Wesley Parker "Wes" Rodgers and Lousia "Louie" Taylor

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Husband Wesley Parker "Wes" Rodgers ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 Apr 1874 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 28 Apr 1970 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: William Knox Rodgers (1829-1895) 2 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Sphar (1840-1931) 2 3 5

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       Marriage: 25 May 1905 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 3

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Wife Lousia "Louie" Taylor ³

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            AKA: Louise M. Taylor 6
           Born: 24 Jul 1876 - St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada 6
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           Died: 13 Jan 1927 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Father: Albert Des Brisay Taylor (1841-1915) 3 6
         Mother: Jane Shanks (1851-Aft 1926) 3 6

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Children

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1 F Louise Taylor Rodgers ^{3 7}

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           Born: 25 Mar 1906 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 8 Dec 1928 3
 Cause of Death: Routine surgery
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Gertrude Lillian Rodgers ^{3 7}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1907 - Seattle, King Co, WA 3
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           Died: 22 Nov 1930 3
 Cause of Death: Automobile accident
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Sarah Jane Rodgers ^{3 7}

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           Born: 13 Sep 1912 - New Eagle, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 27 Nov 1934 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Robert R. Phillips (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 10 Jan 1934 3

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4 F Rachel Alberta Rodgers ^{3 7}

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           Born: 18 Dec 1915 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 3 Jan 1988 - Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 3
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         Spouse: Sherman H. Austin (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 9 Jan 1939 3

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General Notes: Husband - Wesley Parker "Wes" Rodgers

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Seattle, King Co, WA

He received his elementary education in the Fremont public school in Fallowfield township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and then entered Washington and Jefferson College, where he was graduated in 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then took a special course in geology in Northwestern University, at Evanston, Illinois, and a course in the Chicago School of Assaying, where he was graduated in 1901. His first professional employment was with the Marcus Daly Estate, a mining company, in British Columbia, with which he remained as mining engineer for six years. He then went to the Bering river coal fields in Alaska, where he was associated with the Guggenheim interests of New York city as civil and mining engineer. He located the first railroad there in 1906, and then spent three years with the Alaska Petroleum and Coal Company, of Seattle, Washington, which was at that time operating in the Bering river coal fields. He was next with the Portland Canal Company, at what is now Anyox, British Columbia, and was later in charge of the work at the copper mines of the Granby Copper Company for three years. He then went to Katchikan, Alaska, where he was in partnership with his brother and associates in the development of the Harris Creek gold mine, being the engineer in charge of the work there for two years. He then returned to Seattle, Washington, and spent six months in prospecting, at the end of which time he returned to Washington County, Pennsylvania.
After his return to his native county he followed civil and mining engineering and surveying, with offices in the Robinson building, No. 242 West Main street, Monongahela city, and commanded a large patronage, his capability and accuracy being well established, and he enjoyed a reputation as one of the most reliable engineers in that section of the country. He held an engineer's license in Pennsylvania and was a United States deputy land and mineral surveyor. He was a member of the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania. He gave his support to the Republican party, and his religious connection was with the Methodist Episcopal church of Monongahela city.

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General Notes: Wife - Lousia "Louie" Taylor

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She received a thorough musical education in the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, and the Ovide Music School, of New York city, and was an accomplished player of the violin. She was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Monongahela city, Pennsylvania, and taught the ladies' Bible class of that Sunday school. She was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was an officer in the Pennsylvania State Grange for a number of years, and in 1924 she compiled the "Patron," the song book officially adopted by the National Grangers of the United States.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 526.

2 —, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 72.

3 Robert Phillips, Descendants of William Rodgers and Sarah E. Sphar (Unpublished genealogy research, Dec 2016).

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 525, 1071.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 526, 1071.

6 —, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 75.

7 —, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 76.