During the winter of 1873 Charles Perry Rollison and his family moved from Indiana to Arkansas on a flatboat which he built with the help of his sons and stepsons. His son Thaddeus W. Rollison told the story of their amazing journey in a series of articles which appeared in the Arkansas Democrat newspaper in 1937.
Charles was the step father of:
John Rusher, Henry Rusher, Michael Rusher, Jeremiah Rusher and Mary Rusher (Baker).
Charles and Matilda also raised Mary Ann McGraw from infancy. Her father, a farmer named Joseph was unable to care for his baby daughter after the death of his wife a few days after Mary's birth. (Mary appeared on the 1880 census as a four year old living in the household of Charles and Matilda Rollison.) Mary remained close with her father through the years but after he died when she was a young teenager; Charles filed papers and became her legal guardian.
During the winter of 1873 Charles Perry Rollison and his family moved from Indiana to Arkansas on a flatboat which he built with the help of his sons and stepsons. His son Thaddeus W. Rollison told the story of their amazing journey in a series of articles which appeared in the Arkansas Democrat newspaper in 1937.
Charles was the step father of:
John Rusher, Henry Rusher, Michael Rusher, Jeremiah Rusher and Mary Rusher (Baker).
Charles and Matilda also raised Mary Ann McGraw from infancy. Her father, a farmer named Joseph was unable to care for his baby daughter after the death of his wife a few days after Mary's birth. (Mary appeared on the 1880 census as a four year old living in the household of Charles and Matilda Rollison.) Mary remained close with her father through the years but after he died when she was a young teenager; Charles filed papers and became her legal guardian.
Family Members
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Martha Rollison
1811–1811
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James Rollison
1815–1870
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Eleanor Rollison Heskett
1817–1894
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Rebecca Rollison
1819–1830
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John Rollison
1820–1902
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Nancy W. Rollison Davis
1823–1901
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Ambrose Rollison
1825–1906
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George Washington Rollison
1832–1918
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William Jasper Rollison
1832–1885
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Thomas Rollison
1833–1833
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Henry Rollison
1835–1835
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Isaac Rollison
1836–1911
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