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These ladies, my Great
Aunts, were the daughters of
James Colmore Rogers b. 1845 in Nelson
County KY and
Eleen Tree Bush, b. 1843
dau of James Simpson
Bush and Mary Jane Adams of
Winchester, Clark County, KY.
James
was son of
William Hopkins Rogers and Lydia Lovelace.
Hopkins the
Grandson of Col James
J Rogers founder of Rogers Station near
Bardstown, Lydia the dau of remown
Baptist Minister Colmore Lovelace of Nelson County, KY.
I did not have photo's of their
Brothers,
namely Charlton Rogers who was
named after his Fathers best friend Charleton Morgan Brother of Gen
John
Hunt Morgan; Walter Deweese Rogers a Veteran of the Spanish
American War;
and youngest Brother Wilson Rogers a long time Vaudeville Star
performing as
"Jack" Rogers.
The
James Simpson Bush line came from John Bush, originally from
Frederick
VA., one of the four Bush Brothers that founded The Bush
Settlement, later
Winchester, KY.
The Rogers line came from
Matthew Rogers
of Hampshire County
VA, later WVA,
and his son Col James
Rogers, a pre
Revolutionary War Colonel of
Virginia
Militia, and later a Justice for what became Nelson County
KY.
I hope that the above will provide a background for the pictures
posted.
Old Hal, who incidentally has a birth name of
Harold Rogers Irving and is a
Grandson of Mayme Rogers Irving and Henry Louis Irving of Fayette
Co., KY For those helping me locate Nellie deLeuze last month,
an update on my search
Using the Obits several of you were kind enough to send
me I located Nellies Daughter in Fremont CA and contacted
her on the phone. She was very excited to hear of my search
for
Charles Bernard of GA (1861-1938) and his
unknown daughter supposed to be living in CA during the
1920-1930's.
Charles
was this lady's Great Grand Father that she never met and
knew little about.
Charles's daughter was named Lucy and was born in
Ohio in
1883 of a marriage between Charles and a Mary Anne lasting
1880-1891. Charles left the family
after the 1891 divorce and changed his name and never saw
any of them afterwards. How sad! Lucy married later in life
and moved to Berkley CA
with her husband, Mary Anne moved with them. Lucy had three
children. Her Mother, Mary Anne, passed on in 1951 followed
by Lucy in 1974. Lucy's
daughter, Nellie ( 1908-2004) married her grade school
chum's brother and had three children of wheich two are
still alive.
Nellie daughter and I have exchanged information, and
pictures from the early 1900's, and have begun a nice
friendship. We are currently in contact with Court Clerks
in Ohio to obtain additional information of both families.
I will end by telling you that Charles corresponded for
years with Lucy, exchanging photo's etc, as did my Great
Aunt who was Charles's second wife.
This corrspondance continued after Charles's death in 1938
with my Great Aunt writing to Lucy. Lucy was a legatee in
Great Aunt's Will in 1968.
As an afterthought: The lady from
Fremont has sent me photo's of my Great Aunt posing
for publicity purposes as the
leading lady
of Robert Campbells
Stock Company in
Chicago
for the 1903 season. Also a photo as Leading Lady of the
Chicago Petersons Stock Company for 1896.
Old Hal......His thanks to all of you taking the trouble to
help solve this
"mystery".... |
