Benjamin Armstead Rogers, Jr.

Notes:

Name Benjamin A. Rogers
Titles and Terms
Name Prefix
Event Date 03 Mar 1936
Event Place Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race White
Age (Original) 63y 1m 16d
Birth Year (Estimated)
Birth Date (Original) 17 Jan 1873
Birthplace Tenn.
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name Virginia Sherrod Rogers
Spouse's Titles and Terms
Spouse's Name Prefix
Father's Name B. A. Rogers, Sr.
Father's Titles and Terms
Father's Name Prefix
Father's Birthplace Tenn.
Mother's Name Anna Mclemore
Mother's Titles and Terms
Mother's Name Prefix
Mother's Birthplace Tenn.
Occupation Merchant
Address 426 N. Wood Ave.
Residence Place Florence, Lauderdale, Ala.
Cemetery Florence Cem.
Burial Place
Burial Date 04 Mar 1936
Funeral Home
Informant's Name
Informant's Name (Original) X
GS Film number 1908540
Reference ID cn 7138

Citing this Record:
"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD51-TGY : accessed 13 December 2014), Benjamin A. Rogers, 03 Mar 1936; citing reference cn 7138, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,540.

His FindAGrave memorial page has a scan of a photo of him, and also links to the Memorial page of his wife, Virginia Sherrod (1888-1916).

Notes:

Obituary, copied from a scan (not dated, not referenced) posted on his FindAGrave memorial page created by "Scrappy."

Maj. B.A. Rogers

Death of This Venerable Citizen

On Friday morning last our community was shocked at the intelligence that Maj. Benjamin A. Rogers was not more--that his spirit had passed from earth to that "bourne whence no traveler returns." Maj. Rogers had been in his usual health, and retired at 11 o'clock Thursday night. The next morning at an early hour his daughter found him lying in his room, entirely unconscious, in which condition he remained until 11 o'clock, when the flickering spark of life fled. At the time he was stricken, the only member the family at home was his daughter, Miss Olive, his wife and daughter being in Nashville, and Mr. B. A. Rogers, Jr. being at Bailey Springs. The latter hurried to the side of his father, and arrived before his death. Mrs. Rogers and Miss Harriet were promptly reached by wife and arrived on the early afternoon train. Mr. T. M. Rogers arrived from Columbus, Miss., the same evening, the entire family thus being present at the last sad rites.

The cause of death appears to have been from the brain, and was altogether unexpected. The body was interred in the city cemetery on Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, after services in the Methodist church (of which the deceased had long been a member), conducted by Rev. S. E. Wasson. A large congregation attended the services.

Maj. Rogers is survived by his wife and four children, to whom, in their profound sorrow the warmest symphaty of our people is extended. He was in the 70th year of his age.

Thus has passed away one of our best and most useful citizen, a gentlemen who was ever ready by his labor and his means to advance every worthy cause. He came among us about eight years ago, from Columbia, Tenn., and by his genial manners, his public spirit, and his loyalty to the right, had won a large circle of friends, who heard of his sudden and distressing death with sincere sorrow.

(Research):


Census Information:

1880 Federal Census
Tennessee, Maury County, 9th Civil District
Enumerated 22 June 1880
Page No. 56D SD 3 ED 164
398-418
Rodgers, Benjamin W M 45 Lawyer Tn Tn Ky
Rodgers, Ann F W F 38 Wife Keeps House Tenn Tenn Tenn
Rodgers, Olen G W F 10 Dtr Pupil Tenn Tenn Tenn
Rodgers, Thomas W M 8 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
Rodgers, Benjamin W M 7 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
Rodgers, Henry D W M 3 Son At Home Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLamore, Henry A W M 30 Bro In Law Farmer Tenn Tenn Tenn
Akin Addy Z W F 35 Boarder At Home
Akin, Hally L W F 6
Randall, John R W M 28 Farmer

Benjamin married Ann Figuers McLemore. Ann (daughter of Robert Weakley McLemore and Harriet Susan Figuers) was born about 1844 in Tennessee; died about 1910 in Alabama; was buried in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Genealogical Abstracts form Reported Deaths, The Nashville Christian Advocate, 1897-1899 by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca9-06.htm

ROBERT WEAKLY McLEMORE born Williamson Co., Tenn., April 7, 1819; died Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1897; married Harriet Susan Figuers, Sept. 16, 1840; 7 children. [Published December 23, 1897].

