William Smith Rodgers and Emma Luella Nelson

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Husband William Smith Rodgers ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Apr 1854 1
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         Father: Robert Henry Rodgers (1817-Abt 1913) 3 4
         Mother: Catherine Davidson (1819-1897) 5

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       Marriage: 2 May 1894 2 6

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   Other Spouse: Sadie C. Wright (      -1888) 1 - 1877 1

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Wife Emma Luella Nelson ^{2 6}

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           Born: 11 Nov 1865 - Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA 2 6
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         Father: W. David Nelson (1828-1914) 6 7
         Mother: Lilah Maria Rodgers (1841-1925) 6 7

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Children

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1 M David Nelson Rodgers ⁸

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2 F Ruth Rodgers ⁸

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           Born: 21 May 1897 8
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3 M Joseph Lee Rodgers ⁸

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           Born: 13 Jul 1900 8
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General Notes: Husband - William Smith Rodgers

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He attended school until he was sixteen years of age and assisted his father upon the home farm until he was twenty-three years old. Thereafter for ten years he resided on a part of the Rodgers estate adjoining the original homestead, becoming also a partner with George Geiser in the operation of the old grist mill erected at such an early day by J. A. Loutzenhizer on the banks of the Shenango River. After the plant had been rebuilt in 1892 Mr. Rodgers sold his interest and removed to the old Nelson farm in West Salem Township, upon which he remained for twelve years, locating on his present estate in 1905. All of his mature years have been passed in agricultural pursuits and he has long been known as an active elder and a strong supporter of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. [HMC 1909, 717]

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General Notes: Wife - Emma Luella Nelson

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Since her early girlhood she was widely known throughout the county as an accomplished musician, her talents coming partly by inheritance and partly by thorough training. Her father’s wide culture included, also, considerable tastes, and the excitement caused by his purchase of the first Chickering piano in Venango County was still fresh in the minds of the old settlers for years after. At the age of thirteen she commenced to take regular instruction in instrumental music and from the first showed great natural talent. Later, she spent one term under Professor Robertson, of New Wilmington College, and received special instruction from Professor Reece. For several years before her marriage she was a well known teacher of music.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 717.

2 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 103.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 986.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 717, 788.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 789.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 718.

7 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 93, 103.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 719.