DEATH OF AGED PIONEERMrs. Amy Vogt, one of the very earliest settlers of this section and a continuous resident since 1882, passed away Saturday last at the age of 79 years. Death was due to old age. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, Rev. O. Congdon officiating, and interment made in the family lot in the California creek cemetery.
Deceased was born in Cornwall, England, May 4th, 1841. In 1856 she was married to Josiah White. To this union six children were born five boys and one girl, the latter dying in infancy. In 1882, being left a widow, she came to America to her brother,
Richard Richards, who has since passed to his long rest, and who lived near the head of Drayton Harbor. Two of the sons that came over with her have passed on. leaving but Thomas H., of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Alfred J. of Blaine. In 1883 she was married to Charles Vogt and to this union three children were born - Otto, Grover and Mrs. Amy Wilcox, all of Birch Bay. Mr. Vogt also passed on to his rest. When the deceased first arrived here there was no place of worship except at California creek in a little log cabin which stood near the cemetery there. Later Rev. Carr organized a Sunday School and held services at the Vogt home. She was a devoted Christian woman throughout the most of her life, although kept from attending church these last years by reason of invalidity.
