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     James Denny Rodgers was born on 14 July 1856 at Mt. Joy, Cumberland Co., PA. He was the son of Rev. James Linn Rodgers and Hettie Burd Cochran. James Denny Rodgers was graduated at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He married Elizabeth Morris on 10 June 1891. Occupation: Manufacturing of electrical supplies. James Denny Rodgers lived in 1905 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He died on 22 March 1932 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 75 Obituary (Springfield Daily News, via Findagrave.com):

FORMER TELLER IN BANK DIES
James Denny Rodgers Succumbs at Age of 75 Years
Death claimed James Denny Rodgers, 75, at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Minear, 30 Roosevelt Dr. He was one of the city's prominent citizens, and for a number of years a teller in the former First National Bank.
He was the son of Rev. James L. and Hettie Rodgers and was born in Mt. Joy, Pa. He had spent all his life since early youth in Springfield and was educated in the Springfield public schools. He was a graduate of Wittenberg College.
He was a traveling salesman for The Safety Emery Wheel Co. of Springfield. He had been associated with The Lagonda Publishing Co. for the last 15 years until his recent death.
Mr. Rodgers was born July 14, 1856, and was married June 10, 1891, to Elizabeth Morris, who survives. He was a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Besides his widow are surviving two daughters, Mrs. James F. Minear, at whose home he died; and Mrs. Charles S. Passavant III, of Zelienople, Pa; a sister, Mrs. Mary Prothero, Detroit, Mich; four grandchildren, James Rodgers Minear, Martha Jane Minear, Elizabeth Randolph Passavant and Lillian Virginia Passavant.
The body may be viewed at the Herr and Craver Undertaking Parlors from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Minear, 30 Roosevelt Dr., at 2 p.m. Thursday in charge of Rev. Dr. Charles Ryan Adams, pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Burial will be made in Ferncliff Cemetery.


He was buried in March 1932 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Findagrave #35692144.

     James Denny Rodgers was born on 20 December 1846 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Richard Rodgers and Alice Greene. James Denny Rodgers died on 11 April 1847 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was buried in April 1847 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35694904.

     James Godman Rodgers was born on 14 August 1843 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Dr. Robert Rodgers and Effie Harrison. James Godman Rodgers married Ella Mary Ryerson, daughter of Martin Ryerson and Mary Conklin, on 5 October 1893.

     James H. Rodgers was born circa 1828 at Kentucky.¹ He was the son of Presley Rodgers and Elizabeth G. Foley. James H. Rodgers married Mary Ann Rector circa 1848.¹

     James Harvey Rodgers was born on 15 April 1885 at Montgomery Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Jacob Riley Rodgers and Nancy Virginia Powell.¹ James Harvey Rodgers married Nellie May Alderson, daughter of John Nickle Alderson and Margaret E. Poindexter, on 17 March 1920. James Harvey Rodgers died on 21 April 1969 at age 84. He was buried in April 1969 at Montgomery City Cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., MO.

     James Joshua Rodgers was born on 1 October 1774. He married Mary Snider on 9 September 1794 at Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY. James Joshua Rodgers died on 13 March 1843 at age 68.

     James Linn Rodgers was born on 10 September 1861 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. He was the son of Maj. Andrew Denny Rodgers and Eliza Griscom Sullivant. James Linn Rodgers married Frances Celia Fay, daughter of Frederick J. Fay and Celia A. Smith, on 25 October 1893 at Franklin Co., OH. James Linn Rodgers died on 8 February 1930 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 68

Obituary -- The Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio; Sunday, 9 FEB 1930, p.3 (Newspapers.com):

Ex-Consul to China Dies at Columbus Home

COLUMBUS, Feb. 8 -- Colonel James Linn Rodgers, 68, former United States consul general to China, died at his home here today following several months' illness which was caused by heart trouble.

Colonel Rodgers was appointed to the United States diplomatic service in 1905 by President Roosevelt. He served in Shanghai, Havana, and Montreal. He retired from active service three years ago.

He was also appointed as special agent of the United States government to the Carranza government by President Wilson.

Colonel Rodgers served as private secretary to Governor Bushnell and was on the staff of Governor McKinley. He was the son of Major and Mrs. Andrew Denny Rodgers, Columbus pioneers, and a great-grandson of Lucas Sullivant, one of the first settlers of the capital city.

Funeral services will be held Monday, from Trinity Episcopal church.

He was buried in February 1930 at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, Findagrave #46967906.

