Lavina Henrietta Manor, seventh child of James Manor and his first wife Phebe S. Foster Manor, was born in the Republic of Texas, December 6, 1843. She attended a girls boarding school at Manor the first school of this kind in the State. She went to Independence, Texas to a finishing school in the 1860's.
She returned to Travis county and became a school teacher at the Colorado school near Del Valle. The building at that time was a church and school. She roomed at the home of George and Lucinda Thompson while teaching school. She married their only son Benjamin H. Thompson on Jan 8, 1862. He had just graduated from the Baylor School of pharmacy in 1860.
Lavina and Benjamin were parents of one daughter Ellen and two sons, James Allen and George W. Thompson. Ellen was listed in the 1870 census as 7 years old but was not in the 1880 census.
They built a large colonial home at the corner of E. 11th and Trinity street in Austin and were prominent in social and political circles and entertained many state officials in their home.
After the death of Benjamin she and the two boys went to live with his parents she kept her home in town and would spend much time there.
On December 27, 1881, Lavina Henrietta Manor Thompson married James Polk Rogers who owned and operated a ferry across the Colorado river. A son Manor C. Rogers was born to them. They purchased a farm one mile south of the Colorado river at Montopolis where they resided until their deaths.
She returned to Travis county and became a school teacher at the Colorado school near Del Valle. The building at that time was a church and school. She roomed at the home of George and Lucinda Thompson while teaching school. She married their only son Benjamin H. Thompson on Jan 8, 1862. He had just graduated from the Baylor School of pharmacy in 1860.
Lavina and Benjamin were parents of one daughter Ellen and two sons, James Allen and George W. Thompson. Ellen was listed in the 1870 census as 7 years old but was not in the 1880 census.
They built a large colonial home at the corner of E. 11th and Trinity street in Austin and were prominent in social and political circles and entertained many state officials in their home.
After the death of Benjamin she and the two boys went to live with his parents she kept her home in town and would spend much time there.
On December 27, 1881, Lavina Henrietta Manor Thompson married James Polk Rogers who owned and operated a ferry across the Colorado river. A son Manor C. Rogers was born to them. They purchased a farm one mile south of the Colorado river at Montopolis where they resided until their deaths.
Lavina Henrietta Manor, seventh child of James Manor and his first wife Phebe S. Foster Manor, was born in the Republic of Texas, December 6, 1843. She attended a girls boarding school at Manor the first school of this kind in the State. She went to Independence, Texas to a finishing school in the 1860's.
She returned to Travis county and became a school teacher at the Colorado school near Del Valle. The building at that time was a church and school. She roomed at the home of George and Lucinda Thompson while teaching school. She married their only son Benjamin H. Thompson on Jan 8, 1862. He had just graduated from the Baylor School of pharmacy in 1860.
Lavina and Benjamin were parents of one daughter Ellen and two sons, James Allen and George W. Thompson. Ellen was listed in the 1870 census as 7 years old but was not in the 1880 census.
They built a large colonial home at the corner of E. 11th and Trinity street in Austin and were prominent in social and political circles and entertained many state officials in their home.
After the death of Benjamin she and the two boys went to live with his parents she kept her home in town and would spend much time there.
On December 27, 1881, Lavina Henrietta Manor Thompson married James Polk Rogers who owned and operated a ferry across the Colorado river. A son Manor C. Rogers was born to them. They purchased a farm one mile south of the Colorado river at Montopolis where they resided until their deaths.
She returned to Travis county and became a school teacher at the Colorado school near Del Valle. The building at that time was a church and school. She roomed at the home of George and Lucinda Thompson while teaching school. She married their only son Benjamin H. Thompson on Jan 8, 1862. He had just graduated from the Baylor School of pharmacy in 1860.
Lavina and Benjamin were parents of one daughter Ellen and two sons, James Allen and George W. Thompson. Ellen was listed in the 1870 census as 7 years old but was not in the 1880 census.
They built a large colonial home at the corner of E. 11th and Trinity street in Austin and were prominent in social and political circles and entertained many state officials in their home.
After the death of Benjamin she and the two boys went to live with his parents she kept her home in town and would spend much time there.
On December 27, 1881, Lavina Henrietta Manor Thompson married James Polk Rogers who owned and operated a ferry across the Colorado river. A son Manor C. Rogers was born to them. They purchased a farm one mile south of the Colorado river at Montopolis where they resided until their deaths.
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