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Patrick Henry Rogers From East Tennessee To Missouri

By Helen Hoban Rogers
Washington, D.C.

Revised: September 14, 2005

Patrick Henry Rogers, my great-great-grandfather, was born in January 1825 in Claiborne Co. Tennessee when James Monroe was president of the United States. John Quincy Adams, the president-elect, had been elected just two months earlier.  Patrick died at the age of 87 in November 1912 in Polk Co. Missouri when William Howard Taft was president.  Woodrow Wilson had just been elected president, but had not yet taken office.

Ancestors

Patrick’s earliest known ancestor is Benjamin Rogers, born about 1716 probably in England, arriving in Virginia in 1734 on board the ship Caesar captained by William Loney.  The exact port of arrival is unknown.  Benjamin was an involuntary émigré who had been transported to the American colonies by the British after he was convicted of a crime in London.  Specifically he was convicted in October 1733 for stealing a money box and 7 shillings from a shop.  He pleaded not guilty, but was convicted.  He was sentenced to transportation to Virginia to serve a term laboring for a master to whom he would be “sold” upon arrival in Virginia.  He was held at Newgate prison until he was put on the ship Caesar in January 1734; it landed in Virginia July 1734.  The term that most of the trans-ported had to serve was usually seven or 14 years.  The first record found of Benjamin in America is the birth of his first son 14 years after he arrived in Virginia. 1

Benjamin had at least eight sons.  One son, John (the Powder Maker), was born in Virginia in 1757; he had three wives and possibly as many as 23 children.  It is John’s second son with his first wife who was Patrick’s grandfather: David Rogers.2

David Rogers (also referred to as David F. Rogers and Major David Rogers) came from Virginia to Washington Co. Tennessee when he was about twelve years old, and moved to Claiborne Co. in 1801.  He represented Campbell and Claiborne counties in the State House of the 18th and 19th Tennessee General Assemblies (1829-33), and represented Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Morgan counties in the State Senate in the 21st General Assembly.  He was a Union Republican.  David was also a farmer, a powder manufacturer, Jail Commissioner (1819), and a major in the War of 1812 (2nd Regiment, East Tennessee Volunteers). David’s wife, Mary Lewis, was the daughter of Solomon Lewis 3

William G. Rogers, Patrick’s father, was born on July 15, 1801, probably in Claiborne Co. Tennessee, and he died there during the Civil War on May 29, 1862.62.62.4   William G. and his family lived in the area of Speedwell in the Powell Valley.  There is little known about William G. except that it is believed he studied medicine and was a physician well known throughout East Tennessee.5   He was also the first of thirteen children born to David Rogers (b. October 3, 1779; d. September 14, 1871) and Mary “Polly” Elizabeth Lewis (b. January 1, 1781; d. February 13, 1880).6

Sarah “Sally” Walker, Patrick’s mother, was born in July 1805 in Washing-ton Co. Virginia.7   She moved with her parents (names unknown) to Claiborne Co. Tennes­see when she was nine years old, and became a member of the Methodist church when she was fifteen.8   Some time after her husband’s death, Sarah moved to Caldwell Co. Missouri.9   She may have moved there with her daughter Harriet (her twelfth child), and Harriet’s husband, John F. McNew.  Although, it is unknown when either Sarah or Harriet actually moved to Missouri, it is very likely that they traveled together, for Sarah had been a widow five years when Harriet married in 1867.10   Both Sarah and Harriet settled in Caldwell Co. in northwestern Missouri.11   Sarah joined a Methodist church in the vicinity of Black Oak and Cowgill in Caldwell Co. and she died there on January 2, 1893, at the age of 87.12 Harriet died in Cowgill on February 26, 1939, at the age of 92.13

William G. Rogers and Sarah “Sally” Walker were married about 1824 in Clai­borne Co. Tennessee.14   It is unknown if they were married in the Methodist Church, but it is likely that they were since Sarah was a member of that church.  They lived in the area called Speedwell, and like William G.’s parents, had thirteen children.15

 

Speedwell was one of the first areas settled in Tennessee: the first settle-ments were probably made in the early or mid-1780s.16 It is at the junction of three counties: Camp­bell, Claiborne, and Union, and is in the area between the Cumber-land Mountains and the upper end of Norris Lake on the Powell River.  Speedwell is approximately 15 miles southwest of the Cumberland Gap.  The Cumberland Gap is located in the area where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet.  There is also a Rogers Gap several miles west of the Cumberland Gap, but it is unknown if this gap was named after any of Patrick’s relatives.

Marriage and Moving 

Patrick Henry Rogers was born on January 8, 1825 in Claiborne Co. Tennessee; the first child of William G. Rogers and Sarah Walker.17  It is unknown if he was named after the American revolutionary patriot, Patrick Henry, but his grandfather (David Rogers) was born in what is now Wythe Co. Virginia, which is located in Virginia’s western tail.  Patrick Henry, the historical figure, was born in Hanover Co. (close to the present capital of Richmond) Virginia in 1736; he had a long career in Virginia politics as State legislator and governor, and died in June 1799.

Patrick had four sisters and eight brothers.18  He grew up in the area of Speedwell, Tennessee, and may have received some schooling (though it may have been home-schooling), because at some point he learned to read and write.  Nothing else is known about his early life.

In August 1845, when Patrick was 20, he married Elizabeth Dossett (also spelled Dosett) in Campbell Co. -- the county just west of Claiborne Co.19  About 1847 their first child, William F. Rogers (my great grandfather), was born.  Two years later in 1849, their second child, Alice J. (also referred to as Julia A.), was born.  The 1850 U.S. Census for Tennessee finds Patrick, age 25, still living in Claiborne Co. with his wife, Elizabeth, age 23; his son, William. F., age three; and daughter, Alice J., age one.  The census also shows the birthplaces of Patrick and Elizabeth as Tennessee.20

In 1852 the greatest number of people in a single year migrated west.  It was also the year Patrick moved to Missouri with his wife, their five year old son, and three year old daughter.21  It is unknown with whom Patrick and his young family traveled, but there is some information that three of his paternal uncles (John Rogers, Isaac Newton Rogers, and Hugh Lawson White Rogers) also moved to Missouri.22  Patrick’s Uncle John was about 22 years older than Patrick, his Uncle Isaac was about ten years older, and his Uncle Hugh was only three years older.  The information shows that all three of his uncles settled in Lathrop (Clinton Co.) Missouri.23  There is also some information that at least one of his father’s first cousins, Lewis Jackson Rogers (who was the same age as Uncle John), also moved to Clinton Co. Missouri.24  Some of Patrick’s relatives moved to Missouri as early as 1841/42, and some relatives may have settled in Greene Co. Missouri which is the second county west of Dallas Co.  Springfield is the county seat of Greene Co. and is where the Kansas 2nd Regiment was stationed at the time Patrick and his son enlisted during the Civil War.25

Although the dates are unknown to the writer when any of Patrick’s uncles or his paternal first cousin moved to Missouri, it is likely that Patrick traveled with family members who were migrating west.  Clinton Co. also happens to be the county just west of Caldwell Co. where Patrick’s mother (Sarah) and sister (Harriet) moved after the Civil War.  Sarah’s and Harriet’s move there may have been influenced by the fact that they already had relatives living in the area.