     James Linn Rodgers was born on 4 December 1888 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Robert Cochran Rodgers and Emma N. White. James Linn Rodgers began military service on 5 April 1917 WW I, Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve. He lived between 1938 and 1959 at Continental Road, Canterbury, Cornwall Twp., Orange Co., NY.² He married Ruth E. Rodgers. James Linn Rodgers died on 19 April 1969 at Brandon Hill, Montego Bay, St. James Par., Jamaica, at age 80 Report of Death of an American Citizen (Form FS-192), dated 10 JUN 1969, American Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica. Cause of death: Coronary Thrombosis. He was buried on 21 April 1969 at Pyle Cemetery, Montego Bay, St. James Par., Jamaica.

     Note: In May, 1857 he moved to Springfield, OH and together with Rev. Charles Sturdevant took charge of the Female Seminary of which he was its principal. In 1857 he became sole proprietor and continued so until 1871. While with the Seminary, he preached around Ohio. After severing his ties with it in 1871, he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yellow Springs -- his last regular charge. He resigned there about 1881 but preached whenever he could until his death. He died of heart failure. He is claimed by the Middle Springs Church as one of her own, having been baptized by Rev. John Moody, D.D.

From "The McKinney-Brady-Quigley Families" by Belle McKinney Hays Swope, printed 1905, pp. 235, 268.

Rev. James Linn Rodgers was born on 5 May 1827 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., PA. He was the son of James Rodgers and Jane Linn. Rev. James Linn Rodgers was graduated in 1847 at Jefferson College, Canonsburgh, Washington Co., PA. He was degree in 1850 at Princeton Theological Seminary. He married Hettie Burd Cochran, daughter of Robert Cochran and Eliza Linn, on 20 May 1850. Rev. James Linn Rodgers was ordained on 2 May 1851 at Presbytery of Donegal and Mt. Joy, PA. Occupation: Presbyterian minister, pastor of the old First Presbyterian Church of Springfield.² He died on 21 January 1895 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 67. He was buried on 23 January 1895 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Findagrave #35691278.

     James Linn Rodgers Jr. was born on 3 May 1896. He was the son of James Linn Rodgers and Frances Celia Fay. James Linn Rodgers Jr. died on 24 February 1955 at age 58. He was buried in February 1955 at Green Lawn Cemetery, Lot 47, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, Findagrave #46967907.

     Jane Rodgers was born on 16 July 1864 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. She was the daughter of Maj. Andrew Denny Rodgers and Eliza Griscom Sullivant. Jane Rodgers married Frank E. Keyes, son of Eli Nathan Keyes and Elizabeth K. Little, on 20 November 1884. Jane Rodgers married Leigh Holmes Elliott on 29 January 1913 at Nassau Co., NY. Jane Rodgers lived at Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH. She died on 27 September 1941 at Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH, at age 77. She was buried in 1941 at Gates Mills South Cemetery, Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Findagrave #25892145.

     Jane Rodgers was buried at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH. She was born in 1813 at West Hanover, Dauphin Co., PA. She was the daughter of Robert Rodgers and Isabella Carr. Jane Rodgers married Joseph Barnett on 9 April 1839 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.

     Jane C. P. Rodgers was born circa 1905 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Addison Sturgeon Rodgers and Ann Trigg Payne Hargis.¹

     Jane Ellen Rodgers was born in 1840. She was the daughter of Dr. Robert Rodgers and Effie Harrison.

     Jay Raymond Rodgers was born on 31 March 1924 at Bronxville, Westchester Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Paul Cochran Rodgers and Jane Raymond. Jay Raymond Rodgers lived in 1971 at Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL. He married Shirley Bell. Jay Raymond Rodgers died on 10 February 1982 at Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL, at age 57. He was buried in February 1982 at Evergreen Rest Cemetery, Thetford Center, Orange Co., VT, Findagrave #213337758.

     Jean Rodgers married George Crain. Jean Rodgers was born. She was the daughter of William Rodgers.

     Jennie Rodgers was the daughter of John Carr Rodgers and Eliza Brown. Jennie Rodgers died at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.

     Jeremiah Rodgers married an unknown person . He was born. He was the son of William Rodgers.

     John Rodgers was the son of Jeremiah Rodgers. John Rodgers began military service Served with distinction in War of 1812, per family tradition.¹

     John Rodgers was born circa 1834 at Ohio.¹ He married Lucinda A. Weaver. John Rodgers lived on 29 July 1870 at Ripley Twp., Huron Co., OH, farming.¹ He died before 29 July 1880 at Jefferson Twp., Whitley Co., IN. He was buried at Jefferson Chapel Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley Co., IN, Findagrave #44433305.

