Voigt, Fred
Rating
Name
Voigt , Fred
Date of Death
August 25 , 1880
Spousal Information
Married Elizabeth Holloway on December 19 , 1855 and Elizabeth Muirheid Howell Hancock in 1868
Gender
Male
Personal Information
Captain Frederick (Fred) Voigt was born on September 4 , 1825 in Prussia . He emigrated to Nacogdoches , Texas sometime before 1849 . Voigt became a member of the Milam Lodge No . 2 in 1852 and in 1854 held the position of secretary of the lodge . From 1854 to 1861 Voigt was the U . S . Postmaster for Nacogdoches and once the Civil War started he became the Confederate postmaster . Voigt was promoted in 1863 from the position of Lieutenant to Captain of Company G and Adjutant 12th Regiment of the Confederate Army . Once the war ended , he became a state senator for the Nacogdoches district in 1866 . He was the editor for The Nacogdoches Chronicle from 1866-1868 . He was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church and in 1870 he was the Sunday School Superintendent at the church . In 1874 , he became the State Librarian Superintendent of State Capitol grounds & state property in Austin . Voigt died in 1880 when he drowned in the Angelina River while traveling home to Nacogdoches .
Family Information
Wilhelmina Voigt and Frederick William Voigt were the parents of Frederick (Fred) Voigt . Frederick Voigt and his first wife , Elizabeth Holloway Voigt , had three children named Mary , Freddie , and Amelia . Frederick Voigt and his second wife , Elizabeth Muirheid Howell Hancock Voigt , had one daughter named Jennie Griffith . Frederick Voigt's second wife , Elizabeth Muirheid Howell Hancock Voigt , had two children named Henrietta Hancock and Preston H . Hancock from her previous marriage . Henrietta Hancock and Preston H . Hancock were Frederick Voigt's stepchildren .
Cemetery Name
Oak Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Location
Nacogdoches County Texas
Block, Lot, Plot
A, 120 , 0004
Facing
East
Bibliography
Phillips, Capt. Charles K. “Voigt, Frederick” In Nacogdoches County Families, 681. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corp., 1985., Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ online/articles/VV/fvo11.html
Description
Capt .
Funding Source
Preserve America Grant
Preserve America Unique ID
48347136001120000411
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