"The Descendants of Edward Albert Tansil and Piety Thomas Tansil, 1983"
Library of Congress Card Number 83-50032
Marriage to John Wesley Rogers in Wake Co, NC on Oct 20, 1822
Between 1823 and 1842, after a pioneer move from North Carolina to West Tennessee, Patience bore eleven children -- four sons and seven daughters. In her mid-forties she and her husband again went westward, moving her household from Tennessee to the "wilds" of the recently admitted state of Texas-- then considered "Land's End". The 1850 Harrison County census shows them living with their seven younger children (8 - 18) with many other extended family members nearby. They settled on the Shreveport Camden Ferry Road, near the Sabine River. They called their plantation home "Chestnut Grove".
There were many hardships suffered in this pioneer life. The cemetery is silent witness to loved ones lost way too soon. Patience's husband, John Wesley, died about four years after moving to Texas. Less than two years after his death, fire destroyed his steam saw mill and grist mill. Patience's house was also destroyed by fire.
Through her 30 years of widowhood, Patience kept in close contact with her Tennessee relatives. Visitors came from Tennessee to Texas and Patience made a number of trips back to Tennessee where she would spend two or three months with the Tansil kinfolk as well as her son, Calvin Jobs Roger's family. Her brother, Edward A Tansil, Jr lived in the home place, and Erasmus had established his homestead nearby. During these visits, she spent many hours making quilts for the younger girls' hope chests. Each one was signed and dated with embroidery. It is believed that Patience made her last trip to Tennessee about 1880 as this date is embroidered on one of her quilts. She was also counted in the 1880 Weakley Co, TN household of her brother, Erasmus, perhaps her last visit to Tennessee (age 78).
She died at the home of her daughter, Martha Piety "Mattie" Crain in Longview, Texas.
Library of Congress Card Number 83-50032
Marriage to John Wesley Rogers in Wake Co, NC on Oct 20, 1822
Between 1823 and 1842, after a pioneer move from North Carolina to West Tennessee, Patience bore eleven children -- four sons and seven daughters. In her mid-forties she and her husband again went westward, moving her household from Tennessee to the "wilds" of the recently admitted state of Texas-- then considered "Land's End". The 1850 Harrison County census shows them living with their seven younger children (8 - 18) with many other extended family members nearby. They settled on the Shreveport Camden Ferry Road, near the Sabine River. They called their plantation home "Chestnut Grove".
There were many hardships suffered in this pioneer life. The cemetery is silent witness to loved ones lost way too soon. Patience's husband, John Wesley, died about four years after moving to Texas. Less than two years after his death, fire destroyed his steam saw mill and grist mill. Patience's house was also destroyed by fire.
Through her 30 years of widowhood, Patience kept in close contact with her Tennessee relatives. Visitors came from Tennessee to Texas and Patience made a number of trips back to Tennessee where she would spend two or three months with the Tansil kinfolk as well as her son, Calvin Jobs Roger's family. Her brother, Edward A Tansil, Jr lived in the home place, and Erasmus had established his homestead nearby. During these visits, she spent many hours making quilts for the younger girls' hope chests. Each one was signed and dated with embroidery. It is believed that Patience made her last trip to Tennessee about 1880 as this date is embroidered on one of her quilts. She was also counted in the 1880 Weakley Co, TN household of her brother, Erasmus, perhaps her last visit to Tennessee (age 78).
She died at the home of her daughter, Martha Piety "Mattie" Crain in Longview, Texas.
"The Descendants of Edward Albert Tansil and Piety Thomas Tansil, 1983"
Library of Congress Card Number 83-50032
Marriage to John Wesley Rogers in Wake Co, NC on Oct 20, 1822
Between 1823 and 1842, after a pioneer move from North Carolina to West Tennessee, Patience bore eleven children -- four sons and seven daughters. In her mid-forties she and her husband again went westward, moving her household from Tennessee to the "wilds" of the recently admitted state of Texas-- then considered "Land's End". The 1850 Harrison County census shows them living with their seven younger children (8 - 18) with many other extended family members nearby. They settled on the Shreveport Camden Ferry Road, near the Sabine River. They called their plantation home "Chestnut Grove".
There were many hardships suffered in this pioneer life. The cemetery is silent witness to loved ones lost way too soon. Patience's husband, John Wesley, died about four years after moving to Texas. Less than two years after his death, fire destroyed his steam saw mill and grist mill. Patience's house was also destroyed by fire.
Through her 30 years of widowhood, Patience kept in close contact with her Tennessee relatives. Visitors came from Tennessee to Texas and Patience made a number of trips back to Tennessee where she would spend two or three months with the Tansil kinfolk as well as her son, Calvin Jobs Roger's family. Her brother, Edward A Tansil, Jr lived in the home place, and Erasmus had established his homestead nearby. During these visits, she spent many hours making quilts for the younger girls' hope chests. Each one was signed and dated with embroidery. It is believed that Patience made her last trip to Tennessee about 1880 as this date is embroidered on one of her quilts. She was also counted in the 1880 Weakley Co, TN household of her brother, Erasmus, perhaps her last visit to Tennessee (age 78).
She died at the home of her daughter, Martha Piety "Mattie" Crain in Longview, Texas.
Library of Congress Card Number 83-50032
Marriage to John Wesley Rogers in Wake Co, NC on Oct 20, 1822
Between 1823 and 1842, after a pioneer move from North Carolina to West Tennessee, Patience bore eleven children -- four sons and seven daughters. In her mid-forties she and her husband again went westward, moving her household from Tennessee to the "wilds" of the recently admitted state of Texas-- then considered "Land's End". The 1850 Harrison County census shows them living with their seven younger children (8 - 18) with many other extended family members nearby. They settled on the Shreveport Camden Ferry Road, near the Sabine River. They called their plantation home "Chestnut Grove".
There were many hardships suffered in this pioneer life. The cemetery is silent witness to loved ones lost way too soon. Patience's husband, John Wesley, died about four years after moving to Texas. Less than two years after his death, fire destroyed his steam saw mill and grist mill. Patience's house was also destroyed by fire.
Through her 30 years of widowhood, Patience kept in close contact with her Tennessee relatives. Visitors came from Tennessee to Texas and Patience made a number of trips back to Tennessee where she would spend two or three months with the Tansil kinfolk as well as her son, Calvin Jobs Roger's family. Her brother, Edward A Tansil, Jr lived in the home place, and Erasmus had established his homestead nearby. During these visits, she spent many hours making quilts for the younger girls' hope chests. Each one was signed and dated with embroidery. It is believed that Patience made her last trip to Tennessee about 1880 as this date is embroidered on one of her quilts. She was also counted in the 1880 Weakley Co, TN household of her brother, Erasmus, perhaps her last visit to Tennessee (age 78).
She died at the home of her daughter, Martha Piety "Mattie" Crain in Longview, Texas.
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