     John Alexander Rodgers was born on 25 December 1812 at Gallia Co., OH. He married Christina McCormick, daughter of James McCormick and Rachel Niswonger.¹ John Alexander Rodgers died on 31 January 1887 at Gallia Co., OH, at age 74. He was buried in February 1897 at Bethel Cemetery, Addison Twp., Gallia Co., OH, Findagrave #58952679.

     John Carr Rodgers died at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He married Eliza Brown. John Carr Rodgers was born in 1814 at West Hanover, Dauphin Co., PA. He was the son of Robert Rodgers and Isabella Carr.

     Occupation: Medical Doctor. Dr. John Harrison Rodgers was graduated at Studied medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. He was born on 19 August 1834 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Dr. Robert Rodgers and Effie Harrison. Dr. John Harrison Rodgers was graduated in 1853 at Miami University, Oxford, Butler Co., OH. He married Jane Mitchell Sturgeon on 21 May 1857 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA. Dr. John Harrison Rodgers began military service in 1861 Union Army, Assistant Surgeon, 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was Springfield, Clark Co., OH.

     John Harvey Rodgers Jr. was born circa 1920 at Missouri. He was the son of James Harvey Rodgers and Nellie May Alderson. John Harvey Rodgers Jr. began military service on 16 July 1942 WW II, private, U.S. Army.

     John Samuel Rodgers was born circa 1855 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Alexander Rodgers and Christina McCormick.¹ John Samuel Rodgers died in 1924.

     John Thomas Rodgers was born on 5 August 1899 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of William Bower Rodgers and Katherine Hall Pringle. John Thomas Rodgers began military service on 16 October 1918 at Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, Students' Army Training Corps, Private. He lived on 4 April 1930 at Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ. Occupation: Teacher, St. John College in 1934 at Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MD. He died on 22 December 1961 at Washington, District of Columbia, at age 62 Obituary, Springfield Daily News, Saturday, December 23, 1961 (via findagrave.com):

JOHN THOMAS RODGERS
John Thomas Rodgers, 62, of Washington, D. C., died in a hospital there at 2:30 a.m. Friday.
Mr. Rodgers was an employe of the Library of Congress. He was graduated from Springfield High School and received his bachelor's degree in 1921 from Princeton University.
A native of Springfield, he was born Aug. 5, 1899, the son of William B. and Katherine Pringle Rodgers. He was the grandson of Dr. John Rodgers and great-grandson of Dr. Robert Rodgers, early residents of Springfield.
Survivors are five cousins, Mrs. Alice Bahman and Richard Rodgers of Springfield, Miss Eleanor Rodgers of Cambridge, Mass., Francis Rodgers with Princeton University and William Pringle of Ohio.
His body was taken to the Robert Lee funeral home in Washington, D. C., for services at 10 a.m. Tuesday. It will then be held in Ferncliff Cemetery at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. William Meyer of Northminster Presbyterian Church officiating.

He was buried on 26 December 1961 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35717365.

     John W. Rodgers was born in 1803 at Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca Gilkey on 31 October 1823.

     Joseph Rodgers was born on 19 July 1871 at Ripley Twp., Huron Co., OH, per Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011. 1900 census shows 1872, however it also shows that he was first listed as 28 years of age, then the "8" was overwritten with a "7".^2,3 He was the son of John Rodgers and Lucinda A. Weaver.² Joseph Rodgers lived on 8 June 1900 at Jefferson Twp., Whitley Co., IN.³ He married Bertha Belle Malotte, daughter of Joseph Orlando Malotte and Samantha Turner, on 2 September 1902 at Whitley Co., IN. Joseph Rodgers lived on 26 April 1910 at 214 Jackson Street, Columbia, Whitley Co., IN, laborer, ditching.¹ He died after April 1910

Joseph Rodgers was listed as age 28 in the 1910 census -- an error of 10 years. He was born in 1871, as per the Huron County, Ohio birth record and the 1880 and 1900 censuses. It is most curious that he and his wife Bertha were listed living together with their four children in April, 1910, and yet Bertha remarried to William Judson Windle six months later in November of the same year. No later evidence of this Joseph Rodgers has been found -- his parents and his son Willard are buried in Columbia City. His fate is unknown. DLB 2019.

     Rev. Joseph H. Rodgers was born circa 1862 at Pennsylvania.¹ He married Gertrude Alice Pope, daughter of Dr. Fenelon F. H. Pope and Laura Eleanor Clippinger, circa 1907.¹ Rev. Joseph H. Rodgers died before January 1920.

     Joseph P. Rodgers was born circa June 1909 at Adams Co. (probably), OH.¹ He was the son of Rev. Joseph H. Rodgers and Gertrude Alice Pope.¹ Joseph P. Rodgers lived in January 1920 at 2622 Stanton Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH.²
Note: Not found in censuses after 1920.