First Generation

1. Charles Wesley RODGERS, M. Born in August 1847 in Virginia. Charles Wesley died in Missouri in 1927; he was 79. Buried in Whites Mill Cemetery, Ellsinore, Carter Co., MO.

1900 Carter County, Johnson Township, MO census lists:
480 Rogers,Charles Head Aug 1847 52 Va Va Va
.........Virginia wife(3/3) Aug 1853 46 Mo Ky Mo
.........Nettie B dau Jan 1878 22 Mo Va Mo
.........Albert F son Sep 1879 20 Mo Va Mo
.........John W son Jul 1881 18 Mo Va Mo
1910 Census, Carter County, MO. Johnson Township, Dist. 14:a
#52..Rodgers, Charles W Head 62 Va Va Va
..........Virginia P wife 56(3/3) Mo Ky Mo
..........*Hale, Samuel T b-in-law 53(wd) Mo Ky Mo
..........*Rodgers, Willia E d-in-law 19 Mo Tx Mo
Marriage records of Carter County, MO lists Charles B. Rodgers to Luenda A. Buchannan 6 Mar. 1881. May be a family member.
Also in the 1910 Carter County census is the following family that I think is Charles' son Frank.
#40..Rodgers, Robert F Head 30 Mo. Va. Mo.
..........Martha J wife 26(4/3) Mo. Al. Mo.
..........Francis V dau 6 Mo. Mo. Mo.
****six yr old child's name entered then marked through, perhaps she had died recently.
..........Sibile B dau 4 Mo. Mo. Mo.
..........Aaron son 3 Mo. Mo. Mo.
..........Dollie B dau 5mo Mo. Mo. Mo.
Elsie (Sharp) Rodgers, (wife of son John Wesley) said Charles Wesley Rodgers came from England and didn't have any known relatives in America.
There are quite a few RODGERS buried in the Gresham Cemetery in Carter Co., MO. They are probably related somewhere to the families above.

Charles Wesley married Virginia Palastine HALE, F. Born in August 1853 in Missouri. Virginia Palastine died in Missouri in 1943; she was 89. Buried in Whites Mill Cemetery, Ellsinore, Carter Co., MO.

Lived in Ellsinore, MO.

They had the following children:
2 i. Nettie Belle, F (1878-1928)
3 ii. Albert (Frank), M (1879-)
4 iii. John Wesley Melvin, M (1881-1976)


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