It is unknown why Patrick did not settle in Missouri’s northwest where Clinton and Caldwell Counties are located, but he stopped mid-way across Missouri in Cole Co.26 Cole Co. is south of the Missouri River, and is where Jefferson City the capital is located.  Patrick and his family lived in Cole Co. for about five years, during which time according to Patrick his third child, John, was born in April 1853, and his fourth child, James H., was born in October 1855.27

Then about 1857 Patrick and his family moved some 80 miles southwest to Dallas Co.28  It was probably in Dallas Co. that his fifth child, Mary Ann, was born on March 8, 1858.  The sixth and last child, Robert N., was born there on October 2, 1862.29  Patrick continued to live in Dallas Co. almost continuously until 1880, and his occupation during this time was principally that of a farmer.30  Patrick, how-ever, said in a statement to a Pension Office Special Examiner, that although he had not been in U.S. service before the Civil War, he had been in the Home Guards and carried U.S. mail.31

Civil War

In the spring of 1863 conscription was initiated for the Union Army.  This may have had some influence on Patrick and his oldest son, William F., in joining in the fall of 1863.  They both enlisted as privates in Company B of the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas Calvary Volunteers for a period of three years.32  Even though they joined the Volun­teers, they were paid.  They did not, however, have to go to Kansas to enlist, because from February 1863 to December 1863 the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas Cavalry was attached to the District of southwest Missouri, which was in Springfield (Greene Co.), Missouri.33  Springfield is only about 50 miles southwest of Buffalo (the county seat of Dallas Co.) where Patrick was living.

Patrick was 39 when he was mustered into the Union Army on October 5, 1863.  At the time of his enlistment Patrick probably said his birthplace was Knoxville, Tennes­see, because his enlistment shows Knoxville as his birthplace rather than Claiborne Co.34  Knoxville is the closest big city and is in Knox Co., approximately 30 miles southeast of Claiborne Co.  There is, however, no evidence (outside of his enlistment) that Patrick was born in Knoxville or that his parents ever lived there.  Upon enlistment, Patrick is described as 5’10” tall, with light hair (one Civil War document says “red”), blue eyes, and a fair complexion.35  A Statement by the examining Army surgeon at the time says that even though he was an old man, he “was the best made man he had ever enlisted.”36

Patrick’s son, William F., probably lied when he enlisted, because his age is shown as 18 on his enlistment.37  If he was 18, his birth year would be 1845 instead of 1847.  But 1847 is his more probable birth year based on census records.  William F. may have joined the Army for the money, or because his father wanted him to.  If he was 16, he would be less likely questioned if he joined with his father, who could easily attest that his age was what he said.  It appears that William F. enlisted on September 25, 1863, about ten days before his father.38  Although the roster for Company B shows the residence for both Patrick Henry and his son to be Buffalo, Missouri, William F. appar­ently was not living in Patrick’s household at the time of enlistment, but instead was working as a farmer near Sedalia in Pettis Co. -- about 80 miles north of Dallas Co.39  At enlistment he is described as 5’6” tall, with light hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion.40  Unlike his father, William F. could not write his name; he, therefore, signed his enlistment with an “X.”

When they enlisted Patrick and William F. each received $25.00 plus a $2.00 premium for signing up, and each were provided a horse and equipment.41  It is not clear from their military records, however, if they had to pay anything to the U.S. government for their horses and equipment.  Each had to pay about $11.00 for their ordnance, three or four times during their enlistment, and William F. also had to pay $10.68 for a Reming­ton revolver, $7.54 for a holster, and $1.54 for a screw­driver.42  Their Company’s Muster-out Rolls show that at the time of discharge the government owed each $75, plus Patrick was owed $5.19 for clothing.  Each, however, owed the government $8.00 for a revolver and accouterments, and William F. owed $4.52 for clothing.43

Patrick and his son served under Captain Elias S. Stover in Company B.44  On one occasion Patrick got a 30-day furlough to leave his Company at Waldron, Arkansas to go home to attend court in Buffalo (Dallas Co.) as a state witness in a criminal case.  A statement by Patrick says that he had been robbed before he went into the service and had to give bond for his appearance at court in Buffalo, but before he got home the man was shot and died, so there was no court.45  His son also received a 30-day furlough and accompanied him.46  Apparently Patrick and William F. stayed together most of the time during their stay in the Army.

However, before returning to his company from his furlough, Patrick said he came down with jaundice (also referred to as “yellow jaundice” and “the Janders”) and went back to his home in Dallas Co. for about six to nine weeks.47  In a deposition taken for Patrick’s invalid pension, Dr. James E. Loafman said he treated Patrick from March 31 to April 7, 1864, and was “tolerably sure it was for pneumonia.”  He said his books show treatment during the period, but does not show for what disease, but he did not have any recollection of treating Patrick for yellow jaundice.48  It was during part of this time that Patrick and William F. were listed as absent without leave.49  Patrick’s Company Muster Rolls show that he was absent without leave from February 12, 1864 until early May 1864.  William F. was also absent without leave for the same period of time.  No discipl­inary action appears to have been taken against either of them for their absenteeism.

Patrick’s account of his furlough states that he and his son traveled in early January 1864 from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Springfield, Missouri.  They traveled on horseback with three other men as escort for a government mail carrier.  Patrick and his son were with the mail to Springfield, and then from Springfield to Buffalo they traveled by them­selves.50  During this time home -- January to May 1864 -- Patrick was also arrested and confined about eight days in Buffalo, and then was taken to Springfield and confined there for another seven or eight days.51

It is unknown why he was arrested, unless this was when he was suspected of setting fire to the court house in Buffalo, which was burned during the war.52  There is no other information about this arrest and imprisonment in Patrick’s military or pension files.  Unconfirmed collateral information from the Missouri State Archives says that the court house in Dallas Co. (Buffalo is the county seat) was burned on October 18, 1863 and on July 30, 1864.53  Neither of these dates match the time when Patrick was on leave.

