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     Josiah Rodgers was born in 1826 at Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Crane on 11 June 1850 at Cass Co., IN. Josiah Rodgers died in 1854 at Cass Co., IN. He was buried in 1854 at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass Co., IN.

     Julia Ann Rodgers married Samuel Stillman Dewey.

     Louise Rodgers was born on 26 July 1886 at New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH. She was the daughter of George Greene Rodgers and Sarah Bacon. Louise Rodgers died on 26 November 1993 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 107 Obituary, Springfield News-Sun, Sunday, November 28, 1993 (via findagrave.com):

LOUISE RODGERS
Louise Rodgers, 107, died on November 26, 1993 in the Wesley Glen Retirement Center in Columbus, Ohio. Miss Rodgers was born on July 26, 1886 in New Carlisle, the daughter of George G. and Sarah (Bacon) Rodgers. Her family moved to Springfield when she was a year old. She is was the last living member of her immediate family.
In the 1920's she worked at The Book Shop in downtown Springfield on East High Street for ten years. Miss Rodgers retired from Wrens Balcony Bookstore in 1952 after serving as the manager for twelve years.
Miss Rodgers was a member of the Northminster Presbyterian Church and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by two close friends, Thelma Lester of Springfield and Barbara and Dr. Michael Williams of Ashland, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Alice Rodgers Muzzy.
Graveside services will be held on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Ferncliff Cemetery with the Dr. Michael Williams officiating. The family is being served by the Littleton & Rue Funeral Home.

She was buried in November 1993 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35721712.

     Lucinda Winwood Rodgers was born on 4 November 1908 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Sinclair Rodgers and Edith Ann Winwood.¹ Lucinda Winwood Rodgers married Alfred Burton Closson, son of Henry Burton Closson and Mary Ann Nixon, on 15 June 1929. Lucinda Winwood Rodgers lived in April 1940 at 517 Maxwell, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. She died on 28 December 1954 at age 46 Obituary (Findagrave.com):

There were misty eyes Wednesday among scores of the Cincinnati areas's less fortunate families. They mourned the untimely death of their Lady Bountiful, Mrs. Lucinda Rodgers Closson. The wife of A. Burton Closson, president of the A. B. Closson Jr., Co., 421-423 Race Street, interior furnishers and decorators, she died Tuesday night at the age of 46 at Holmes Hospital. She suffered from the same illness that last year took a friend of the family, Senator Robert A. Taft. She had been seriously ill since Sept. 1. Her home was at 8505 Shawnee Run Road, Indian Hill. MRS. CLOSSON'S activities in her private charities and in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Terrace Park, and earlier in Calvary Episcopal Church, Clifton, formed a continuing interest all her married life. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinclair Rodgers, Springfield, O. She attended Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn. MRS. CLOSSON was a board member and past president of the Women's Exchange and a board member of the Widows and Old Men's Home, Walnut Hills. Active in society circles, Mrs. Closson also was a member of the Colonial Dames, Junior League and Indian Hill Garden Club. Besides her husband, who is active in a number of local organizations, she leaves a son, A. Burton Closson III, and one sister, Mrs. Richard Bahman, Springfield. A graduate of Yale, the son returned from the Harvard School of Business Administration in November when his mother's illness became critical.

FUNERAL SERVICES have tentatively been set for Friday afternoon in St. Thomas Church, with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. The family requests that, instead of flowers, friends send contributions to the Laboratory of Hematology, University of Cincinnati, or St. Thomas Church.

She was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Findagrave #78909190.

     Manley Riley Rodgers was born on 11 September 1912 at Montgomery Co., MO. He was the son of Thomas Powell Rodgers and Jennie James Smith. Manley Riley Rodgers died on 8 September 1978 at St. Louis Co., MO, at age 65 OBITUARY - Montgomery City Standard (MO); 14 Sept. 14, 1978:

M. E. RODGERS
Services for Manley Riley Rodgers, 65, of Montgomery City were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Montgomery City United Methodist Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Charles Millner officiating.
Mrs. Karen Miller was vocalist with Mrs. E. Boone Schlanker as organist.
Interment was in the Montgomery City Cemetery with the following as pallbearers: Don Truitt, Harold Landrum, John Franklin Miller, Burt Miller, John Harness and Wendell Bishop.
The Schlanker Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
He died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital West in St. Louis County following an extended illness.
Mr. Rodgers was born Sept. 11, 1912, near Montgomery City, where he spent his entire life. He is the son of Thomas Powell and Jennie Smith Rodgers. On Aug. 18, 1940, he married the former Betty Marie Rhoads who survives at home.
Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Anne Bernat; two grandchildren, Christina Ann and Eric Wayne Bernat; and one son-in-law, Otto L. Bernat all of Montgomery City.
Mr. Rodgers was an agent for the Columbia Mutual Insurance Co. and a retired farmer. he was the director of the First National Mercantile Bank at Montgomery City and currently was serving as its vice-president.
Mr. Rodgers was a member of the Montgomery City United Methodist Presbyterian Church and was active in the Montgomery City Lions Club.


