Edward was the brother of my second great-grandmother Eliza Bogert.

EDWARD FREAS BOGERT, eighth child, of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ranton) Bogert, was born September 27, 1856. He is a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. After the death of his brother, Joseph K. Bogert, in February, 1887, he managed the Evening and Weekly Leader up to April 1, 1888, at which date he acquired the ownership of the Evening and Weekly Leader, which were consolidated with the Sunday Morning Leader (a publication established by E. F. Bogert in November, 1885), and for fifteen, years prior to January 1, 1903, was editor, proprietor and publisher of the same. On April 6, 1896, he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland postmaster of Wilkes-Barre over several formidable competitors. He was confirmed by the senate May 6, and assumed the duties of the position June 1, 1896. Although carefully looking after his newspapers and postoffice duties, Mr. Bogert found time for other occupations that combine pleasure with business. He made himself a leader in the development of athletic sports in the city, being the prime mover in establishing the Athletic Park in 1886. For a number of years he served as president of the Wilkes-Barre Base Ball Club; and is a member of the Eastern League, composed of the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Troy and Albany, New York; Montreal and Toronto, Canada; Providence, Rhode Island; Worcester and Springfield, Massachusetts; Newark and Jersey City, New Jersey, and Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and was a director of the latter. From April, 1884, to December, 1886, he served in the Ninth Regiment National Guard, and holds an honorable discharge. He is a member of a number of fraternal organizations, among which is the Wilkes-Barre Lodge of Elks, the Masonic bodies, including Royal Arch,. Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, Thirty-second degree, and Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, P. O. S. of A., and other orders, and has always taken an active interest in their advancement. Politically Mr. Bogert has always been an earnest Democrat, and an active worker in the interests of the party, alike through his editorial work and his personal connection with party movements.

Mr. Bogert was married November 15, 1897, by the Rev. Dr. Henry L. Jones, to Sarah Evelyn Bates, daughter of John H. and Sara Evelyn (Caslow) Bates, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and granddaughter of Captain and Mrs. John F. Caslow, of Washington, D. C, with whom she had lived since childhood. Captain John F. Caslow died in Washington, D. C, November 22, 1902, aged seventy-eight years, and was buried at Arlington with military honors and full ritualistic services under the auspices of Encampment No. in, Union Veteran Legion, of which he was a member. He was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and rendered meritorious service to his country. He was a member of Meade Post, G. A. R., of Washington, and was also a Scottish Rite Mason. He was born January 29, 1824, in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Caslow, died in Washington, D. C, March 16, 1904, and was buried in Arlington cemetery. Captain and Mrs. Caslow were the parents of six children, one son and five daughters.

Edward F. and Sarah E. (Bates) Bogert are the parents of two children: Dorothea Caslow, born September 25, 189S: and Sara Evelyn, born March 18, 1903. H. E. H.

From Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania (1906), Volume 1, by Horace Edwin Hayden. Published by New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company.

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