Individual Details

Elisha Rodgers

(14 Apr 1812 - 4 Mar 1900)

Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical says "Mr. Rodgers was an early settler of Vermillion and Warren Counties. He resides four miles northwest of Covington on a good farm of 393 acres, 200 of which are well cultivated, producing wheat, corn, oats and hay; he has also engaged largely in stock-raising. The site of this farm was once a flourishing city called Baltimore, at which period steamers plowed the Wabash, and railroads were almost unknown. Mr. Rodgers was Postmaster of this town for twenty-five years; he was also Trustee, Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner during the late war. In 1881, he built a fine brick residence, costing $5,000, and commanding a grand view of the Wabash River and adjoining country. Mr. Rodgers is an able and influential citizen, an advocate of temperance and education, having himself built on his premises a fine schoolhouse, a monument to him and a blessing to the township."

Information about Baltimore is given on page 113: "This town was laid out in November, 1829, on the southwest fraction of the north half of Section 21, Township 20 north, Range 9 west, . . . It was situated on the bank of the Wabash in Mound Township and had a wharf where vessels landed and loaded their cargoes of freight and humanity. . . . In 1837, A. & E. Rogers engaged in the mercantile pursuit. . . . The Rogers Brothers and Taylor & Cunningham were yet in business in 1839. . . . the death of the town became a certainty. The mechanics who had ventured there in prosperous days, now quietly departed for more promising fields, and the epitaph of Carthage was written for Baltimore. The highway of water gradually ceased to be traveled as in earlier years; the business men, one by one, left; families removed, and at last after many years, the town that once gave much promise was left to the sole habitation of the batrachians [batrachians are vertebrate amphibians without tails, such as frogs and toads].

Events

Birth14 Apr 1812East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Census1840Warren, Indiana, United States
Marriage3 Sep 1840Warren, Indiana, United States - Juliet Evans
Census1850Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Marriage1 Sep 1850Warren, Indiana, United States - Mary Ann Maudy
Census1860Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Census1870Mound & Kent Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Census1880Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Living1888Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Death4 Mar 1900
BurialRodgers Cemetery, Kent Township, Warren, Indiana, United States

Families

SpouseJuliet Evans ( - 1849)
ChildMelissa Rodgers (1842 - )
ChildElizabeth Rogers (1848 - 1851)
SpouseMary Ann Maudy (1830 - 1916)
ChildSarah Jane Rodgers (1852 - )
ChildGeorge Washington Rodgers (1854 - 1864)
ChildEmily Rodgers (1855 - )
ChildJohn C. Fremont Rodgers (1856 - 1857)
ChildMartha Washington Rodgers (1860 - 1920)
ChildAbraham Lincoln Rodgers (1860 - )
ChildRosa "Rose Ann" Rodgers (1863 - 1948)
ChildPeter Moudy Rodgers (1866 - 1951)
ChildRodgers ( - 1883)
ChildRodgers ( - 1883)
FatherAllen Rogers (1793 - 1859)
MotherSarah Warner (1792 - 1860)
SiblingDaniel Rogers (1814 - 1845)
SiblingJonathan M. Rogers (1814 - 1886)
SiblingJabez Rogers (1818 - 1877)
SiblingJohn Rogers (1820 - 1888)
SiblingHannah Rogers ( - 1846)
SiblingSamuel Rogers (1822 - 1883)
SiblingSarah Jane Rogers (1833 - 1888)
SiblingMary J. Rogers (1834 - 1887)

Notes

Census

Census return shows two males in household aged 20 to 30.

Marriage

His name is given as Elisha Rodgers and hers as Juliet Evans.

Census

His name is given as Elisha Rodgers, his occupation as farmer and his real estate is valued at $2,800.

Marriage

His name is given as Elisha Rodgers and hers as Mary Ann Maudy.

Census

His name is given as Elisha Rodgers and his occupation as "farm." His real estate is valued at $5,250 and his personal estate at $900.

Census

His name is given as Elisha Rodgers, his occupation as farmer, his real estate is valued at $9,625 and his personal estate at $2,435.

Census

His name is given as Elisha Rogers and his occupation as farmer.

Living

"He owns a fine farm of about 500 acres . . . "

Endnotes

1. Elisha Rodgers household, 1860 U.S. census, Baltimore and Covington P.O., Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 665, household 616, family 626; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-653, Reel 305..

2. Elisha Rodgers household, 1850 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 16, household 101, family 101; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-432, Reel 178..

3. Elisha Rodgers household, 1870 U.S. census, Williamsport P.O., Mound & Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 328, household 670, family 650; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-593, Reel 368..

4. Elisha Rogers household, 1880 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, E.D. 67, page 133D, household 69, family 69; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-9, Reel 320..

5. [No author], Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey, 1883), 176.

6. Grover C. Williams, "Rodgers Cemetery," Illiana Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 1967): page 102.

7. Biographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana (Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1888).

8. Elisha Rogers household, 1840 U.S. census, Warren Co., Indiana, Page 90; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-704, Reel 97..

9. Rodgers-Evans marriage, 3 Sep 1840, Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892, Ancestry.com: Provo, UT. Original Data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 [database online], Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. ..

10. [No author], Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey, 1883), 176.

11. Elisha Rodgers household, 1850 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 16, household 101, family 101; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-432, Reel 178..

12. Elisha Rodgers household, 1860 U.S. census, Baltimore and Covington P.O., Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 665, household 616, family 626; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-653, Reel 305..

13. Elisha Rodgers household, 1870 U.S. census, Williamsport P.O., Mound & Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 328, household 670, family 650; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-593, Reel 368..

14. Elisha Rogers household, 1880 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, E.D. 67, page 133D, household 69, family 69; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-9, Reel 320..

15. Rodgers-Maudy marriage, 1 Sep 1850, Marriages through 1850, Indiana State Library: Indianapolis, Indiana. Online at http://199.8.200.229/db/marriages_display.asp?ID=255330.

16. [No author], Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey, 1883), 176.

17. Elisha Rodgers household, 1860 U.S. census, Baltimore and Covington P.O., Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 665, household 616, family 626; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-653, Reel 305..

18. Elisha Rodgers household, 1870 U.S. census, Williamsport P.O., Mound & Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, Page 328, household 670, family 650; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-593, Reel 368..

19. Elisha Rogers household, 1880 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, E.D. 67, page 133D, household 69, family 69; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-9, Reel 320..

20. Biographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana (Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1888).

21. Mary A. Rogers household, 1900 U.S. census, Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana, E.D. 120, page 8B, household 175, family 176; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 411..

22. Grover C. Williams, "Rodgers Cemetery," Illiana Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 1967): page 102.

23. Grover C. Williams, "Rodgers Cemetery," Illiana Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 1967): page 102.