He was buried in September 1978 at Montgomery City Cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., MO.

     Margaret Rodgers was born on 13 May 1777 at Cumberland Co., PA, SAR Application of Donald Crossley Smith, approved 17 FEB 1953. She was the daughter of Richard Rodgers and Rachel Denny. Margaret Rodgers married John Peebles, son of William Peebles and Elizabeth Finley, on 17 November 1795 at Cumberland Co., PA. Margaret Rodgers died on 22 November 1846 at Hanging Rock, Lawrence Co., OH, at age 69. She was buried in November 1846 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 39573965.

     Martha Rodgers was born on 5 July 1860 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Alexander Rodgers and Christina McCormick.¹ Martha Rodgers died on 10 April 1884 at Gallia Co., OH, at age 23. She was buried in April 1884 at Bethel Cemetery, Addison Twp., Gallia Co., OH, Findagrave #58952110.

     Martha Beryl Rodgers was born on 25 December 1883 at Colebrook, Ashtabula Co., OH. She married Adelbert Hayse Cook. Martha Beryl Rodgers died on 17 December 1966 at Ashtabula Co., OH, at age 82. She was buried in December 1966 at North Colebrook Cemetery, New Lyme, Ashtabula Co., OH, Findagrave #36338131.

     Martha Burton Rodgers was born on 30 July 1892 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. She was the daughter of James Denny Rodgers and Elizabeth Morris. Martha Burton Rodgers married James Ford Minear, son of Nathan O. Minear and Georgia Victoria Darnes, on 10 June 1913 at Clark Co., OH. Martha Burton Rodgers lived on 3 January 1920 at 501 Woodlawn Avenue, Springfield, Clark Co., OH.¹ She died in October 1968 at Palm Beach Co., FL, at age 76.

     Mary Rodgers was born on 2 August 1801 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of James Rodgers and Jennet Quigley. Mary Rodgers married Isaac Ward, son of William Ward and Polly Harrison, on 1 April 1823. Mary Rodgers died on 10 August 1878 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 77.

     Mary Grand-Girard Rodgers was born on 9 July 1869 at Chariton, Lucas Co., IA. She was the daughter of Thomas Scott Rodgers and Lavinia Frederica Grand-Girard. Mary Grand-Girard Rodgers married Samuel Clark Porter, son of Robert Porter and Mary Stewart, on 5 June 1895 at Lucas Co., IA. Mary Grand-Girard Rodgers lived on 29 June 1900 at Chariton, Lucas Co., IA.¹ She lived on 21 April 1910 at 157 North Abby Street, Fresno, Fresno Co., CA.² She died on 25 November 1941 at Fresno Co., CA, at age 72.

     Mary Ward Rodgers was born on 4 May 1862 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. She was the daughter of Rev. James Linn Rodgers and Hettie Burd Cochran. Mary Ward Rodgers married Frank Wilby Prothero, son of John Prothero and Caroline F. Scarff, on 21 July 1890. Mary Ward Rodgers lived between 1900 and 1905 at Muncie, Delaware Co., IN. She died on 19 November 1934 at Highland Park, Wayne Co., MI, at age 72

Obituary -- Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday, 20 NOV 1934, p.9 (Newspapers.com):

Mrs. Mary R. Prothero
A heart attack, after an illness of two weeks, resulted in the death Monday of Mrs. Mary Rodgers Prothero, 71 years old, of 29 Highland Ave., Highland Park.

Mrs. Prothero, a daughter of the Rev. James L. Rodgers, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Springfield, O. She attended a finishing school at Bergen Point, N.J., and after returning to Springfield, moved to Marshall, Mich. Twenty years ago she and her husband, Frank W., now deceased, came to Detroit.

She leaves three daughters, Miss Hetty Prothero, with whom she lived; Mrs. G. G. Germaine and Mrs. C. V. Burnett. The body will be at the William R. Hamilton Chapel, 3975 Cass Ave., until Tuesday morning, when it will be taken to Springfield for services and burial.

She was buried in November 1934 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Findagrave #35692287.

     Mathilda Rodgers was the daughter of John Carr Rodgers and Eliza Brown.

     Cause of death: Arteriosclerosis. Nelle White Rodgers was born on 6 December 1872 at Chariton, Lucas Co., IA. She was the daughter of Thomas Scott Rodgers and Lavinia Frederica Grand-Girard. Nelle White Rodgers married Rev. William Braden Gillespie on 29 June 1898 at Chariton, Lucas Co., IA. Nelle White Rodgers died on 8 July 1952 at Lynwood, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 79. She was buried on 12 July 1952 at Belmont Memorial Park Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno Co., CA.