A scan of letter written by John R. Kemp, of Clinton KY, in memory of Robert Weakley McLemore is posted on his FindAGrave memorial page. This was said to have been published on December 10. 1897 in the Columbia Herald. Excerpts of this letter are transcribed below:

"......Robert W. McLemore, the loving husband, indulgent father, true christian, chivalric southern gentleman, and best of friends, after a long and useful life "has passed over the river and is now resting under the shade of the trees." As one who knew and loved him well, I would that I had the power to express the feelings of heart.....And as I think of his dear wife and children, and what he was to them, I feel that I could have died for him. I think of the dear, grand old home at "Everbright" and what a home it was-father, mother, sisters and brothers, not a link broken with no cares updon them their their suffering Southland, the scene of war and carnage. The home of wounded Confederate soldiers, and where the writer almost unto death was nursed back to life by this dear family. "A Confederate Soldier" was the password with threw open wide his doors and brought lvoing hears and unwearied attention......Farewell to thee, much loved and truest of friends. May the sod of beautiful Rose Hill rest above the nobel form, and at last may there be a happy reunion of all you loved here in the paridise of God."



(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Federal Census
Tennessee, Maury County, ED 23
130-131
Robt. McLemore 31 M Farmer $10,000 Tenn
Harriet McLemore 25 F N.C.
Adelade McLemore 9 F Tenn
Ann McLemore 7 F Tenn
Robt McLemore 3 M Tenn
Henry McLemore 1 M
Albert Bailey 33 M None Va
Louisa Bailey 29 F N.C.
Patrick Bailey 3 M Tenn
Robt. A. Bailey 1 M Tenn


1870 Federal Census
Tennessee, Maury County, District 222, Post Office Columbia
Page 32
212-223
McLemore, Robert W 51 M W Farmer $18,000 $2,500 Tennessee
McLemore, Harriet 48 F W House Keeper Tennessee
McLemore, Henry 21 M W Running Steam Mill Tenn
McLemore, Thomas 18 M W Farming Tenn
McLemore, Mary D 14 F W At School Tenn
McLemore, Sally 12 F W At Home Tenn
McLemore, Clarence 8 M W At Home Tenn
McLemore, Earnest 2 M W At Home Tenn
McLemore, Sarah 50 F B Domestic Servent Tenn
McLemore, Ada 45 F B Domestic Servent Tenn
Walker, Sarah 8 F B At home
McLemore, Bill 6 M B At Home
McLemore, Dick 4 M B At Home

They lived next to a family headed by 52 year old Easton McLemore, who was a farmer and was black.

1880 Federal Census

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
R. W. MC LEMORE Self M Male W 62 TN Farm VA VA
M. D. MC LEMORE Dau S Female W 24 TN TN TN
Harriet MC LEMORE Wife M Female W 57 TN Keep House VA VA
Sallie MC LEMORE Dau S Female W 18 TN TN TN
Clarance MC LEMORE Son S Male W 17 TN TN TN
N. HAMILTON Other W Female MU 38 TN Servant - Cook TN TN
H. HAMILTON Other S Female MU 14 TN Servant TN TN
A. HAMILTON Other S Female MU 18 TN Servant TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place District 22, Maury, TennesseeFamily History Library Film 1255271 NA Film Number T9-1271Page Number 61A

Living next door to them was the family of S. McLemore, a 55 year old Black female, and her two sons, Bill and Ben.

From the files of Rev. William P. McLemore:

On 7 November 2006, the Rev. William McLemore wrote:

"I have the following typed on Robert Weakley's card:

Williamson County Bible Records,
(Lynch) Huntsville Library:

"Robert Weakley, son of Robert and Margarette O. Dabney, married Harriet Firgures of Franklin County, TN, sibs. John D., Mary Merior, and Margaret Smith."

Unfortunately, not dated.

His card has this data on it:
Robert Weakley b. 19 April 1821
p. North Carolina
Fr: Robert 1769-1823
d. 6 November 1897
c. Rose Hill Cemetery, Colunbia, TN
Md. Harriet S. Figures, 17 September 1840, Williamson County, TN
Brothers: Atkins J., John Dabney
Sons: Robert Weakley, Pleasant N. (???), Charles A.(???), Clarence N.

Robert married Harriet Susan Figuers on 17 Sep 1840 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Harriet was born on 22 Feb 1822 in North Carolina; died on 2 Dec 1898 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Genealogical Abstracts form Reported Deaths, The Nashville Christian Advocate, 1897-1899 by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca9-06.htm


HARRIET S. FIGUERS McLEMORE born Hertford Co., N.C., 1821; daughter of Thomas N. and Nancy Faircloth Figuers; moved to Williamson Co., Tenn. as an infant; father was a lawyer; married Robert W. McLemore, 1840; Maury Co., Tenn.; died Pulaski, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1898. [Published April 13, 1899].

