Merton M. Wilner, Niagara Frontier: A Narrative and Documentary History (Chicago, IL: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1931), ; digital images, HeritageQuest Online, (: accessed .

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Biography of Raymond C. Voght Sr. from the book "Niagara Frontier" by Merton M. Wilner (volume 3, pages 513-514)

RAYMOND C. VOGHT
Among the native sons of Buffalo who have gained positions of prominence in the practice of law is Raymond C. Voght, whose offices are at 416 Brisbane building. He has conducted litigation of wide variety here and has acquired a clientele of large proportions. Likewise, in affairs of his home community, he has consistently manifested an active interest, and has lent his cooperation to many movements of merit. The birth of Raymond C. Voght occurred in Buffalo, November 18, 1890, his parents being Dr. Frank B. and Anna (Hirsch) Voght. The Doctor was born in Lockport, New York, May 19, 1867, and is now a practicing physician of Buffalo, having received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Niagara in 1889. He is a republican, and a member of the Episcopal Church. His wife is a native of Rochester, New York. In the paternal line the Voghts are descended from Revolutionary stock, from a Captain Bonnell, who served in the Continental Army.
Raymond C. Voght graduated from the Technical high school of Buffalo in 1909, then took up the study of law at the University of Buffalo, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1912. In December, 1913, he was admitted to practice at the bar of New York state. He has practiced alone since his admission, and for five years, 1923 to 1928, also maintained an office at Springville, New York, where he resided during that time. He belongs to the Erie County Bar Association. Mr. Voght is a supporter of the republican party, and his church is the Presbyterian. He holds membership in the Marshall Club of Buffalo, and Lakeland Lodge, No. 952, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master. During the World war, he was a government appeal agent, and also served as legal advisor to one of the local draft boards during the entire war period.
On December 28, 1914, in Buffalo, Mr. Voght was married to Miss Edith Wilkie, a native of Syracuse, New York, and a daughter of Charles E. and Mary (Wright) Wilkie, both of whom were born in Syracuse. Mrs. Voght graduated from the Masten Park high school and from the Buffalo Normal School. Prior to her marriage she taught school at Lackawanna, New York. She is of Revolutionary descent, on both the paternal and maternal sides of her family. Mr. and Mrs. Voght have become the parents of four children, namely: Raymond C., Jr., born December 10, 1915; Gordon Frank, born May 19, 1917; Nelson Robert, born October 7, 1918; and Donald Wilkie, born July 24, 1920.

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