Patrick and his son finally returned to his regiment.  A Special Order, dated May 7, 1864, was issued from the Office of Provost Marshall, Head Quarters District of southwest in Springfield, Missouri.  It said:

Private Patrick Rodgers (sic) . . . is released from arrest and will report immediately to the Post Commander at Springfield for transportation to his regiment.54

On May 7, 1864 Patrick’s Company left camp near Little Rock, Arkansas and marched to Ft. Smith, which was 130 miles west by northwest.  On May 20 the Company marched back toward Little Rock, arriving in Clarksville on May 23.55  Even though his Company and regiment were south of Springfield, Patrick and William F. apparently traveled northeast to Jefferson City, because ten days after his release from arrest, Patrick was in Jefferson City.  A U.S. Military Telegraph, dated May 17, 1864 from Jefferson City (Cole Co.) sent by Patrick to a Lieutenant [name illegible] says: “I want transporta­tion for myself and son to Little Rock by water.  Can you give it?”  The military telegraph (telegram) was stamped as being received the next day by Head Quarters, Department of the Missouri, in St. Louis.56 

There is no information in Patrick’s military and pension file about how he and his son actually traveled to Clarksville, Arkansas.  But since Jefferson City is on the Missouri River, they could have gone east on the Missouri to St. Louis, and then south on the Mississippi River to the Arkansas River then up the Arkansas about 80 miles to Little Rock.  Clarksville, is farther west on the Arkansas River past Little Rock.  More likely they did not travel all the way to the Arkansas River, which is some distance south of Little Rock, but rather disembarked east of Little Rock and went overland to Clarksville.  Patrick and William F. rejoined their Company at Clarksville some time in May 1864.  From that date to when they were mustered out at the end of the war, both remained with their regiment.57

Both Patrick’s and William F.’s military files show that they participated in only one military engagement.  Official records of the Union Army state that Company B of the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas Calvary was stationed at Clarksville, Arkansas during January and February 1865.  According to statements in Patrick’s file, from January 12-14 a detachment of thirty men and two pieces of artillery, under Lieutenant William P. Phillips, proceeded to Dardanelle, Arkansas, 100 miles away [map shows the distance to be 30 miles], and engaged and repulsed the enemy on January 14.58  The engage­ment was at Dardanelle, Arkansas on the Arkansas River and it lasted only one day.59  It was during this engagement that Patrick later asserted that he suffered an injury to his hearing due to a cannon ball.  More on this below under the section, Receiving a Pension.

Both Patrick and his son were mustered out of the Union Army at Ft. Gibson in the Cherokee Nation (now Oklahoma) on June 22, 1865.  Patrick said that although they were mustered out at Ft. Gibson, they were marched to Lawrence, Kansas where they were paid off and disbanded on July 11.60  The official report of the U.S. government confirms this and shows that the regiment was moved to Ft. Gibson during May 13 to 20, 1865, and was on duty there till July 2.  The regiment then moved to Lawrence, Kansas.61  They both were discharged, and returned home; Patrick to Dallas Co. and William F. to Pettis Co.

While in the service, Patrick received the following medical treatments:

December 25, 1863, treated for cold -- two hours lite duty on December 26

January 5-6, 1864, treated for sciatica

December 4-16, 1864, treated for otalgia (earache)

June 19, 1865, given Chlorate of Potasse (sic) [potash or potassium62

After the War: Reputation and Law Suit

Patrick had the reputation among his neighbors of being a very irritable man and his reputation for truthfulness was not good.63  There is evidence that shortly after the Civil War, in 1868, he got into a fight, possibly at a mill, with a neighbor, Mr. W. Hunt.  It was alleged that Patrick pulled a revolver on Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Hunt hit Patrick in the head with a sledge hammer.64  Patrick was indited in the circuit court of Dallas Co. on information from Mr. Hunt for the crimes of feloni­ous assault and disturbing the peace of a family.65  The attorney representing Patrick filed a motion for a change of venue on the grounds “that the people of Dallas Co. are so prejudiced against him that he cannot obtain a fair trial.”  The judge granted the motion for the case to be transferred to neighboring Webster Co. to be heard in the Court House in Marshfield on the 4th Monday in August 1869.66

Patrick was required to put up a bond of $500 to ensure his appearance for the felonious assault charge, and a bond of $200 for the charge of disturbing the peace of a family.  Several other men (Z.E. Patterson, L.S. Campbell, J.W. Southwick, Edward Conking, and John Bell) also had to put up bonds for each charge to ensure their appear­ance at the trial.  Z.E. Patterson had to put up a bond of $200 for each charge, and the other men had to put up $100 each for each charge.  In the court records Patrick’s last name is spelled with a “d” and his name appears as “P.H. Rodgers.”67

The court records in Webster Co. have not yet been searched to find out the details or the specific outcome of these criminal charges, but information in the Missouri State Archives indicates that the case was continued three times, and the following motions were filed: a Motion for Deposition of Witness, a Motion to Quash, and a Motion to Discharge the Defendant.68

After the War: Family

From the end of the war to about March 1880 Patrick lived mostly near the town of Buffalo in Dallas Co.69  However, in the summer of 1866 Patrick moved approximately 60 miles north of Buffalo to Versailles in Morgan Co. and lived there for one year.70  Patrick stated that he rented from John Sammins [or Sammons] and he “moved to Versailles once in a while.”71  It is unknown why he moved there or why he moved back to Buffalo a year later, although he may have gone there for work.

The 1870 U.S. Census shows Patrick living with his wife Elizabeth in Benton Township (where Buffalo is located) in Dallas Co.72  Patrick’s oldest daughter, Alice J. is not in the household; she married Henry Blackite in Dallas Co. on January 6, 1870.73  Members of Patrick’s household are his wife Elizabeth age 49; his oldest son William F. age 23, who is back in his father’s house; son John [F.] age 17; son James H. age 14; daughter Mary A. age 12; and son Robert age 8.  The census shows that Patrick had real property valued at $5,000 and personal property valued at $1,000.  Missouri land records have not been checked.

Later that year, on September 10, 1870, Patrick’s wife died.74  The cause of her death is unknown.  A little more than a year later, on December 28, 1871, Patrick’s oldest son, William F. [my great grandfather], marries Frances E. Woods in Dallas Co.75  There is information of an earlier marriage of a “W.F. Rodgers” to a Matilda Goodall on Decem­ber 20, 1868 in Dallas Co., but it is unknown if this “W.F. Rodgers” is Patrick’s son.76  The months of November, December and January were the most popular for marriage among farm families because this is the least demanding time of the year on the farm.

During the summer of 1872 or 1873 Patrick was treated for billious fever.77  Biliousness is described in a modern medical dictionary as “an imprecisely delineated congestive disturbance with anoxeria, coated tongue, constipation, headache, dizziness, pasty complexion, and rarely, slight jaundice; assumed to result from hepatic (liver) dysfunction.”78

About 4 ½ years after Elizabeth’s death, on April 20, 1875, Patrick married widow Hannah (nee Peterson) Crawford.  They were married by Parson Tinsley in Dallas Co. Missouri.79  There were no children from this marriage.  Hannah was born in April 1831 in Ohio, but she married her first husband, Elisha Crawford (born March 19, 1820), in Illinois in 1847.  Hannah and Elisha had five children (Sarah, Abraham, Josiah, Vinton and William Riley) in Illinois, and then in 1858 they moved to Polk County, Missouri and bought 228 acres in Green Township -- in the northeastern corner of the county.  They also brought with them two Negro slaves who stayed with Elisha and were buried on the farm.  In Polk Co. Hannah and Elisha had five more children (Mary, Martha, Dulcina, James and Robert Lonzo); Elisha died in 1872.80

