zwierlein

who was born in Bavaria and was 19 at the time. She was listed as “Other” in her

relationship to Vogt and her occupation was “Servant”. Thus she must have been

the family’s housekeeper or maid or something to that extent.

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Thus that was the Vogt family in 1880 and although the census is usually correct I

already noticed one discrepancy. Albert E. Vogt according to all my research was

born in 1878, all the sources say that the family moved to Rochester in 1874.

Pauline’s date of her birth and her birthplace correspond correctly, yet Albert’s

doesn’t.

Now that we have some background information on the family, the symbols on

their family monument can thus be analyzed. In gravestone iconography the wreath has

often stood for victory. This could be taken to mean the family’s victories in all their

business endeavors. The palm fronds symbolize the triumph of a martyr over death and

are also known as a symbol of resolution overcoming calamity (The sexton’s Tales). The

Martyr in Christianity is obviously Christ and the palms on the stone could be the

family’s way of affirming their faith. Albrecht Vogt had belonged to the Third

Presbyterian Church while some members of his family belonged to the First Baptist

Church. Perhaps the palms could also mean that while the family was well off they were

not shielded from tragedy as they have lost several members of the family from untimely

deaths. The deaths could be the calamity that they are resolving. The intact columns on

the side of the monument mean a “noble life” which fits its residents very well.

I do not know which member of this family chose the monument or had it

commissioned. I looked all over the stone and I couldn’t find anything that indicated its

origin; no signature or mark denoting the carver nor the company it came from. The

monument was indicated on the plot chart, thus it already existed, and since it was

Edward Werner who bought the plot, it stands to reason that perhaps it was he who

bought this stone. If indeed it was Edward Werner then the names that he had inscribed

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on this stone makes perfect sense. Since this was to be a family plot, it is only right that

the heads of the family have their names commemorated on the family monument. The

inscription is very simple. All it lists are the names and years of birth and death. The

women have their maiden names listed after the word “nee”. This word is of French

origin means “born” and is usually used to indicate the name of birth of a married

woman. Thus “Emilie Vogt nee Werner” would mean “Emilie Vogt, born as Emilie

Werner”.

The information and the people that I discussed above were all who resided in

Plot 214. However through persistent digging I was able to uncover more information

about the family that lead to grandchildren and to the great grandchildren of Albrecht

Vogt.

Vogt had three daughters that were not buried with him; I imagine they are

probably buried with their husband and his family. There are Pauline Emily Vogt (Mrs.

Edward G. Pfahl), Hertha Vogt (Mrs. Arthur G. Dutcher) and Elsa Vogt (Mrs. Raymond

A. Lander). All three daughters lived to adulthood and all three had children. Pauline and

Edward had one son, Alvin E. Pfahl. Hertha and Arthur had two sons, Darrow A. and

David Jaynes (who had moved to Florida). I was able to find the offspring of Darrow A.

who are David, Hope and a Mrs. Daniel Bump (maiden name unknown). Elsa and

Raymond also had two children, Raymond A. Jr. and June Green who moved to Tucson.

AZ. As I’ve said before, all these descendants of Albrecht Vogt are from his daughters

and thus they do not bear his last name. I was only able to find bits and pieces of

information on certain family members and they are as listed:

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Pauline Emily Vogt Pfahl was born in 1874 and married Edward G. Pfahl at the

age of 21 years in 1895. Her husband Edward was a wholesale food distributor who had

died unexpectedly at the age of 69 on March 13, 1943 at his home, 202 Clay Ave.

As it was common practice within the upper crust of society, prominent families

usually married into other prominent families and all three of Albrecht Vogt’s daughters

did just that. Pauline married Edward Pfahl who was a wholesale food distributor and

proof of his high status in Rochester society comes from his obituary which lists the

number of memberships he holds to many different prominent organizations; among

them are: the fraternal club, the Elks, the Oddfellows, the Rochester Club, and the

Genesee Falls Lodge. Albrecht Vogt was also a member of the Rochester Club as was

Albert Vogt, Pfahl’s brother-in-law. However, the daughter that married into the most

prominent family I believe was Hertha Vogt who married Arthur G. Dutcher on June 2nd

1909. Dutcher was prominent enough to warrant a biography in the book The History of

Genesee County.

