John appears to have always included the D to the name Rodgers. His brother Thomas, did not always include the D, as he wanted it to remain the way he believed it had been spelled in prior generations. However, the D was in the name at least back in County Antrim, N. Ireland, and immigration to America in 1729.
John and his wife, Mary Letitia Clark, had several children including Randolph and Clark that moved on to Colchester, ILL. in about 1857. Randolph is buried in Argyle Cemetery north of Colchester along with other Rodgers family. Clark is buried in the Wright's Cemetery north of Lewistown, ILL. Their brother Granville may have also lived in the Colchester area but moved on and settled in Knox County, TN.
John was the son of William Rodgers (Rogers), who adapted the spelling both ways, Rodgers/Rogers, and his gravestone in this Union Cemetery says Rodgers. These Rodgers/Rogers families moved from near Leesburg, VA to near Paris, Ky and then on to Ross County and near Greenfield and Chillicothe, Ohio. They moved away from states that accepted slavery, were neighbors and good friends of Daniel Boone, and truly were the pioneers that went west to open up the territories west of the 13 colonies. Presbyterians and farmers, they used many skills along the way to further their pioneering way of life.
Sometime before 2011, the graves of John and his family, in this Union Cemetery, have been vandalized and some are laying broken around the cemetery. By googling this cemetery the destruction can be seen along with some description of this gravestone massacre.
11 Children:
Sidney b. 1802 d. ?
Emily b. 1804 d. 1828
William H. b. 1805 d.?
Amanda b. 1806 d. 1887
CLARK b. 11 April 1808 d. 3 Oct 1879 (named after his Mother's maiden name)
Wilson b. 1811 d. ?
James b. 1813 d. about 1860
Maria (Mariah) b. 1815, (Married Hugh Henry)
Eliza Ann b. 1816 d. Dec 1905 (Married Daniel Clifton)
Randolph b. 1821 d. 1860
Granville b. 12 Sep 1822 d. 18 Mar 1901
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There were few permanent settlers in Union, earlier than John Rodgers. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1777, and when ten years of age went to Kentucky. At the age of nineteen - in 1797 - he emigrated to the Scioto Valley with his uncle Benjamin Rodgers, and has often said that he was here three months without seeing a white woman. He located land in the vicinity of where the Slate mills now are, on the north fork of Paint, built a shanty and kept bachelor's hall. About two years afterward he brought out his father and the rest of the family. His father, William Rodgers, afterward resided on the place and kept tavern for many years. John Rodgers was married December 31, 1799, to Mary, daughter of Joshua Clark, and in the spring following settled in Union, during the previous winter having erected the house which was continuously occupied for about a century. Mr. Rodgers assisted at the raising of the first cabin in Chillicothe, and brought the first cattle into Ross County, driving them from Kentucky. His wife died in 1860, and a few years afterward, having lost his sight, he (John) took up his residence with his daughter, Mrs. Beard. He died in 1866, at the age of nearly eighty-nine years, having raised a family of eleven children.
John and his wife, Mary Letitia Clark, had several children including Randolph and Clark that moved on to Colchester, ILL. in about 1857. Randolph is buried in Argyle Cemetery north of Colchester along with other Rodgers family. Clark is buried in the Wright's Cemetery north of Lewistown, ILL. Their brother Granville may have also lived in the Colchester area but moved on and settled in Knox County, TN.
John was the son of William Rodgers (Rogers), who adapted the spelling both ways, Rodgers/Rogers, and his gravestone in this Union Cemetery says Rodgers. These Rodgers/Rogers families moved from near Leesburg, VA to near Paris, Ky and then on to Ross County and near Greenfield and Chillicothe, Ohio. They moved away from states that accepted slavery, were neighbors and good friends of Daniel Boone, and truly were the pioneers that went west to open up the territories west of the 13 colonies. Presbyterians and farmers, they used many skills along the way to further their pioneering way of life.
Sometime before 2011, the graves of John and his family, in this Union Cemetery, have been vandalized and some are laying broken around the cemetery. By googling this cemetery the destruction can be seen along with some description of this gravestone massacre.
11 Children:
Sidney b. 1802 d. ?
Emily b. 1804 d. 1828
William H. b. 1805 d.?
Amanda b. 1806 d. 1887
CLARK b. 11 April 1808 d. 3 Oct 1879 (named after his Mother's maiden name)
Wilson b. 1811 d. ?
James b. 1813 d. about 1860
Maria (Mariah) b. 1815, (Married Hugh Henry)
Eliza Ann b. 1816 d. Dec 1905 (Married Daniel Clifton)
Randolph b. 1821 d. 1860
Granville b. 12 Sep 1822 d. 18 Mar 1901
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There were few permanent settlers in Union, earlier than John Rodgers. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1777, and when ten years of age went to Kentucky. At the age of nineteen - in 1797 - he emigrated to the Scioto Valley with his uncle Benjamin Rodgers, and has often said that he was here three months without seeing a white woman. He located land in the vicinity of where the Slate mills now are, on the north fork of Paint, built a shanty and kept bachelor's hall. About two years afterward he brought out his father and the rest of the family. His father, William Rodgers, afterward resided on the place and kept tavern for many years. John Rodgers was married December 31, 1799, to Mary, daughter of Joshua Clark, and in the spring following settled in Union, during the previous winter having erected the house which was continuously occupied for about a century. Mr. Rodgers assisted at the raising of the first cabin in Chillicothe, and brought the first cattle into Ross County, driving them from Kentucky. His wife died in 1860, and a few years afterward, having lost his sight, he (John) took up his residence with his daughter, Mrs. Beard. He died in 1866, at the age of nearly eighty-nine years, having raised a family of eleven children.