The year after his marriage to Hannah, Patrick stated in 1876 that he “had a pull of nervous fever.”81  Some of Patrick’s neighbors also confirm that Patrick had a spell of sickness in 1876 and that he could not get around much for two years afterwards.  They said that he had trouble in his back and feet, and was sometimes seen walking with a stick or cane and “getting about in kind of a hobbling manner at times.”82  These neighbors said that Patrick had been suffering from rheumatism from about 1876/78, and one assumed that he had lost 3/5 of his time [for work] by reason of the disability, and another thought he had lost 3/4.83

In 1878 two of Patrick’s children married two of Hannah’s children in Dallas County; James H. married Irena J. Crawford (also known as Mary Jane 84) on January 13, and Mary Ann married William Riley Crawford on March 24.85

Patrick said that in 1880 he “moved about five or six miles down on the creek.”86  This may have been when he moved to Clifford in neighboring Polk Co. Clifford is only about three miles from the Dallas Co. border and eight miles from Buffalo.  There is a creek near Clifford called Lindley Creek.87  The 1880 U.S. census, taken June 1, finds Patrick in Polk Co. Green Township (Clifford is in Green Township).  He is recorded as “P.H. Rogers,” age 54.  In his household are his wife, Hannah, age 49; stepdaughter Dulcina Crofford (should be spelled “Crawford”), age 17; and stepson Robert, age 11.  Patrick’s occupation is still that of a farmer and Robert is shown as a farm laborer.88  In July 1882 Patrick said he was “kicked by a horse on the left arm and it threw it out of place at the elbow joint and fractured one of the bones.  It got well [healed] crooked . . . .”89

Receiving a Pension

On September 21, 1883, when Patrick was 58, he filed a Declaration for a Civil War pension as an invalid.  His attorney was C. & W.B. King of Washington, DC.  The Declaration was filed in Buffalo, Dallas Co., and Patrick claimed he was “3/4 disabled from obtaining subsistence by manual labor.”90  The Civil War pension records show that just six days later on September 27, he began receiving an invalid pension (No. 397,283) of $4.00 a month for a 4/18 disability.  Beginning April 3, 1884 he received $6.00 a month for a 6/18 disability, and beginning November 15, 1887 he received $8.00 a month for an 8/18 disability.91  The maxi-mum amount for an invalid pension during this period was $18.00 per month. His invalid pension was based on rheumatism and a slight deaf­ness in both ears.92

On November 21, 1883 Patrick had a physical examination.  The examining doctor says that Patrick’s statements in regard to his hearing may be fallacious as he hears voice sounds very well, but concludes there is a slight deafness in the left ear. Regarding the rheumatism, the doctor says [among other things that cannot be made out] that Patrick’s left knee is one and a half inches larger than his right.  At the time of the examination Patrick’s health data were: weight 175 lbs., pulse 88, and respiration 17.93

In 1885, when Patrick was 60, he was questioned about his pension claim.  It appears that he did not file a new claim at this time, but rather was being examined by a Pension Officer Special Examiner “to determine the origin and continuance of the alleged rheumatism and deafness.”94  However, another claim number (496,432) was used.

Patrick states his rheumatism was so bad in his left hip, leg, foot, and right hip that he had not been able to plow for five years (since about 1880).95  He says he had con­tracted rheumatism in his legs because of lying out in the snow without shelter in late December 1863 and early January 1864 while serving in Waldron, Arkansas.  The following is Patrick’s description of his exposure:

We were camped in a wet marshy bottom at Waldron, Arkansas on the last day of 1863 and the first day of January 1864.  It rained the last day of 1863 and we were without tents or shelter.  We had to cut brush and make beds of them to keep us out of the water.  The rain turned to snow and sleet.  I stayed there until the morning of the 2nd of January 1864.  I left Waldron about ten o’clock that morning and rode all the way home in the cold.  We did not stop to sleep.  We were four days and nights getting home.  My horse gave out about half way from here to Springfield, and I had to walk home and drive him before me.96

Patrick contends his partial deafness was the result of a cannon ball hitting a tree he was standing next to when at Dardanelle, Arkansas on the Arkansas River sometime between January and February 1865.  Patrick’s statement regarding his deafness is as follows:

It was done by a jar I got from a cannon ball from the Rebel Artillery at Dardanelle, Arkansas January 14, 1865 to February 14, 1865.  A ball struck the tree I was leaning against with my right shoulder.  It struck about 15 or 18 inches above my head as near as I can guess and knocked me down, and I could not hear anything for several weeks to amount to anything.  I rose in a moment and resumed my place....  When I got hurt I had stepped aside to let our piece fire as it did.97

Patrick states that before the war he was as sound and well “... as any man in the world.  I had never been sick except with light colds.  I had never taken any medicine but some salts once or twice….  I had never had a doctor for myself.”98

On January 24, 1885 Patrick was questioned in Buffalo by Pension Office Special Examiner S.C. True.99  His seven-page statement was not taken under oath, which is consistent with the word “deposition” being crossed out.  Instead of being “duly sworn,” Patrick was “duly required to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him.”  It is not known why Patrick was not sworn.  It may have been his choice.

The seven pages of questions and answers show that Special Examiner True and Patrick did not get along.  The examiner did not believe Patrick about his war injuries, and clearly says so in a letter he writes to the Commissioner of Pensions.100 The Special Examiner apparently had some information that indicated that Patrick was lying and that he had a bad reputation for not telling the truth.  He confronted Patrick and said that he had been told by Patrick’s neighbors, who had known him for fifteen years after the war, that they said that he was an unusually stout healthy man for many years after the war and that he never complained of rheumatism until after a horse kicked him, and never heard of his deafness until he drew a revolver on his neighbor Mr. Hunt and was knocked in the head with a hammer.101 The examiner asked, “Which occurred first this kick by the horse or your application for a pension?”102  Patrick became angry at the examiner and terminated the examination.  He told the examiner: “the government could keep his pension and go to Hell with it,” and left without signing his statement.103  Mr. True wrote that Patrick’s reputation was “very bad, wholly unreliable,” and that he thinks “this claim is destitute of all merit, but should not be rejected now.”104

About six months later, on July 20, 1885, Patrick was questioned again by another Pension Office Special Examiner, Mr. W. E. Dreffenaufer.  During this examination Patrick gave the same facts concerning his contracting rheumatism and deafness.  Mr. Dreffenaufer, not believing Patrick, also concluded that there was little merit to his claim.  Regarding his deafness, Dreffenaufer said that he “failed to discover it and was with him for four or five days, and that he had no difficulty whatever making him hear in the most even tone of voice.”  Regarding Patrick’s rheumatism, he believed that Patrick contracted it when he was on furlough in early 1864, although Patrick contends he did not get it until he returned to his unit in May of 1864.105

In both his January and July 1885 statements, Patrick said he had not been able to do much work for several years.  Many depositions and affidavits of neighbors (about 10 in all) were also taken at this time; most were taken between July 20-25, 1885.  Special Examiner Dreffenaufer writes that William F. Rogers of Sedalia, Pettis Co. should be examined as to the general merits of Patrick’s claim, and Sergeant Nathan Mott and Lieutenant W.F. Phillips, if they can be found, should be examined as to the circum­­stances of the injuries.106  There is no evidence that William F. was ever examined regarding his father’s claim.

