William Knox Rodgers and Sarah Elizabeth Sphar
Husband William Knox Rodgers 1 2 3
Born: 7 Jan 1829 - County Donegal, Ireland 3 4 Christened: Died: 23 Nov 1895 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 2 3 Buried: - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co, PA
Father: Samuel Rodgers ( -1852) 2 3 4 Mother: Margaret Cook ( -1860) 2 3 4
Marriage: 12 Dec 1859 or 1860 - Belle Vernon, Fayette Co, PA 3 5
Wife Sarah Elizabeth Sphar 2 3 6
Born: 1 Jan 1840 - Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: 13 Sep 1931 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Buried: - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co, PA
Father: John Sphar (1816/1817-1904) 2 3 7 8 9 Mother: Lucy Ann Scott (1819-1899) 2 3 7 9 10
Children
1 M Myron Knox Rodgers 3 5
Born: 6 Nov 1861 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Jul 1917 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3 Buried: - Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co, PASpouse: Lucy F. Joiner ( - ) 5 Marr: Feb 1892 - Butte, Silver Bow Co, MT 5
2 F Anna Margaret "Dot" Rodgers 3 5
Born: 22 Dec 1863 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 6 Sep 1945 - South Nyack, Rockland Co, NY 3 Buried: - Furnessville, Porter Co, INSpouse: Dwight Furness ( -1924) 5
3 M John Sphar Rodgers 3 5
Born: 1 Dec 1865 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 1946 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 M Samuel Clark Rodgers 3 5
Born: 31 Aug 1867 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 28 Jan 1946 - Guanajuato, Mexico 3 Buried:Spouse: Mary Vastine Lunn ( - ) 3
5 F Lillie Gertrude Rodgers 3 5
Born: 16 Jul 1869 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Abt 1930 - West Virginia Buried:Spouse: Don E. King ( - ) 5
6 M William Graham Rodgers 3 5
Born: 18 Nov 1871 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 1897 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 M Wesley Parker "Wes" Rodgers 2 3 5
Born: 4 Apr 1874 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: 28 Apr 1970 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Lousia "Louie" Taylor (1876-1927) 3 Marr: 25 May 1905 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 3
8 F Rosetta Elizabeth Banks "Set" Rodgers 5
Born: 30 Apr 1876 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 11 Apr 1954 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 M Joseph Henry Rodgers 5
Born: 3 Dec 1879 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 25 Apr 1952 - Boulder, Boulder Co, CO 3 Buried:Spouse: Olive Siebert ( - ) 3
10 F Adeline Patti Rodgers 5
Born: 28 Feb 1882 - Charleroi, Washington Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 1981 3 Buried:Spouse: Shelby M. Harrison ( -1970) 3
General Notes: Husband - William Knox Rodgers
He was five years old when he came with his parents to the United States, and to Pennsylvania. He received his education at the common school, and in the academies of Clarion and Butler counties, after which he commenced farming in Clarion County. In 1863 he removed from there to Fallowfield township, Washington County, where he then resided.
He took a great interest in educational matters, and was an especial enthusiast of the common-school system. When a young man he was the promoter of an academy in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and he taught school for some three years with marked success. Politically he voted the Republican ticket, and he and his wife and all their children were members and liberal supporters of the M. E. Church. [CBRWC, 526]
He was brought to the United States by his parents in 1833, the family settling near Parkers Landing, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where they lived on a farm. William Rodgers lived there until 1860, when he came to Fallowfield township, Washington County, and engaged in farming. He espoused the Republican party and took a deep interest in public affairs, having served as a member of the board of school directors. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Charleroi and served faithfully on its official board.
He took up farming as did his father in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, but after his father died he sold the family farm there and in 1853 moved to Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania where he purchased a large diary farm just to the west of what is now Charleroi, Pennsylvania. At that time the area was known as Lock 4, which was the number of the lock on the Monongahela River in that area. [R&S]
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Elizabeth Sphar
from Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 525, 1071.
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.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 526.
6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 526, 1071.
7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 651.
8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 395, 866, 1071, 1344.
9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1033.
10
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 395, 866, 1344.
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