Name |
Ferdinand Arthur Rogers [1] |
Prefix |
Capt. |
Relationship | with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
|
Born |
1832 |
Ohio [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Ashby's District, Fauquier Co., Virginia |
- aged 17, born in Virginia
|
Census |
1860 |
Cole Bank, Palestine Twp., Cooper Co., Missouri |
- aged 27, born in Ohio; famer
|
Military Service |
He is included on the Civil War page. According to the History of Cooper County, Missouri, by W. F. Johnson:
"Capt. Rogers was born in 1832 and died in 1879. He had the honor of being the first sheriff of Cooper County elected on the democratic ticket after the close of the Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army as captain of a company, was made prisoner and confined on Johnson's Island. He was married after the close of the war to Sallie Lionberger. Mrs. Sallie (Lionberger) Roberts was a descendant on the maternal side from Capt. John Ashby, grandfather of her mother, Mary (Ashby) Lionberger, who served in the Revolution. The children born to Capt. F A and Sallie Rogers were as follows: Mrs. Frances L M Roberts of this review; Mary died at the age of 18 years; and Chatte, wife of Frank Waltz, station agent of the M. K. & T. R. R. at Boonville. Capt. Rogers was born in Ohio and descended from Virginian ancestry . After the close of the Civil War, he located in Bunceton, MO., and served six years as sheriff of the county. He was filling the duties of this official position at the time of his death. Capt. Rogers was an influential and commanding figure in Cooper county for many years." [2] |
Died |
1879 |
Person ID |
I7192 |
lansdalepitard |
Last Modified |
21 Dec 2018 |