On June 18, 1886, Captain Elias S. Stover, who was then living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and whose occupation was that of a merchant, was deposed.  He said Patrick’s reputation during service was “good, [he was] a straight forward honest soldier.”107  Then on November 23, 1886, R.D. Watts, who was Lieutenant in Company B, was examined.  He recalled Patrick as follows:

... and his son, Bill.  He was the only man in the Company who had a son with him, and I recall the examination by the Examining Surgeon better than anything else.  The Surgeon said he was the best made man he had ever enlisted.108

Finally on March 30, 1887, another Special Examiner, William L. Johnson, writes to the Commissioner of Pensions to say Patrick’s pension claim is meritor-ious and should be admitted.109  This he does after he examines three additional people about the condi­tions Company B lived in during the winter 1863/64.  One of the men examined said that they “were without tents or other protection for about a month in continual rain and snow and that their rations were no better, only four ears of corn for horses and man.”110

On September 7, 1887 Patrick was again examined by a doctor for his invalid claim.  At that time Patrick’s health statistics were: weight 177 pounds, pulse 80, and respiration 20.  Not much else of significance could be made out.111  Beginning Novem­ber 15, 1887 Patrick started receiving $8.00 a month for an 8/18 disability.112

Patrick shows up on the 1890 U.S. Census of Veterans as still living in Polk Co., but Buffalo (the county seat of Dallas Co.) is still listed as his Post Office.  It states that he is receiving a pension and has a war related disability for hearing. 113  On September 30, 1891, when Patrick was 66 years old, he was examined for the third time by a doctor for the Pension Office.  This time he says for the first time that he also has asthma and has had it since about spring of 1864.  It followed an attack of pneumonia.  He says that he has attacks when the weather changes and states that he is disabled almost entirely for manual labor.  The doctor found the conditions of his lungs as that resulting from asthma and that “his respiration is more or less labored, but his general appearance is healthy and he seems to have plenty of good blood.”  His ears were found to be plugged with ceru­men (earwax). His health data at the time were: 185 lbs, pulse 105, and respiration 33.114

On January 15, 1898, when Patrick was 73, a form (referred to as a circular) was sent to him (or the attorney representing him) from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions.  The circular requested him to give the name of his wife, including where and when married, what record of marriage exists, whether he was previously married, and the names and birth dates of any children living.  It appears that the Office of Pensions, which in 1898 is now called the Bureau of Pensions, was gathering basic relationship information on pensioners.  The circular was to be completed and returned to the pension agent with “the executed voucher for your next quarterly payment.”  Appar­ently Patrick received his pension quarterly.  No earlier document in Patrick’s pension file had all of this basic infor­mation.  It is on this form that is found the names of both of Patrick’s wives, marriage dates, death date of his first wife, and the names and birth dates of his four children still living -- although some of the dates may not be accurate.  Patrick signs the form on August 4, 1898.115

Patrick was not found on the U.S. 1900 Census for Polk Co. or Dallas Co.  He was also not living with his daughter Mary Ann and her husband (William Crawford), or with his son James H., both of whom were living in Green Township in Polk Co.  Where was he?

It turns out that Patrick and Hannah were in Oregon!  They traveled to Union Co. Oregon about 1897 with Hannah’s youngest son, Robert, and his family; Robert being the master of the wagon train.  The date of this trip, however, may have occurred a year later since Patrick may have still been in Missouri when he com­pleted the Bureau of Pensions circular, referred to above, in August 1898.  How­ever, if Patrick was in Oregon his attorney in Missouri could have forwarded the circular to him to complete and send back.  This would explain why the circular, with a printed date of January 1898 at the top, did not get signed by Patrick until August 1898.116

The U.S. 1900 Census for Union Co. Oregon, North Elgin Precinct, enumer­ated on June 2nd, shows Patrick as the head of household with his wife Hannah; her 22 year old nephew John Peterson; his stepson Robert Crawford, who is listed as a widower [his wife, Elizabeth died the year following their arrival in Oregon and is buried in Elgin, Oregon]; and Robert’s four children: Martha E., James R., Henry M., and Matti L.  The census shows that Patrick, Hannah, John, and Robert can read and write.  It also states that Patrick owns the house free of mortgage.117  On September 4, 1903 Hannah dies.  Patrick and Hannah probably returned to Polk County before her death because she is buried in Breshears cemetery, which is located on the Crawford farm.118

On March 9, 1907, when Patrick was 82, he files a claim under the Pension Act of February 6, 1907 through attorney A.J. Hunter of Boliver (Polk Co.) Missouri.  This law granted pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers and officers, who served in the Civil War and the War with Mexico.  This pension claim, how­ever, does not require any proof or statement of injury.  Rather, it is based on the claimant’s age and time in service.  This time Patrick does not sign the Declara­tion, but instead makes an “X,” which was attested to by Willis Moore and W. R. Crawford.  W. R. Crawford, Patrick’s stepson and son-in-law says that he has known Patrick for 30 years.119  It appears that Patrick received $17 per month under this pension law.  In August of 1898 Patrick could sign his name, but eight and a half years later he cannot.  It is unknown if this inability was a result of his physical health or mental state.  It appears from this statement that Patrick was back in Missouri at the time he made his “X” because on the face of the declaration it states that Patrick was duly sworn before a notary public for Polk Co. Missouri.  Also, in the declaration Patrick says his post office address is Clifford in Polk Co. Missouri.

By the time of the 1910 U.S. Census Patrick is in Polk Co. Missouri living with his daughter Mary Ann and her husband William R. Crawford, who are still living in Green Township, Polk Co.  Patrick is identified as a widower.120 It is unknown when Hannah died; she may have died in Oregon.  It is also unknown when exactly Patrick returned from Oregon, but there is some information that his stepson Robert came back to Polk Co. in 1910.121

In the summer of 1912 Patrick again applies for a pension; this time under the Pension Act of May 11, 1912.  On the Declaration form Patrick says that his residence was in Clifford, Polk Co.  He again signs with an “X” as his mark, rather than with his signa­ture.  From this law it appears Patrick may have received $20 per month, but he also said on the form that he believed himself entitled to the maximum rating of $30 because he was now totally disabled as a result of military service.122

Five months later, on November 29, 1912, Patrick dies, just six weeks short of his 88th birthday; the cause of his death is renal calculi (kidney stones).123  At the time of his death he was still living with his daughter Mary Ann and son-in-law William R. Crawford.124  Patrick had outlived two wives and his two oldest children (William F. and Julia Alice).  Patrick’s death certificate shows John Peterson as the informant.  This appears to be the same John Peterson (Hannah’s nephew) who was in Patrick’s household in Oregon in 1900.125  The 1910 Census shows John Peterson living next door to Patrick with his age reported as 32.126  Patrick is buried in Breshears Cemetery in Polk Co.127  He had been living in the area of Clinton, which was in the far northeast corner of Polk Co. in Green Township, since at least the 1880 U.S. Census, except for his time in Oregon.  Clinton no longer exists on current Missouri maps, and Green Township has been sub-divided into North Green and South Green.

