Harriet Susan Figuers

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].

Harriet married Robert Weakley McLemore on 17 Sep 1840 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Robert (son of Robert M. McLemore and Margaret S. "Peggy" Dabney) was born on 19 Apr 1821 in North Carolina; died on 6 Nov 1897 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maj. Benjamin Armstead Rogers, Sr.. Benjamin was born about 1835 in Tennessee; died on 18 Jul 1902 in Alabama; was buried in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Ellie BUSH, and had seven chidlren.

Might this be his widow, at the time of the 1900 US Census for Maury County, Tennesee?

Tennessee, Maury County, Civil District 22
Enumerated 6 and 7 Jun 1900
SD 256 ED 91 Sheet 4B
68-80
McLemore, Ellie Head W F July 1849 50 Wd (child born/surviving not listed) Louisiana Massachusetts Louisiana
McLemore, W.T. Son W M Jun 1873 26 M 3 Tn Tn La
McLemore, Annie Dtr-in-law W F Mar 1873 23 M 3 0/0 Tn Tn Miss
McLemore, Guy Son W M Mar 1879 21 S Miss Tenn Tenn (sic)
McLemore, Ellie Dtr W F Feb 1888 12 s Miss Tenn La
McLemore, Elizabeth Niece W F Jan 1879 21 S Kentucky Tenn Kentucky
Baugh, Alice Servant B F Jun 1884 15 S Tenn Tenn Unk

Notes:

Mark Freeman shows that he married Elizabath Briggs and Annie B. Baird. At the time of the 1880 census, however, he was living with his sister and brother-in-law in Maury County, Tennessee, and not married. Not known if he was widowed, divorced, or still single.

(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

Notes:

SMITHSON, Sallie Reese McLemore

The Pulaski (TN) Citizen 24 Jun 1936

Mrs. W. B. Smithson, widow of William Burr Smithson, former prominent lawyer and State Senator, died at the Pulaski Hospital about 3 o'clock Friday morning of pneumonia, following an acute illness which began only a few hours before her death. Mrs. Smithson had been at the hospital for about three months recovering from a hip fracture received in a fall at her home, and was so much improved that she had expected to leave the hospital this week. So her unexpected death was a great shock to her relatives and friends.

Dr. G. A. Morgan conducted the funeral rites Sunday afternoon at her late home and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery beside her husband who died about nine years ago.
Mrs. Smithson formerly was Miss Sallie Reese McLemore, of Spring Hill, her mother having been Harriet Susan Figuers. She married Mr. Smithson on Nov. 21, 1882, and had been a resident of Pulaski since then. She was a member of one of Maury County's most aristocratic families, and "Everbright" her ancestral home at Spring Hill was the scene of many brilliant social events both before and after the Civil War.

Mrs. Smithson was a woman of superior qualities and possessed a generous nature, genial disposition and intelligence and practical sense of a high order, and was noted for her love of flowers, shrubs, trees, and pretty landscape effects and devoted much time and energy to their culture. Ane the beautiful home which she sometimes called "Everbright" is a testimonial of her work.

Left with the responsibility of managing the estate left by her husband she did so in a way which reflected credit on her efficiency and good judgment. She was a home-loving woman, and spent most of the time looking after her home and its requirements. She had long been a loyal member of the Methodist Church.

Surviving are: Nephews, R. N. McLemore, Columbia; W. T. McLemore, Nashville; W. F. Warfield, Houston, Texas; T. M. Rogers, Florence, Ala., Norfleet McLemore, St. Louis, Mo.; Nieces, Miss Olive Rogers, Florence, Ala.; Mrs. J. W. Love, Chattanooga; Mrs. H. L. VanHook, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Eaton Elder, Memphis; Mrs. Gordon Craig, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Elizabeth McComb, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. J. J. McCabe, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. W. W. Shea, Nashville.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maury/Giles-Marshall-LincolnCountyCemWeb/GilesCountyObits/GC1930-1939_Obits.htm

Notes:

MaryLynn Santa instead has his place of birth as Spring Hill, Tennessee. She shows he married Sarah Eugenia GOODRIDGE. He is not listed with his family as of the 1880 census, so it might be possible that he instead died young.

Notes:

(Research):Name Olive Gertrude Rogers
Titles and Terms
Name Prefix
Event Date 31 May 1945
Event Place Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
Gender Female
Race (Original)
Race
Age (Original) 78y 5m 22d
Birth Year (Estimated) 1867
Birth Date (Original)
Birthplace
Marital Status
Spouse's Name
Spouse's Titles and Terms
Spouse's Name Prefix
Father's Name B. A. Rogers
Father's Titles and Terms
Father's Name Prefix
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name Anna Figares Mclemore
Mother's Titles and Terms
Mother's Name Prefix
Mother's Birthplace
Occupation
Address
Residence Place
Cemetery
Burial Place
Burial Date
Funeral Home
Informant's Name
Informant's Name (Original)
GS Film number 1908795
Reference ID cn 9193



Citing this Record:
"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6MV-55D : accessed 13 December 2014), Olive Gertrude Rogers, 31 May 1945; citing reference cn 9193, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,795.

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:

His FindAGrave memorial page contains a scan of a photo, and also a link to the memorial page of his wife, Alberta Mims (1892-1964)

Notes:

A scan of her obituary was posted by Wanda Quinn Bradford to her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "Scrappy."

The obituary noted that she was the youngest surviving daughter of Mrs. B. A. Rogers, and died "after a herioc struggle with a long and painful illness", which she was stricken with in the fall of the last year. At the time of her death she was being taken to Mobile by train for a blood transfusion, but died prior to it's arrival. At her funeral service, "a bridal wreath...covered the casket, recalling the formal announcement made in the early stages of her illness of her forth-coming marriage to have occurred on the 5th of January."

Notes:

A scan of her obituary was posted by Wanda Quinn Bradford to her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "Scrappy." It noted that she was "ill only a few days before the termination of her bright young life, the sudden summons was a shock to her friends and a stunning blow to the bereaved family. Miss Rogers had just entered her 17th year...she was the youngest daughter of Maj. and Mrs. B. A. Rogers, the idol of the family. The funeral took place Sunday morning at the First Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. W. T. Andres and assisted by Rev. H. E. Kirk, and the interment in the city cemetery."