Notes:

Married:
Marriages of Williamson County, Tennessee 1804 - 1850, complied by Edythe Rucker Whitley, page 133: "McLemore, Robt. W. to Harriet S. Figures, Sept. 17, 1840. BM: Zebulon W.P. Maury."

(Courtesy of Jane A. "Xan" Alexander)

Notes:

Sometimes shown as born in Warrren County versus Bute County.

Kevin McLemore mclemorek@charter.net descends from this line and shared information on Robert's descendants with Mark Freeman in March 2005, some of which is copied below.

1790 NC Census Halifax District, Franklin County lists Robert McLemore, 1 free white male 16 years and up and 4 slaves.

1799 Franklin County Tax List has McLemore, Rob. 2wp, 3bp, 450 ac (this is the parcel he inherited from his father)

1800 NC Census Franklin County lists Robert McLemore 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 16-26, 9 slaves.

Franklin Co. NC Loose Estates Papers Vol. I has Robert McLemore buyer part of the estate of Benjamin Williams in 1804.

Equity Bond Docket, 1789-1817, Hillborough District and Orange County, N.C. number 264 lists Robert McLemore place of abode on 19 Apr 1803 as Tennessee.

Williamson County Deed Abstracts 1799-1811 Deed Book A2 page 91 "Page 378 Indenture 18 Oct 1806 John Spencer and Robert McLemore, $2750 paid, 1 tract on water of Harpeth, 220 acres, tr adj N T Perkins corner"

1807 Williamson County Tax Book lists McLemore, Robt. 220 acres W. Harp. 1 white 5 blacks.

"The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee, 33,000 Long-Lost Records" by Charles A. Sherrill lists:

McLemore, Robert Williamson County, 1810 Tax List

From "Maury County Tennessee Newspaper Abstracts 1810-1844" by Jill Knight Jarrett 1965: The Western Chronicle Sat 28 Mar 1812 "Whiskey - The High Bred Stallion will stand the ensuing season. Signed P.R. Booker. Affadavit of R.P. Curras and Robert McLemore of Williamson County".

Williamson County Deed Book E page 174 Thomas Shute conveyed to Robert McLemore 39 acres of land between Big & West Harpeth Rivers Registered 27th August 1817.

1820 Tennessee Census: Robert McLemore Williamson County: 2 males under 10, 2 males 10 to 16, 2 males 18 to 26, 1 male 45 and up. 1 female under 10, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 26 to 45. 24 slaves.

There were a couple challenges to Robert's will. One by his widow and her second husband wanting 1/3 of the estate, another by his son John D. McLemore for 1/4 of the slaves.

Will probated April 1823 Williamson County Will Book 3 page 625.

Williamson County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, May 1806-April 1812, by Carol Wells, Heritage Books, Inc., p. 176: [Book1, p. 577] "Monday 13th January 1812. Order Nicholas Perkins Senr Daniel Perkins Edward Warren & Robert McLemore any three settle with Hendley Stone gdn of Peter Pryor & Green Pryor orphans of John Pryor decd & report thereof to our ensuing County Court." [Book 1, p. 608] "Tuesday 14th April 1812.Settlement with Hendley Stone guardian of Peter & Green Pryor orphans of John Pryor decd returned."

Jane A. "Xan" Alexander emailed, in November 2011, that Robert McLemore wrote his will 14 Apr 1822. In his will and the probate file in Williamson County, Tennessee, we find: "beloved wife Peggy and our four children John Dabney McLemore, Polly Minor McLemore, Robert Weakly McLemore, and Peggy Smith McLemore"; "son Atkins J McLemore", "my daughter Bethenia Anne Greene McLemore" In the will he also says "I desire that my worthy friend Daniel Perkins should be guardian to my daughter Bethenia (who is also his granddaughter)". Thus we see that Atkins Jefferson McLemore and Bethenia Anne Greene McLemore were not children of Robert McLemore's last wife Peggy. Jane added that the current wife at the time of his death was Margaret "Peggy" S Dabney, daughter of John Dabney and Peggy Smith and sister to Bethenia Dabney who later married Atkins Jefferson McLemore.