The photograph at the end of this biography shows Patrick with his four surviving children.128  It was most likely taken in either Polk or Dallas County sometime after 1900 and before his death in 1912.  This assumption is mainly based on the clean shaven faces of Patrick’s sons.  Mustaches and sideburns were popular with young men in the 1880s and 1890s, but not in the early 1900s.  Patrick’s oldest son died in January 1890 so the son sitting to Patrick’s right [left when looking at the picture] (the traditional place for the oldest child) is most likely his second son, John F. Rogers.  Patrick’s oldest daughter was dead by August 1898 so she is also missing.  The following is the presumed identity of those in the picture:

Sitting front row:  John F. Rogers, Patrick Henry Rogers, James Harrison Rogers
Standing back row:  Robert N. Rogers and Mary Ann Rogers Crawford

This photograph, along with many others, were found in Claude Bertram Rogers’ car after his death in August 1990 by his son and daughter-in-law.  Most were not identified with names and dates.  Claude was a great grandson of Patrick Henry; descending from Patrick’s son James Harrison, see below.129

Descendants

William F. Rogers was Patrick’s first child; he was born about 1847 in Claiborne Co. Tennessee.  He and Frances E. Woods had seven children: William Harvey, b. November 15, 1872 and d. August 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri (my grandfather); Robert Edward, born September 12, 1874; Julia Ann, born October 27, 1876; George Fletcher, born January 29, 1878/79; Fealia Dhucilla “Felicia,” born ca. 1880 (died at birth or in infancy); Laura Mae Etta, born January 13, 1885; and, Charles Newton Rogers, born August 14, 1887.130

It is through William F.’s oldest child, William Harvey, that the writer is related to Patrick.  William Harvey and his first wife (Eva Lena Williams) had three children; their only son, Harley Everett, was the writer’s father.

William F. died of pneumonia on January 11, 1890 at about the age of 42.131 His widow tried unsuccessfully for several years to get a Civil War pension.  On March 24, 1893 she married John Wininger and had children by him.  Her second husband died some time after 1897.  She then married for a third time, to a Mr. Boze, but left him shortly thereafter.132 Frances died about 1924.133

Patrick’s second child was Alice J./Julia A. was born about 1847 in Claiborne Co. Tennessee.  She married Henry Blackite on January 6, 1870 in Dallas Co., Missouri, but it is unknown if she had any children.  It is presumed that Alice died before August 4, 1898, because she was not listed as living at the time Patrick answered the questions on the 1898 circular for the Bureau of Pensions.134

Patrick’s third child, John F. Rogers was born in April 1853.  He married Mary E. about 1880 in Missouri.  They had six children; two girls and four boys: Martha E. Rogers, born January 1882; Bell C. Rogers, born August 1884; Charley R. Rogers, born June 1889; Evert J. Rogers, born November 1892; Walter L. Rogers, born February 1895; and a daughter Carrie L. Rogers, born November 1897.  John F. Rogers is found on the U.S. 1900 census in Laclede County, Missouri, which is two counties east of Polk county.

Patrick’s fourth child, James Harrison was born October 22, 1855.  He appears on the 1900 U.S. Census living in Green Township, Polk Co.135 He is living in the same area where Patrick was living with his daughter Mary Ann and her husband, William Riley Crawford.  James’ wife is shown as Mary J. instead of Irena J., but the Census shows that they have been married 22 years so this is the same person that he married in January 1878: Mary Jane Crawford.  The Census shows that Mary had two children, but only one is living.  A daughter, Mattie was born about 1879.136 A son, Charles William (C.W.), born November 1880, is living in the household.

James’ occupation is school teacher.137 James was also mentioned in a deposition given by David F. Olinger, which had been taken in one of Patrick’s pension claims.  David also taught school, and he said that in 1873, “Jim [then about 18 or 19 years old] came to my house and had me go over to his home to help him in his examples in Arithmetic....”138 James also wrote a book on penman­ship.139  Mary Jane Crawford Rogers’ obituary says that she was the wife of Prof. J. H. Rogers.  He may have been affiliated with what was then the State Teachers College in Warrensburg, Johnson Co. Missouri.

James died July 13, 1933 in Polk Co. and is buried in the same cemetery as his father Patrick Henry; Breshears cemetery in Polk Co.  James’ wife, Mary Jane, was born October 12, 1858, and died December 19, 1908 in Warrensburg, Johnson Co. 140 She is also buried in Breshears cemetery and her tombstone says, “Rest mother, rest and take thy sleep while friends in sorrow ore thee weep.”

James’ son, Charles William (C.W.), married Edna Jones and had a son, Claude Bertram Rogers, who was born January 12, 1906.  Edna died when Claude was 4 or 5 years old, and Charles remarried.  Claude had a son, James Harrison Rogers, who was born on November 29, 1934 and died on his 66th birthday in 2000.141  Many old family photos (including some of Patrick Henry Rogers) were found in Claude’s car after his death on August 4, 1990 by his son and daughter-in-law.

Patrick’s fifth child, Mary Ann was born March 8, 1868.  She married William Riley Crawford (born December 18, 1856 in Illinois), but they did not have any children.142  Even though they never had any children of their own, they raised Grace Lee Bartlett.143  The 1900 U.S. Census shows Grace, who is then 12 years old, in their household.144  Also it is said that William Riley’s youngest sibling, Robert (who went to Union Co. Oregon) spent most of his childhood in William Riley’s household.  William Riley died on December 4, 1933 and Mary Ann died April 5, 1937; both are buried in Breshears.145

Patrick’s sixth and youngest child, Robert N. was born October 2, 1862.  He married Mary about 1890 and had four children: Loid Rogers, born March 1891; Charles Rogers, born June 1896; John Rogers, born January 1899; and Jane Rogers, born March 1900. Robert died in St. Louis on June 6, 1934, but is buried in Polk Co. at Breshears.146

ENDNOTES

  1. Information obtain August 18, 2005 from website maintain by Jerry Rogers. http://www.rogers-ben.com Much more information about Benjamin, his sons and grandsons are available on this website; much of which is well documented.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Robert M. McBride and Dan M. Robinson, Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol 1. 1796-1861, (Nashville: The Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975), 634.
  4. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers and Some of Their Relatives, Vol. 3 M-R, Compiled and written in collaboration with John Keith Lourens, (Seattle: Writers Publishing Service Co., 1984), 3051.

    Lawrence Edwards and Joy Edwards Davis, Old Speedwell Families: Revised and Updated (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1980), 440.