     Olive Kirkendall Rodgers was born on 25 September 1905 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. She was the daughter of Archibald Rodgers and Olive Dell Kirkendall. Olive Kirkendall Rodgers married Earl Sylvester Wendell, son of William Sherman Wendell and Rosa Marie Bragg, on 12 May 1925 at Akron, Summit Co., OH; license applied for and issued in Wayne County, Ohio, approved by Probate Judge Charles C. Jones on 12 MAY 1925. Ceremony by William Henry Huber, Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Akron, Ohio, on 12 MAY 1925. Certificate filed and recorded on 15 MAY 1925 by Judge Charles C. Jones. Olive Kirkendall Rodgers died on 25 October 1982 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 77 OBITUARY - Springfield (Ohio) News - Tuesday, October 26, 1982

MRS. OLIVE R. WENDELL, 76, of 111 Sunrise Terrace, New Carlisle, died Monday in Belle Manor Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, in July, 1968. She was a member of the Honey Creek United Presbyterian Church and the Seniors Citizens Club, both of New Carlisle. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Olive) Boyd, Bristol, Virginia; a son, Earl Wade (Bud) Wendell, Nashville, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Trostel-Chapman Funeral Home, New Carlisle, with the Rev. Joseph Quinn officiating, and burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. She was buried in 1982 at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 47993918.
Note: When Grandma Wendell came to visit, she kind of took over the house. I remember that she would whip out a kleenex at the first sight of a grubby kid's face, and proceed to scrub right down to the dermis if that's what it took to get us clean (which it probably did!). We were in awe of her, but there was never a minute of doubt about her love of us. (DLB 2005.)

     Paul Cochran Rodgers was born on 20 February 1896 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of William Rodgers and Josephine Ray Paul. Paul Cochran Rodgers was educated on 24 June 1908; Graduate, Winthrop Center School, Winthrop, Massachusetts, as reported in the 24 JUN 1908 issue of The Boston Globe, page 13. Paul's essay was entitled "The Union Soldier". He lived on 5 June 1917 at 721 Burns Avenue, Wyoming, Hamilton Co., OH, WW I draft regstration. He married Jane Raymond on 11 May 1918 at Hamilton Co., OH. Paul Cochran Rodgers lived on 17 April 1930 at Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH, Sales manager, gas tanks.¹ He lived in 1942 at Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH, employed by Cooperative Displays, Inc. -- WW II draft registration. He was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery, Section A, Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He died on 25 June 1971 at Thetford, Orange Co., VT, at age 75.

     Dr. Paul Cochran Rodgers was born on 20 June 1920 at Belmont, Middlesex Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Paul Cochran Rodgers and Jane Raymond. Dr. Paul Cochran Rodgers lived on 17 April 1930 at Glendale, Hamilton Co., OH.¹ He married Marjorie Stone Welter on 3 August 1945 at Riverside Church Chapel, New York City, NY; ceremiony by Rev. William H. Hudnut, Jr. Reported in the 31 JUL 1945 issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer, page 9 (Newspapers.com). Dr. Paul Cochran Rodgers lived on 10 April 1950 at 22 West 706 Street, Orangetown, Rockland Co., NY, English teacher, Hunter College.² He died on 11 July 2010 at age 90

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Rodgers, Paul C., PhD
Jun 20, 1920 - Jul 11, 2010

Preceded in death by first wife, Marjorie Stone Welter (Rodgers). Survived by wife, Mary Lee Moldenhauer; children: Merry Wood, Wendy Clark, Tim Rodgers, Becky Aldinger and Ted Rodgers; 12 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; stepchildren: Kathy (Moldenhauer) Roselius, Elizabeth Moldenhauer and Jim Moldenhauer; 2 step-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Friday, 2pm-3pm, followed by SERVICES at 3pm at the West Center Chapel. Memorials to American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.

Published by Omaha World-Herald from Jul. 12 to Jul. 16, 2010.

He was buried in July 2010 at Harrington Cemetery, Bristol, Lincoln Co., ME, Findagrave #238044555.
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My grandmother, Olive K. (Rodgers) Wendell, was aware that a distant cousin was a professor at Wittenberg College in Springfield, and at some point while she lived at New Carlisle and was still driving, in the 1970s, arranged to meet Paul Rodgers. She reported to the family that he was a very nice and highly educated man with a number of adult children.

In the early 2000s, when I had begun researching family history and was posting on rootsweb.com mailing lists and other emerging Internet genealogy fora, Paul Rodgers made contact with me. We had a pleasant telephone conversation and he invited me to his home in Springfield for a visit.