According to said book, Arthur Dutcher was “an able and successful

representative of the legal profession in Rochester during the past seventeen years…”

(Doty 844). Arthur Dutcher started up a law practice with his brother, the Honorable

Judge Frederick Dutcher and this practice has flourished over the years. A. Dutcher

received his higher education at the University of Rochester, graduating with a BA. He

married Hertha and had two sons with her, Darrow A. born in October 1911 and David

Jaynes born in March of 1915. Dutcher, like his father-in-law, was a republican and was

also a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the Church of

Ascension, is a director of the Rochester Humane Society and the Society for the

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Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Ad Club and the Oak Hill Country Club. He was a

member of the Masonic order, being past master of the Yonondio Lodge, No 163, F&AM

and a member of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine (Doty 845). Hertha and Arthur’s

son Darrow also attained some degree of prominence being a member of the law firm his

father had started. According to his obituary he was a lawyer in Rochester for 35 years.

At the age of 60 he died from a heart attack. He was a member of the Genesee

Ornithological Society and a former chairman of the Visiting Nurses Service. Darrow

was a former president of the Rochester Junior Chamber of Commerce and was chief

enforcement attorney for the Rochester Office of Price Administration during WWII. His

wife, a son, two daughters and his brother David survived him.

The husband of Albrecht Vogt’s third daughter Elsa by the time of his death was

also quite well-known in Rochester. Elsa Vogt married Raymond A. Lander in 1917.

They had two children; Raymond A. Lander Jr. and June Green of Tucson, AZ. Lander

was 78 when he died unexpectedly on June 8, 1955. Lander had collapsed while doing

some shopping and was pronounced dead at Genesee Hospital. The Medical examiner

stated that Lander had been under treatment for a heart condition for some time. Lander

was the chairman of the board of Vogt Manufacturing Corp. the company his father-in-

law had founded and that of which he had served as president for a period. At the time of

his death, his son Lander Jr. was the president of Vogt. Lander (Sr.) was born in

Rochester and attended both the University of Rochester and Cornell University. After

graduation in 1912 he worked for five years for the Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. and

the Consumer’s Power Co. He joined the Vogt Company in 1919 as secretary. In 1927 he

became the vice-president of the firm and in 1947 he became president. Ten years later he

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was elected chairman of the board. Lander was a director of Central Trust Co. and several

other firms. He was also a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, the Genesee Valley

Club, the Country Club of Rochester, Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and was very active in

the civic affairs of the city. His funeral was held at the church of which he was a member

and there was notice that friends who wanted to could make a contribution to the

church’s memorial fund in his memory. Another article in the Rochester Democrat and

Chronicle stated some of his will. According to this article, Lander had given $2,000 each

to the Cornell Club of Rochester and to the Third Presbyterian Church. After several

gifts, there still remained $300,000 of his estate, which went to his son Lander Jr. and

daughter June. Lander Jr. also inherited Lander’s home and the housekeeper of Lander

Sr. was given $2,400. The gift that was to the Third Presbyterian Church was made in the

memory of his late wife, Elsa A. Vogt Lander.

That was all the information I was able to find on the descendants of Albrecht

Vogt at this time. I had also done some research on his company, Vogt Manufacturing

and Coach Lace Company, which is now Voplex Corporation, located in Michigan since

the company moved from its Rochester headquarters in Pittsford. From my research I had

found that Vogt was one of the larger companies in the division of automotive support

industry. The company supplied specialized body materials to the industry. Vogt started

out making the woven fringes that were popular on women’s dresses. The company later

expanded their line of merchandise to upholstery trimming, and then to the broad laces

used to trim horse carriages. Vogt was a large supplier to the James Cunningham, Son

and Company an automobile manufacturer as well as to other Rochester carriage makers.

The company concentrated on all types of cloth interior trims materials. In the late 1920’s

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the company yet again expanded merchandise to be able to supply automobile cloth and

concealed nail bindings. The company’s mode of expansion was to acquire small,

advanced-technology, manufacturing firms. When the demand of interior automobile

components shifted from textiles to plastics so did the company's products thus helping

Vogt keep its role as a supplier to automobile manufacturers. The name of the company

was changed to "Voplex" in the 1970s; Voplex was a combination of "Vogt" and

"plastics". In the 1980s the company packed up and left Rochester for Detroit Michigan.

The Vogt/Werner plot is neither big nor elaborate or even beautiful but from my

research one can tell the incredible impact each member had on the city of Rochester in

those early days. Albrecht Vogt had helped shape the city's industrial and civic life with

his contributions and all his descendants have followed in his footsteps and added their

own little part. The city of Rochester may have survived if the Vogts didn't live here but

it certainly wouldn’t have been the same. And my paper instead of being the 15+ page

affair that it is now, would only have been 2 pages long with a description of the stones.

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