  5. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3056.
  6. Ibid., 3051. Lawrence Edwards and Joy Edwards Davis, Old Speedwell Families, 440.
  7. Sarah Rogers’ obituary, the original of which is in the Crawford’s Bible, which is currently in the possession of Patrick Henry Rogers’ great-granddaughter, Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe, 614 E. Old North Road, Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063.  The Bible, printed in 1854, was passed down to her from Patrick’s daughter Mary Ann, the sister of Mary Lea Forsythe’s grandfather (William F. Rogers).  Name and date of newspaper is not shown on obituary notice. There is no information written in the Bible; Sarah Rogers’ obituary was slipped between the pages.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3057.
  11. Ibid., 3057. Sarah Rogers’ obituary.
  12. Sarah Rogers’ obituary.
  13. Death certificate for Harriett Le Ann McNew, File No. 6054, Missouri Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, Missouri.
  14. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3051.
  15. Ibid., 3055.
  16. Bonnie M. Page, editor and compiler, Speedwell (Through 200 Years) (Clinton, Tennessee: Clinton Courier-News, 1985), title page.
  17. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3055.

    Death certificate for Patrick Henry Rogers, File No. 40227, Missouri Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, Missouri.

  18. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3055, 3057.
  19. Byron & Barbara Sistler, Early East Tennessee Marriages, Vol. 1,Grooms, (Nashville: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1987), 315.

     U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File, SO 397,283, SC 496,432; Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, DC. In this document Patrick gives the names of both wives, marriage dates, death date of his first wife, and the names and birth dates of his four living children.

  20. 1850 Census Tennesseee, Vol. 5, (Murpha Through Rudd), transcribed and indexed by Byron and Barbara Sistler, (Evanston, Illinois: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1975), [no page numbers].
  21. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 8; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  22. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers, 3003, 3005..

    Bonnie M. Page, editor and compiler, Speedwell (Through 200 Years), [page number not given].

  23. Bonnie M. Page, editor and compiler, Speedwell (Through 200 Years), [page number not given].
  24. Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens, Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers 3005.
  25. From information obtained from Solomon Lewis’ Daughters of the American Revolution file located in DAR library located at 1776 - 17th Street, Washington, DC.
  26. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 8; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  27. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  28. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 8; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.

  29. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.

  30. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 8; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.

    1870 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Dallas Co., Benton Twp., p. 122, nos. 54/54, National Archives Publication M593, roll 773.  Patrick is shown as “W. Rogers” but all members of the household match as well as Patrick’s age.

    1880 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D.119, Sheet 354, p. 19, nos. 152/155, National Archives Publication T9, roll 710.  Patrick is shown as “P.H. Rogers.”

  31. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 20 July 1885, 7; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  32. Enlistment and attached Declaration of Recruit, signed 5 October 1863; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers, Company B, 2nd. Regiment of the Kansas Cavalry Volunteers; Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, DC.

    Enlistment and attached Declaration of Recruit, signed 5 October 1863; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers, Company B, 2nd. Regiment of the Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, Record Group 94, National Archives, Washington, DC.

  33. Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Regimental Histories (Dayton: IHS/Morningside Books, 1979), 1181.
  34. Enlistment and attached Declaration of Recruit, signed 5 October 1863; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
  35. Ibid.
  36. Deposition of R.D. Watts, dated 23 November 1886, 1; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  37. Enlistment and attached Declaration of Recruit, signed 5 October 1863; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers.
  38. Roster of State of Kansas, Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Cavalry, Company B., page 84 from http://www.croswinds.net/~kansascavalry/CoB.html on 7 July 2001.
  39. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 11; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  40. Enlistment and attached Declaration of Recruit, signed 5 October 1863; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers.
  41. Detachment Muster Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Detachment Muster Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers. 
  42. Company Muster Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Company Muster Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers. 
  43. Company Muster-out Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Company Muster-out Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers. 
  44. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 9; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  45. Ibid., 9, 10.
  46. Company Returns; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers.
  47. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 9; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  48. Deposition of Dr. James E. Loafman, dated 23 July 1885; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  49. Company Returns; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Company Returns; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers.
  50. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 10; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  51. Ibid., 18.
  52. Letter from Special Examiner W.E. Dreffenaufer to Commissioner of Pensions in Washington, DC, dated 31 July 1885, 2-3; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  53. . . A Guide to County Records on Microfilmm (Jefferson City: Missouri State Archives, 1990), [pages are not numbered, but counties are arranged alphabetically].
  54. Special Order No. 117 dated 7 May 1864; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  55. Janet B. Hewett, editor, Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Part II - Records of Events, Vol. 21, Serial No. 33 (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1996), 189.
  56. U.S. Military Telegraph, dated 17 May 1864; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  57. Muster-Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Muster-Roll; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers.
  58. Janet B. Hewett, editor, Supplement to the Official Records,s,, 201-202.
  59. Company Descriptive Book; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for Patrick H. Rogers.
    Company Descriptive Book; Civil War (Union) Compiled Military Service Record for William F. Rogers. 
  60. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 7; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  61. Frederick H. Dyer, Regimental Histories, 1182.
  62. Letter from War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, DC, dated
    7 June 1887; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  63. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, dated 31 January 1885, from Special Examiner S.C. True, 5; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  64. Ibid.
  65. Copies of a set of seven half-page court documents received from the State of Missouri, Secretary of State, Missouri State Archives, Dallas County Circuit Court records, in the case of State of Missouri vs. P.H. Rodgers, 1st Day Regular March Term 1869, for Disturbing Peace of Family (four documents), and Felonious Assault (three documents).  Documents had no file or case number.
  66. Ibid.
  67. Ibid.
  68. State of Missouri, Secretary of State, Missouri State Archives response to a Genealogical Request from Helen Hoban Rogers, dated 10 August 1995.
  69. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 19; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  70. Ibid.
  71. Ibid.
  72. 1870 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Dallas Co., Benton Twp., p. 122, nos. 54/54, National Archives Publication M593, roll 773.  Patrick shows up as “W. Rogers” but all members of household match as well as Patrick’s age.
  73. N.R. Murray, compiler, Dallas County, Missouri Marriages (Salt Lake City: Hunting for Bears, Inc., 1986), 53.
  74. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  75. N.R. Murray, compiler, Dallas County, Missouri Marriages, 53.
  76. Ibid. 
  77. Deposition of Dr. J.L. Slanus, dated 25 July 1885, 1; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  78. Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 26th ed., (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995), 203.
  79. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
    N.R. Murray, compiler, Dallas County, Missouri Marriages, 53.
  80. Polk County MO Genealogical Society, History and Families Polk County Missouri(Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Co., 2004), 166.

    1900 U.S. Census (population), Oregon, Union Co., North Elgin Precinct., ED no. 127, sheet 2, line no. 33, National Archives Publication T623, roll 1352. oll 1352. 

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 44.

