THE VOGAN FAMILY
George Wesley VOGAN was born in October of 1851 in Saranac, Clinton County, New York, the son of
William and Mary Ann (?) VOGAN or VOGEN. He married Martha E. McCARTNEY. George died on December 6, 1925 at
Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa, and was interred at Maple Row Cemetery.
Martha E. McCARTNEY was born in Clarke County, Iowa in 1858, the daughter of Andrew J. and Sarah
Elizabeth (BURKETT) McCARTNEY. She was the wife of George Wesley VOGAN. Martha died in 1897, Ringgold
County, Iowa, and was interred at Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, Iowa.
Children of George Wesley and Martha E. (McCARTNEY) VOGAN
1) Sarah Vienna VOGAN, oldest child of George
Wesley and Martha E. (McCARTNEY) VOGAN, was born in Kellerton, Ringgold County,
Iowa, on February 21, 1881. Sarah married John Solomon MOSBARGER on February 22, 1901, Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Sarah and John were the parents of Mildred Elizabeth (MOSBARGER) DAVENPORT (1902-1998). Sarah Vienna (VOGAN) MOSBARGER
died May 31, 1962, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. John Solomon MOSBARGER was born on October 18, 1879 in Harrison County,
Missouri, the son of John W. and Eliza Melissa (WILLEY) MOSBARGER, and died on July 7, 1963, Mount Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa. Sarah and John were interred at Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa.
2)
Addie May VOGAN, the daughter of George Wesley and
Martha E. (McCARTNEY) VOGAN, was born September 28, 1885, in Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa, and died
May 2, 1911, Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. Addie married December 20, 1908 to Isaac James ZIMMERMAN (1880-1924).
3) Ola Edward VOGAN, born January 28, 1887. Ola Edward VOGAN died young and was interred at Maple Row Cemetery,
Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa.
4) Guy Otis VOGAN, son of George Wesley and Martha E. (McCARTNEY), was born in Ringgold County, Iowa
on October 19, 1891. He died on January 20, 1914, Ringgold County, and was interred at Maple Row
Cemetery at Kellerton. 5) Flora Belle Vogan, the daughter of George Wesley and Martha E. (McCARTNEY), was born in Kellerton, Iowa,
on March 23, 1896, and died in March of 1969 with interment at Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, Iowa.
Flora remained single.
THE GEORGE WESLEY VOGAN FAMILY Standing, left to right: Sarah Vienna and Addie May VOGAN
Flora Belle, George Wesley, and Guy Otis VOGAN
THE VOGAN CHILDREN Back Row, left to right:
Addie May and Sarah Vienna VOGAN Front Row, left to right: Flora Bell and Guy Otis VOGAN
THE VOGAN CHILDREN Left to Right:
Flora Belle, Sarah Vienna, Guy Otis, and Addie May VOGAN
Submission by Jack W. Davis, April of 2009 Photographs courtesy of Jack W. Davis
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