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War with Mexico 1846-1848; Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio; U.S. Military Research Collection, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Jonas Fought enlisted at Cincinnati, Ohio 10 August 1847; Private in Company F, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Personal description; age 26. Mustered out with company 25 July 1848.
Index to Mexican War Pension Files, transcribed by Virgil D. White; Family History Library, Salt Lake City Utah 84150; Fought, Jonas; Elizabeth; WC-3562, 31 May 1887, IL, srv Company F Ohio Volunteers, copied June 1995 (Elmer and Euna Fought).
War of the Rebellion 1861-1866; Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio; U.S. Army Military History Research Collection; Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Volume V; Company D, Fifty Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Jonas Fought, rank-Private, age 44, enlisted 31 January 1861, service 1 year. Mustered out 2 August 1865 at St. Louis, Missouri (This information conflicts with pension records from the National Archives, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20408) Certificate No. 343192; enlisted 31 January 1865, Company D, 58th Regiment of Ohio Infantry, commanded by Captain Frisner; honorably discharged at St. Louis, Missouri 2 August 1865. Personal description; age 57, height 5ft, 7in, complexion-fair, hair-brown, eyes ___(records in possession of Elmer and Euna Fought, Saratoga, California).
Marriage: LDS film No. 0912318, Vital Records, Marriages 1818-1859, Hocking County, Ohio; Jonas Fought to Wlizabeth Primmer, 8 March 1849, by A.C. Friend, Justice of the Peace. Copied June 1995 at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. (Copy of certified marriage record included with application for Civil War pension in possession of Elmer and Euna Fought).
Census:
1850 U.S. Census, National Archives, San Bruno, California: District 51, Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio. Enumerated on 17 August 1850, M432, Roll 695, Page__, Line 19, age 29, occupation-farmer, born in Ohio.
1860 U.S. Census: District 51, Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio, enumerated June 1860, P.O. Logan, M653, Roll 988, Page 71, Line 5; age 40, occupation-farmer, value of real estate $5000, value of personal estate $500, born in Ohio. Note: Mother Mary Fought, age 71, born in Pennsylvania is living with the family.
1870 U.S. Census: Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio; enumerated 17 July 1870, M593, Roll 1223, Page 79, Line 11; age 49, occupation-farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal estate $1000, born in Ohio, can not read or write.
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spelling=Vogt,Fought,Voigt,Voght,Foght,Foucht. The name Vogt first appeared in Berne, Switzerland in 1538. In the book SWISS GERMAN PIONEERS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, by Eshleman, we learn of the action in all Switzerland against anabaptists, Mennonites, and other religous groups. Jonas Vogt and wife had several children born in Gelterkinden, most of whom died. Among the living were Barbara born in 1741, and Eva born in 1748. Jonas emigrated to North America from Germany in 1750, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., on August 15, 1750, from the Ship "Royal Union" Clement Nicholson, Commander, from Rotterdam. After qualifiying to become a citizen of the country, He moved his family to Northumberland County, near Chappel Hollow, and settled on a farm four miles east of New Berlin, now Union County, Pennsylvania
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