  81. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 20 July 1885, 13; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  82. Neighbor’s Affidavit of O.Q. Barbarick, dated 28 May 1884; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
    Deposition of Thomas B. Morrow, dated 20 July 1885; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
    Neighbor’s Affidavit of David F. Olinger, dated 21 July 1885;Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  83. Neighbor’s Affidavit of O.Q. Barbarick, dated 21 July 1885;Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
    Neighbor’s Affidavit of David F. Olinger dated 21 July 1885;Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  84. Information obtained on the www.rogers-ben.com website on August 18, 2002.
  85. N.R. Murray, compiler, Dallas County, Missouri Marriages, 53.
  86. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on July 20, 1885, 12; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  87. Map of Polk County Missouri, Copyright 1910, by Rand McNally & Co, in the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
  88. 1880 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D.119, Sheet 354, p. 19, nos. 152/155, National Archives Publication T9, roll 710.
  89. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 16; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  90. Declaration for an Original Invalid Pension, dated 21 September 1883; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  91. Original Invalid Claim; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  92. Ibid.
  93. Examining Surgeon’s Certificate, dated 21 November 1883; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.  Name of doctor can not be made out.
  94. Letter dated 31 January 1885 to The Commissioner of Pensions from Special Examiner S.C. True, 1; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  95. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on 24 January 1885, 15; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  96. Ibid., 12.
  97. Ibid., 16, 17.
  98. Ibid., 8.
  99. Ibid.
  100. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions from Special Examiner S.C. True, dated 31 January 1885, 3; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  101. Ibid.
  102. Statement given by Patrick H. Rogers on January 24, 1885, 15; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  103. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions from Special Examiner S.C. True, dated 31 January 1885, 3;  Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  104. Ibid. 
  105. Letter to the Commissioner of Pensions from Special Examiner W.E. Dreffenaufer, dated 31 July 1885; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  106. Ibid.
  107. Deposition of Elias S. Stover, 18 June 1886; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  108.  Deposition of R.D. Watts, dated 23 November 1885, 1; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  109. Letter from Special Examiner William L. Johnson to Commissioner of Pensions in Washington, DC, dated 30 March 1887; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  110. Deposition of Henry M. Willard, dated 30 March 1887; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  111. Surgeon’s Certificate, date of examination 7 September 1887; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  112. Original Invalid Claim;. Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  113. 1890 U.S. Census (Special Union Veteran/Widow of Civil War Schedule), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D. 154, p. 2, line 20, nos. 75/77, National Archives Publication M123, roll 30.
  114. Surgeon’s Certificate, date of examination 30 September 1891; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  115. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  116. Polk County MO Genealogical Society, History and Families Polk County Missouri, 166.
  117. 1900 U.S. Census (population), Oregon, Union Co., North Elgin Precinct., ED no. 127, sheet 2, line no. 33, National Archives Publication T623, roll 1352.
  118. Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.
    Polk County MO Genealogical Society, History and Families Polk County Missouri, 166.
  119. Declaration for Service Age Pension, dated 9 March 1907; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  120. 1910 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D.144, Sheet 14, nos. 220/222, National Archives Publication T624, roll 798.
  121. Polk County MO Genealogical Society, History and Families Polk County Missouri, 166.
  122. Declaration for Age Service Pension, dated 4 June 1912; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  123. Death certificate for Patrick Henry Rogers.

    124. Cause of death had something to do with Patrick’s heart and a ruptured gall bladder (cause of rupture unknown).  It appears he had a gall bladder operation two days before his death. The cause of death as interpreted by a doctor friend of Helen Hoban Rogers: Acute dilation of heart means that the heart suddenly became enlarged because it was over-stressed and could not pump effectively (impaired heart beat), due to an infection probably caused by a small gallstone rupturing the gall bladder which caused the infection.

  124. E-mail from great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry Rogers, Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe, to Helen Hoban Rogers, dated 13 December 1999.  Stated that Patrick lived with his daughter Mary Ann until his death.
  125. Death certificate for Patrick Henry Rogers.
  126. 1910 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D.144, Sheet 14, nos. 220/222, and nos. 221/223  National Archives Publication T624, roll 798.
  127. Death certificate for Patrick Henry Rogers.

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.

  128. Picture given to Helen Hoban Rogers by Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe (granddaughter of William F. Rogers and daughter of Charles “Charley” Newton Rogers) on her (Helen’s) visit to Sand Springs, OK in April 2003. 
  129. This information was provided to me by Ann Marie Gelven Rogers in an email dated August 17, 2002.  Her email address was Aanninelli@aol.com.  She was the wife of the second James Harrison Rogers, who was the great great grandson of Patrick Henry Rogers.
  130. Declaration for Widow’s Pension; William F. Rogers and Frances E. Rogers Civil War Pension File, W.O. 482682; Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, DC.
  131. Physician’s Affidavit of Dr. John F. Osborn, dated 29 July 1890; William F. Rogers and Frances E. Rogers Civil War Pension File.
  132. Letter dated 9 January 1981 from Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe (granddaughter of William F. Rogers) to Harlan Rogers (twin to Helen Hoban Rogers).
  133.  Letter to the Department of Interior, Commissioner Winfield Scott, in Washington, DC, dated 20 September 1928 from Laura Etta McKay of Galena Kansas; William F. Rogers and Frances E. Rogers Civil War Pension File.  Laura McKay identifies herself as the daughter of William F. Rogers and states her mother died four years ago.
  134. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions circular with questions, dated 4 August 1898; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  135. 1900 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D. 124, sheet 1, nos. 19/19, National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, roll 883. Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.
  136. Information obtained from www.rogers-ben.com website on August 18, 2002.
  137. 1900 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D. 124, sheet 1, nos. 19/19, National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, roll 883.
  138. Neighbor’s Affidavit of David F. Olinger, dated 21 July 1885; Patrick H. Rogers, Civil War Pension Application File.
  139. E-mail from Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe (great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry Rogers) to Helen Hoban Rogers on 10 December 1999.  Mary Lea also has James’ book on penmanship.
  140. Information obtained from www.rogers-ben.com website on August 18, 2002.

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.

  141. This information was provided to me by Ann Marie Gelven Rogers in an email dated August 17, 2002.  Her email address was Aanninelli@aol.com.  She was the wife of the second James Harrison Rogers, who was the great great grandson of Patrick Henry Rogers.
  142. 1900 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D. 124, sheet 2, nos.39/39, National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, roll 883.  Shows that Mary A. was the mother of zero children, and zero were living.

    E-mail from Mary Lea Rogers Forsythe (great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry Rogers) to Helen Hoban Rogers dated 30 November 1999. Statement that Mary Ann never had children of her own.

  143. 1900 U.S. Census (population), Missouri, Polk Co., Green Twp., E.D. 124, sheet 2, nos.39/39, National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, roll 883.
  144. E-mail from Mary Lea Rogers to Helen Hoban Rogers dated 10 December 1999.
  145. Polk County MO Genealogical Society, History and Families Polk County Missouri, 166.

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, pp. 44 and 45.

  146. Missouri death certificate (copy given to Helen Hoban Rogers in June 2003 by Mary Lea Forsythe) shows middle initial as “N.”  Death certificate probably shows the date of birth to be October 1860 instead of 1862 – 1862 is probably the correct date.  At time of death he was living at 4376 Forest Park, in St. Louis, Missouri.  Although Robert's death certificate says burial at Buffalo, Missouri, he is buried in Polk Co. in Breshears Cemetery, the same cemetery as his father, Patrick Henry Rogers.  

    Cemetery Directory of Polk County, Missouri, Compiled and Published by The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri, Inc. Bolivar, Missouri, August 1979, p. 146.

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