Forwarded from another list. Information regarding Andrew Carmack &
daughter Sarah Carmack of Vermillion Township, Indiana.
Dale
Source: ROGERS-L(a)rootsweb.com
From: "Dorothy Borne" <dotbnj(a)earthlink.net>
Subject: [ROGERS] John O, James & Elisha of Vermillion Co Indiana
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF VERMILLION COUNTY. INDIANA 1888
p.327
John 0. Rogers, one of the enterprising farmers of Helt Township, was
born
in Vermillion Township, January 8, 1827, and has always lived within
three
miles of his birthplace He was a son of John Rogers, who was a native of
Ireland, and in 1789 accompanied his father, James Rogers to the United
States and located in Kentucky, and from there moved to Chillicothe,
Ohio,
where James Rogers built one of the first houses in the place. An uncle
of
our subject, Samuel Rogers, was captured by the Indians during the
Indian
war in Kentucky, but escaped and took with him an Indian gun and
shot-pouch
and strap of an American officer which the Indians had taken from a
soldier.
The strap is now in the possession of our subject, who values it as an
interesting heirloom. In 1824 John Rogers came to Vermillion County and
settled on Helt's Prairie, then a wild, uninhabited tract. John 0. was
born
on the prairie, three miles northeast of Dana, and here he has spent his
life. He was reared a farmer, and has made agriculture the vocation of
his
life. He now owns 400 acres of fine land, divided into three farms, the
greater part of the land under cultivation. Mr. Rogers was married
December
8, 1870, to Ruth Kerns, a daughter of William Kerns. She died in 1876
leaving two children -William and Irvin. In August, 1877, Mr. Rogers
married
Rebecca Hutson, daughter of David Hutson. They have one daughter -Sarah.
Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr.
Rogers
has served as justice of the peace sixteen years.
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p.333
James S. Rogers, an old settler of Vermillion County, was born in
Franklin
County, Ohio, July 26, 1813, a son of John Rogers, who was born in
County
Monaghan, Ireland, who came to America in 1789. In 1824 James S. came
with
his parents to Vermillion County, Indiana, and settled on Helt's
Prairie,
where he grew to manhood, his youth being spent in assisting his father
improve a frontier farm. He learned the wagon-maker's trade when a young
man, at eighteen years. In 1877 he moved to Dana, where for ten years he
has
been an honored citizen. February 5, 1835, he was married to Margaret
Wallace, daughter of William Wallace, an early settler of Vermillion
Township. Their only son, John W. , is deceased. He married Sarah J.
Carmack, daughter of Andrew Carmack, of Vermillion Township. Mrs. Rogers
died in 1878. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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p. 497
Elisha Rodgers, now of Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana, is a son
of ,
Allen Rodgers, who settled in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in
1824.
Allen Rodgers was a native of New England, and was reared in New
Hampshire.
He was married in Connecticut to Sarah Warner, a native of that State,
and
together they moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, and thence to Vermillion
county; settling first near the present site of Perrysville, entering a
quarter section of land and buying a tract adjoining the entry. They
lived
on this land several years and then moved to Benton County, Iowa, where
the
father died. The mother died at the house of her son, Elisha, several
years
later. They had a family of eight children, only two of whom, Elisha and
John are living. Elisha Rodgers was born in Connecticut April 14, 1912.
He
came West with his parents and for several years was a resident of
Vermillion County. He now owns a fine farm of about 500 acres where he
resides in Warren County. He has been twice married and has a family of
six
children. In politics he has been a Republican, since the organization
of
that party, but cast his first Presidential vote for General Jackson.