Recently I encountered a tombstone for Mr. and Mrs. August
M. Koegle at Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery.
When I was researching the Koegle family, I learned that
there were two men named August Koegle, both born about 1850 in Germany, and both buried at Oakland Cemetery! One Mr. August Koegle has a tombstone, and the other has no
stone marking his grave site.
In the 1880 United
States Census, August M. Koegle was listed as “Gus.” He and his wife Louisa and
several children resided on Jackson
Street. The other August Koegle lived on Camp Street in the
1880 Census, with his wife and three children.
Obituaries for each of these individuals helped to learn
more about them. August M. Koegle, who was connected with a dry goods business
for many years, died in 1909. His obituary appeared in the Sandusky Register on
December 10, 1909.
The other August Koegle died in a hospital in Toledo, Ohio
in 1926. His obituary was in the Sandusky Register of October 20, 1926.
While there is no tombstone for the August Koegle who passed
away in 1926, there is a tombstone in the North Ridge section of Oakland Cemetery for his young daughter who died
in 1899.
Records in FamilySearch indicate that the two August Koegles
are mostly likely first cousins.
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