I found Paul an excellent conversationalist and interesting personality. He had lost his wife to cancer a couple years previously, and had himself been diagnosed with a throat cancer and was recovering from surgical removal of some salivary glands. He found himself at a point where he needed to shut down his house and get into a downsized living arrangement. After getting to know each other a bit, he showed me his great-grandfather, Rev. James Rodgers', office chair from the Springfield Presbyterian Female Seminary, which Paul had inherited from his father. He asked me if I would like to have it and care for it. I was slightly shocked, and asked if any of his children wouldn't be a better recipient. He told me they were widely dispersed geographically, except for a son there in Springfield, and none of them showed any interest in the family history or heirlooms. So I did accept the offer and took that chair home where I lived in Fairborn.

The chair was in very worn condition, although its original Victorian design and qualities were visible. I kept it safely stored for a couple of years until after we relocated to Centerville, Ohio. Then I took it to the same furniture refinisher who had refurbished the antique Victorian loveseat from my great-grandparents Rodgers, and also the antique chair from the Rodgers home in Valleyview, Ohio, which my mother remembered from her girlhood. He had enough of the fabric from the loveseat project left over that he was able to use it to refurbish the office chair. He did a beautiful job on that chair and it is a cherished piece of our living room furniture today. DLB 2023.

     Presley Rodgers was born on 1 April 1803 at Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY.¹ He was the son of James Joshua Rodgers and Mary Snider. Presley Rodgers married Elizabeth G. Foley on 6 July 1823, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records, by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Lexington, KY 1929, p.292.¹ Presley Rodgers died on 21 December 1866 at Montgomery Co., MO, at age 63. He was buried in December 1866 at Montgomery City Cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery Co., MO.

     Rachel Rodgers was born on 15 November 1804 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of James Rodgers and Jennet Quigley.
Note: unmarried as of 1850 census. Rachel Rodgers died on 21 February 1895 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 90.¹

     Rachel Rodgers was the daughter of Richard Rodgers and Rachel Denny.

     Rachel Ellen Rodgers was born on 18 July 1852 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. She was the daughter of Richard Rodgers and Alice Greene. Rachel Ellen Rodgers died on 5 April 1864 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 11. She was buried in April 1864 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35694965.

     Rebecca Rodgers was the daughter of William Allen Rodgers.

     Rebecca Allen Rodgers was born on 1 May 1805. She was the daughter of Robert Rodgers and Effie Allen. Rebecca Allen Rodgers married Thomas Mitchell McCormick on 14 December 1826 at Dauphin Co., PA. Rebecca Allen Rodgers died in 1885 at Clinton, Clinton Co., IA. She was buried at Clinton, Clinton Co., IA.

     Richard Rodgers was born in 1733.² He was the son of William Rodgers. Richard Rodgers lived at Cumberland Co., PA.¹ He married Rachel Denny, daughter of William Denny and Sarah Henderson. Richard Rodgers died on 11 September 1804 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland (now Dauphin) Co., PA, or 16 September, per Swope.² He was buried in September 1804 at Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Middle Spring, Cumberland Co., PA, Find A Grave Memorial# 44304228.

     Richard Rodgers was born on 13 November 1799 at Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.¹ He was the son of James Rodgers and Jennet Quigley. Richard Rodgers lived in 1833, Moved to Springfield, Clark Co., OH.² He married Alice Greene, daughter of Ephraim Greene Jr. and Sarah H. Armstrong, on 30 July 1844.² Richard Rodgers was Presbyterian. Occupation: Postmaster; owned quarries and lime kilns near Springfield, OH. He died on 20 August 1871 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH, at age 71 per headstone. Swobe book shows 15 AUG 1871.² He was buried in August 1871 at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35694829.

     Richard Henry Rodgers was born on 23 September 1836 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Dr. Robert Rodgers and Effie Harrison. Richard Henry Rodgers married Alice Kilgore, daughter of Hon. Daniel Kilgore and Ellen Downey, on 21 June 1866. Occupation: Director, First National Bank of Springfield in 1905.

     Richard Mast Rodgers was born on 16 December 1896 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Charles Kilgore Rodgers and Florence Mast.

     Robert Rodgers was born circa 1778 at Dauphin Co., PA. He was the son of Lieut. Andrew Rodgers and Jane Henderson. Robert Rodgers married Effie Allen, daughter of Col. William Allen and Rebecca Green, on 16 February 1804 at Dauphin Co., PA. Robert Rodgers married Isabella Carr, daughter of John Carr and Jane Wallace, on 14 May 1812 at Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Neshaminy, Bucks Co., PA, The marriage, with date, is listed in the compiled marriages of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, however the actual ceremony location was undoubtedly at Neshaminy. Robert Rodgers married Elizabeth Wilson on 18 March 1851. Robert Rodgers died in 1854 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.

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

     Robert Rodgers was born on 9 January 1866 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH. He was the son of Dr. John Harrison Rodgers and Jane Mitchell Sturgeon. Robert Rodgers died on 14 July 1866 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.