(Medical):DNA R1b1

A direct male descendant of Robert McLEMORE is an exact 12 marker Y DNA match to descendants of both John McLEMORE, born 1822 in North Carolina and Keton Jones McLEMORE, born 1809 in Kentucky. This means there is an 80% probability that they share a common ancestor within the last 16 generations, and over a 90% probability that this ancestor occurred within 24 generations.

For more information see:

http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/

Look for Group O. More about John McLemore and Keton Jones McLemore can be found in the index of this file.

The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.

Robert married Margaret S. "Peggy" Dabney on 8 Jun 1812 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Margaret was born before 1790 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. William McLemore shows her as being born in Chatham County, NC.

Jane A. "Xan" Alexander emailed, in November 2011, that Margaret "Peggy" Dabney was a daughter of John Dabney and Peggy Smith, and sister to the Bethenia Dabney, who later married Peggy's stepson, Atkins Jefferson McLemore.

Notes:

Married:
The following Family Histories have been taken from the book by Sue Oden titled "Hold Us Not Boastful - History of Thompson's Station, TN." This biographical collection includes 86 histories of pioneer families of Thompson's Station and Southern Williamson County. The stories are about families who are proud of their roots and their place in history. We hope that you will be able to connect your roots with ours, and become part of us. The correctness of this biographical material cannot be guaranteed. It was obtained through interviews with family members, research they had done and my own research at the Williamson County Archives. Research in such detail is always subject to error. Everyone must validate the facts for their own use."

http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/history/tsfamhisMO.html

Robert McLemore and Margarete O. (Peggy) Dabney were married in Williamson County June 8, 1812. They had six (sic) children: Robert Weakly McLemore who married Harriett S. Figures; Atkins Jefferson McLemore (sic) (1801-1849) who married Bethenia S. Dabney (1803-1857) on September 9, 1821, daughter of John Dabney, Sr. (1749-1831) and his second wife, Margaret (Peggy) Smith; John Dabney McLemore who married Elizabeth Marr; Bethenia Anne Green McLemore who married Segar (or Sugars) McLemore; Mary (Polly Minor) who married William O. Perkins; Margaret Smith (Peggy) McLemore who married General Fount de Graffeureio.

John Dabney was born May 3, 1749 in Albermerle County, Virginia. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and lived in Prince Edward County from 1777 to the end of the war. He died March 11, 1831 in Williamson County.

Atkins Jefferson and Bethenia McLemore had nine children: Barbara Ann McLemore who married Thomas B. Bond, Margaret Williams McLemore who married John T. Word, Robert Anderson McLemore who married first Mary McEwen, second Anna Fleming Kinnard and third Rebecca Frierson; William S. McLemore who married Annie Louise Wharton, John Dabney McLemore who married Lucy A. (Lesey) Pope, Sydney S. McLemore who married Eunice Ann Hobbs, Bethenia J. McLemore who married William Bond, Elizabeth Minor McLemore who married James C.Alexander and Lemuel H. M. McLemore who married a Frierson from Maury County, Tennessee.
Atkins and Bethnia McLemore are buried in the Bond Cemetery in Thompson's Station on land which is now the Cameron Farms development.
Robert Anderson McLemore married three times: first to Mary H. McEwen, daughter of C. E. McEwen and the former Narcissia F. Newsom; second to Anna Fleming Kinnard, daughter of Claiborne Holmes and Elizabeth A. Fleming Kinnard; and third, to Rebecca Frierson.

Robert A. and Mary McEwen McLemore had five children, Jefferson, Narcissia, Dora (Mrs. John T. Kesterson), Maggie A. and R. Sallie McLemore.

Robert and Anna Fleming McLemore were married July 16, 1868 and had Mary McEwen (1870-1871) and Claiborne Kinnard McLemore (1872-1944).

Claiborne married twice, first to Patti DeGraffenreid (1883-1913) who died when her daughter, also named Patti, was born and second to Nellie Greene (1885-1975) of Dover, Tennessee. Four children were born to this marriage, Margaret Moore, Ann, Claiborne Kinnard, Jr. and Jeff. The only child who lived past childhood was Claiborne, Jr.

Claiborne Kinnard McLemore, Jr. married Margaret Elizabeth Mefford, daughter of William Archdeacon Mefford (1867-1954) and the former Margaret Elizabeth Hicks (1882-1967) May 28, 1946 in Thompson's Station. Margaret Hicks was from the Burwood Community. Children of this couple are Margaret Elizabeth McLemore who married Thomas K. Pritchett March 17, 1968 in Franklin and Claiborne Kinnard McLemore, III (b. 1955) who married Suzanne S. Grand November 14, 1987 in Nashville.