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Ellen Swain
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Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1853-1867
PROVENANCE: Frank Rogers
RESTRICTIONS: None
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ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 1992.0364x
Jonathon Rogers came to Madison County, Indiana in July 1834, settling on a forty acre farm southeast of Pendleton. He married Elizabeth Thomas and raised seven sons: Joseph N., Charles, William, Levi, Jonathon T., Henry, and Benjamin F. Rogers. During the Civil War, Henry and Benjamin were mustered into the Thirty Fourth Indiana regiment. Henry was killed at Chattanooga in 1864 and Benjamin died in 1878 leaving a wife and five children. After her husband's death, Elizabeth Rogers married James Dawson. She died on March 26, 1867.
Sources:
Portrait and Biographical Record of
The collection consists of tax and personal receipts (1853–1867) addressed to Elizabeth Dawson, Benjamin F. Rogers, and J.T. Rogers. One tax receipt is addressed to Elizabeth Rogers (1855). A letter, dated November 8, 1862, is written by Benjamin F. Rogers to his brother Jonathon and describes the warm weather in "Arksow." An ointment recipe and two Pendleton and Warrington Turnpike Co. tax slips (1867) are also included.
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Tax receipts, 1853-1867; letter, 1862
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