John appears to have always included the D to the name Rodgers. His brother Thomas, did not always include the D, as he wanted it to remain the way he believed it had been spelled in prior generations. However, the D was in the name at least back in County Antrim, N. Ireland, and immigration to America in 1729.
John and his wife, Mary Letitia Clark, had several children including Randolph and Clark that moved on to Colchester, ILL. in about 1857. Randolph is buried in Argyle Cemetery north of Colchester along with other Rodgers family. Clark is buried in the Wright's Cemetery north of Lewistown, ILL. Their brother Granville may have also lived in the Colchester area but moved on and settled in Knox County, TN.
John was the son of William Rodgers (Rogers), who adapted the spelling both ways, Rodgers/Rogers, and his gravestone in this Union Cemetery says Rodgers. These Rodgers/Rogers families moved from near Leesburg, VA to near Paris, Ky and then on to Ross County and near Greenfield and Chillicothe, Ohio. They moved away from states that accepted slavery, were neighbors and good friends of Daniel Boone, and truly were the pioneers that went west to open up the territories west of the 13 colonies. Presbyterians and farmers, they used many skills along the way to further their pioneering way of life.
Sometime before 2011, the graves of John and his family, in this Union Cemetery, have been vandalized and some are laying broken around the cemetery. By googling this cemetery the destruction can be seen along with some description of this gravestone massacre.
11 Children:
Sidney b. 1802 d. ?
Emily b. 1804 d. 1828
William H. b. 1805 d.?
Amanda b. 1806 d. 1887
CLARK b. 11 April 1808 d. 3 Oct 1879 (named after his Mother's maiden name)
Wilson b. 1811 d. ?
James b. 1813 d. about 1860
Maria (Mariah) b. 1815, (Married Hugh Henry)
Eliza Ann b. 1816 d. Dec 1905 (Married Daniel Clifton)
Randolph b. 1821 d. 1860
Granville b. 12 Sep 1822 d. 18 Mar 1901
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There were few permanent settlers in Union, earlier than John Rodgers. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1777, and when ten years of age went to Kentucky. At the age of nineteen - in 1797 - he emigrated to the Scioto Valley with his uncle Benjamin Rodgers, and has often said that he was here three months without seeing a white woman. He located land in the vicinity of where the Slate mills now are, on the north fork of Paint, built a shanty and kept bachelor's hall. About two years afterward he brought out his father and the rest of the family. His father, William Rodgers, afterward resided on the place and kept tavern for many years. John Rodgers was married December 31, 1799, to Mary, daughter of Joshua Clark, and in the spring following settled in Union, during the previous winter having erected the house which was continuously occupied for about a century. Mr. Rodgers assisted at the raising of the first cabin in Chillicothe, and brought the first cattle into Ross County, driving them from Kentucky. His wife died in 1860, and a few years afterward, having lost his sight, he (John) took up his residence with his daughter, Mrs. Beard. He died in 1866, at the age of nearly eighty-nine years, having raised a family of eleven children.
John and his wife, Mary Letitia Clark, had several children including Randolph and Clark that moved on to Colchester, ILL. in about 1857. Randolph is buried in Argyle Cemetery north of Colchester along with other Rodgers family. Clark is buried in the Wright's Cemetery north of Lewistown, ILL. Their brother Granville may have also lived in the Colchester area but moved on and settled in Knox County, TN.
John was the son of William Rodgers (Rogers), who adapted the spelling both ways, Rodgers/Rogers, and his gravestone in this Union Cemetery says Rodgers. These Rodgers/Rogers families moved from near Leesburg, VA to near Paris, Ky and then on to Ross County and near Greenfield and Chillicothe, Ohio. They moved away from states that accepted slavery, were neighbors and good friends of Daniel Boone, and truly were the pioneers that went west to open up the territories west of the 13 colonies. Presbyterians and farmers, they used many skills along the way to further their pioneering way of life.
Sometime before 2011, the graves of John and his family, in this Union Cemetery, have been vandalized and some are laying broken around the cemetery. By googling this cemetery the destruction can be seen along with some description of this gravestone massacre.
11 Children:
Sidney b. 1802 d. ?
Emily b. 1804 d. 1828
William H. b. 1805 d.?
Amanda b. 1806 d. 1887
CLARK b. 11 April 1808 d. 3 Oct 1879 (named after his Mother's maiden name)
Wilson b. 1811 d. ?
James b. 1813 d. about 1860
Maria (Mariah) b. 1815, (Married Hugh Henry)
Eliza Ann b. 1816 d. Dec 1905 (Married Daniel Clifton)
Randolph b. 1821 d. 1860
Granville b. 12 Sep 1822 d. 18 Mar 1901
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There were few permanent settlers in Union, earlier than John Rodgers. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1777, and when ten years of age went to Kentucky. At the age of nineteen - in 1797 - he emigrated to the Scioto Valley with his uncle Benjamin Rodgers, and has often said that he was here three months without seeing a white woman. He located land in the vicinity of where the Slate mills now are, on the north fork of Paint, built a shanty and kept bachelor's hall. About two years afterward he brought out his father and the rest of the family. His father, William Rodgers, afterward resided on the place and kept tavern for many years. John Rodgers was married December 31, 1799, to Mary, daughter of Joshua Clark, and in the spring following settled in Union, during the previous winter having erected the house which was continuously occupied for about a century. Mr. Rodgers assisted at the raising of the first cabin in Chillicothe, and brought the first cattle into Ross County, driving them from Kentucky. His wife died in 1860, and a few years afterward, having lost his sight, he (John) took up his residence with his daughter, Mrs. Beard. He died in 1866, at the age of nearly eighty-nine years, having raised a family of eleven children.
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John Rodgers Died Aug.19,1866 Aged 88yrs,10months,22 days.
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