Anthony Wayne Vogdes

Biography

Anthony Wayne Vogdes (1843–1923) witnessed the tumult of the Civil War era and the remarkable progress that followed as the nation rebuilt. He lived through decades of cultural and technological change, contributing to his community with the calm strength of someone shaped by those defining national experiences.

He rests in San Francisco National Cemetery, where visitors remember him among the many whose lives bridged the 19th and 20th centuries, helping to guide their communities forward in uncertain times.