| i. | MARTHA J.56 SNEAD, b. 25 Dec 1846, Edgar, Ill; d. Unknown. |
| 303. | i. | HENRY FLOYD56 ROGERS, d. Unknown. |
| i. | PELEG56 KENNEDY, b. 1850; d. Unknown. | ||
| ii. | JOHN KENNEDY, b. 1857; d. Unknown. | ||
| iii. | ISABEL KENNEDY, b. 1859; d. Unknown. |
| i. | SARAH56 RODGERS, b. 1835; d. Unknown. | ||
| ii. | SUSAN RODGERS, b. 1837, Edgar County, Il; d. Unknown. | ||
| iii. | AMANDA RODGERS424, b. 1839, Edgar County, Illinois, USA.425,426; d. WFT Est. 1862-1933426. |
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Notes for AMANDA RODGERS: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3834, Date of Import: Sep 30, 1999] Amanda Rodgers and Jonathan L. Hoggatt were married in Edgar county, Illinois. License issued November 24, 1856 (Book SA, page 165, #3019). They were married November 27, 1856 by W. Kidwell, M.G. (Book B, page 15.) in Edgar County, Illinois. |
| iv. | ARDILLA RODGERS, b. 1842, Edgar County, Illinois, USA.427,428; d. WFT Est. 1855-1937428. |
| v. | SARAH56 RODGERS428, b. 1835, Edgar County, Illinois, USA.429,430; d. WFT Est. 1863-1929430. |
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Notes for SARAH RODGERS: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3834, Date of Import: Sep 30, 1999] Sarah Rodgers and James Dilliner Marriage license issued on January 1, 1857: Book SA, page 167, # 3038. Married January 1, 1857 by J. Kidwell, M.G. (Book B, page 15). Edgar County, Illinois. |
| 304. | vi. | THOMAS C. RODGERS, b. 1865; d. Aft. 1923, Living at Brockton, Illinois in 1923.; Stepchild. | |
| vii. | BARBARA ELIZABETH RODGERS430, b. 27 Dec 1868, Brockton, Edgar County, Illinois, USA.431,432; d. 22 Dec 1958, Wilson County, Kansas, USA.433,434; Stepchild. |
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Notes for BARBARA ELIZABETH RODGERS: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3834, Date of Import: Sep 30, 1999] The following taken from the Wilson County Citizen - 1955: 82 Years in Kansas Fills Memory of Mrs. O'Brien. Mrs. Jim O'Brien, well-known resident of this city, this month will celebrate her 87th birth anniversary, and of those 87 years she has resided in Kansas 82 years, seeing the prairie change from treeless plains and tiny sod houses to rich farmland and modern farm homes and cities. She relates interestingly her experiences, coming to Kansas from Edgar County, Illinois, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rodgers, one of eleven children. Only three of the eleven are now living. The family first settled near Osawatomie, but two years later moved to a farm on the Marias Des Cygnes River near Melvern. One of her earliest memories is playing with her brothers and sisters on the bank of Rock Creek, where they fished for bass with hooks made of bent pins, and they caught a plentiful supply of fish, as the streams in that pioneer era were alive with them. Just across the river from their home, in a graceful bend in the stream was the Sac and Fox Indian camp. They were friendly Indians and liked to trade with her father. She recalls a worn path, made by the redmen, at one side of their home, and at almost any hour of the day the children would see Indians passing by. The Rodgers children had a fat dog named "Cap" and it was a constant torture to the Sac and Fox because Mr. Rodgers would not consider a trade for the dog, who would have made fine soup for the Indians. It was the delight of her brother, Will Rodgers, now of Cowgill, Missouri to visit the Indian camp. He would take silver coins and the camp silversmith would make them into rings and trinkets for the Rodgers children. Sometimes the children were at the camp at mealtime and would watch the squaws break hunks of dough into a pot of boiling fat, and it would smell so good the children could hardly resist eating, but they would think of "Cap" and refuse the offering of food. She recalls one hot, cloudy day when the children were playing in the Indian camp, and all at once they began running about fastening down their tents and lashing down everything loose about the village. The old chief told the white children to hurry home "heap big storm coming". They could see no signs of a storm, but had to obey. That morning a cyclone struck nearby, but missing the Rodgers family, who went to investigate the damage. It was a terrible tragedy and one infant was found in the top of a tree. One Indian often hoed corn for Mrs. O'Brien's father, and one day he approached her mother and said "My skin-eye and your little squaw make heapie good match," but Mrs. Rodgers said "oh, no." It was with sorrow that the Rodgers children saw the Indians move onto reservations in Oklahoma, but occasionally some of the Indians would come back to their old camp. She remembers the soldiers coming for the Indians, who mounted the run-away Indians on horses and returned them to Oklahoma. The chief often would get defiant with the soldiers, who had to make him mount at gun point. After her marriage to James O'Brien, she accompanied him to Saline and Ness counties, where he was assisting in building the new railroads. They traveled by covered wagon and the trails were rough and houses were few and far between. The winter was extremely cold and one time they were overtaken by a severe blizzard just six miles from the grading camp. The horses had to be blanketed to keep them from freezing. The next morning the snow was drifted eight to ten feet deep between the wagon and the houses where they had taken refuge. A short distance from there a family in a covered wagon froze to death. For two years the O'Briens never saw the inside of a house, living in the wagon or a tent. After completing the railroad work, Mr. O'Brien worked on a ranch for eleven years, and in that time purchased a few cows. When he decided to move to Wilson County 58 years ago, he sold his cattle for $12 a head. Mrs. O'Brien is the mother of eight children, has 18 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. She stated that she is very proud of her family, and has many happy hours with them. Her interesting life furnishes her many memories, and the hardships now seem like a great part of happy living. |
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More About BARBARA ELIZABETH RODGERS: No. of Children: 8 - 4 boys & 4 girls.435,436 Occupation: farm wife and homemaker.436 Place of Burial: 1958, Farmington Cemetery, NE of Fredonia, Kansas.437,438 |
| 305. | viii. | WILLIS HOWARD RODGERS, b. 08 Jul 1871; d. 29 Apr 1956, Cowgill, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA.; Stepchild. | |
| ix. | CLARA LEVONIA RODGERS438, b. 1873, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA.439,440; d. 1953441,442; Stepchild. | ||
| x. | LUCRETIA VIOLA RODGERS442, b. 03 Apr 1876, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA443,444; d. 27 Aug 1949, Wilson County Hospital, Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas, USA445,446; Stepchild. |
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More About LUCRETIA VIOLA RODGERS: Cause of Death: Cardiovascular Disease (10 years). Hypertensial.447 Medical Information: Diabetes Urullitis (5 years). Urenia (5 days).447 No. of Children: 12 - 6 boys & 6 girls.448,449 Occupation: Homemaker.450,451 Place of Burial: 29 Aug 1949, Farmington Cemetery, NE of Fredonia, Kansas.452,453 Religion: Methodist Church of Farmington, Kansas.453 |
| 306. | xi. | ARTHUR CLARENCE RODGERS, b. 17 Jun 1879, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA.; d. 05 Jul 1962, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, USA.; Stepchild. | |
| 307. | xii. | ZORAB BABEL RODGERS, b. 13 Mar 1882, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA.; d. 01 Apr 1967, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, USA.; Stepchild. |
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