TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO BIOS: ROGERS, Warner (published 1884) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by MRS GINA M REASONER AUPQ38A@prodigy.com September 13, 1999 *********************************************************************** The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 WARNER ROGERS, farmer, P.O. Peoli, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, January 20, 1824. His father, Warner Rogers, was a native of Maryland, and married Eliza Gregory, also a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1816, finally locating in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, in 1846. Their family numbered eleven children, of whom Pamelia, Nelson and an infant are deceased, and Jane, William, John, Joseph, Warner, Elijah B., Hester A. and Wesley D. still survive. Warner Rogers, the elder, came into the State of Ohio a old pioneer, through honesty and economy, became the owner of 120 acres of as fine a farm as there is in Perry Township. He died in 1853, and his widow followed him on January 28, 1874. The subject of this sketch was married, February 9, 1854, to Miss Comfort A., daughter of Joseph and Jemima Philips, natives of Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parents of eight children, viz.: Alice, born March 24, 1855; Almeda, born February 3, 1857; Alfred P., born December 5, 1859; Arzona L., born August 31, 1861; John W., born July 2, 1863; Forest, born January 13, 1867; Eliza Margaret, born July 18, 1869; Emma M., born January 18, 1874. Mr. Rogers is a successful farmer of Perry Township, owing upward of 400 acres of excellent farm land. His residence is one of the finest in the township, and his farm buildings are in keeping with the requirements of a first-class farm, a credit to the taste of Mr. Rogers as a farmer. In 1879, he was elected Township Trustee, and in 1881 County Infirmary Director; the latter office he still holds. He is also on the State jury ballot for the United States Court at Cleveland. He is a Mason; a Republican in politics; with his family a member of the M.E. Church. DR. F.G. HELMS, physician, Port Washington, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 16, 1849. He completed his medical course June 19, 1873, and has since been engaged in the successful practice of his profession. He was married, December 31, 1873, to JULIA ROGERS, who was born in Harrison County September 8, 1846, daughter of ELIJAH and MARY ROGERS. MR. ROGERS died in 1880, his widow yet survives. Mrs. Helms is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Helms is an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He has resided at Port Washington for eight years. His two children are Thomas, born August 2, 1878, and Fannie, born December 11, 1881. Page 219 - The Tuscarawas River in early times was known as the Muskingum. The Indians called it Mooskingum or "Elks Eye." Maj. ROBERT ROGER, who visited it in 1760, called the river the Maskongam. Page 251, Early Military Expeditions. -The fall of Fort Du Quesne in 1758 terminated French dominion on the Ohio, and the subsequent capitulation of Montreal and Detroit in 1760 gave the entire Northwest into the possession of the English. Maj. ROBERT ROGERS, a native of New Hampshire, was ordered to take possession of the Western forts. On his return from his tour through the West, he passed through the Tuscarawas Valley. With 200 rangers he left Montreal September 13, 1760. While on his way to Detroit, voyaging along the southern coast of Lake Erie, he landed at the mouth of "Chogage River," and was there met by "Ponteack (Pontiac), the king and lord of the country," who demanded to know his business in the country, and how he dared to enter it without permission. When the object of the expedition was made known they were allowed to proceed. Maj. ROBERT ROGERS remained in and about Detroit until December 23 when he set out for Fort Pitt through Ohio. He proceeded to the Maumee; thence to Lake Sandusky, which he reached January 2, 1761. From that point he followed the Sandusky and Tuscarawas trail to Fort Pitt. January 13, he reached Beaver Town or Tuscarora, situated on the Tuscarawas opposite Sandy Creek, and at this time the residence of the leading Delaware chiefs. Here King Beaver resided in 1760, as did also the great war captain of the Delawares, Shingask. MAJ. ROGERS, in his journal, quoted in Taylor's History of Ohio, thus describes Beaver Town: "This Indian town stands on good land on the west side of the Maskongam River, and opposite to the town on the east side is a fine river, which discharges itself into it. The latter is about thirty yards wide, and the Maskongam about forty; so that when they both join they make a very fine stream, with a swift current running to the southwest. There are about 3,000 acres of cleared ground round this place. The number of warriors in this town is about 180. All the way from the Lake Sandusky, I found level land and a good country; no pine trees of any sort, the timber is white, black and yellow oak, black and white walnut, cypress, chestnut and locust trees. At this town I staid till the 16th, in the morning, to refresh my party, and procured some corn of the Indians to boil with our venison." He reached Fort Pitt on the 23d, and New York February 14, 1761. The after life of MAJ. ROGERS was clouded. He possessed a vain, restless, grasping spirit, and doubtful honesty. He was court-martialed six years after his western expedition on a charge of treason, and soon after crossed the Atlantic and entered the military service of the Dey of Algiers. He returned to America, espoused the cause of independence, but was suspected of being a british spy, and soon after deserted to the enemy's ranks receiving for his treachery a Colonel's commission. Page 484 - THOMAS ROGERS (of Bakersville) and David Olinger died in Andersonville Prison. Page 367 - Infirmary Directors. -The incumbents of this office since 1821 have been: WARNER ROGERS, 1881 to 1884. WILLIAM HAMILTON, farmer, P.O. Gnadenhutten, was born in this county September 5, 1808, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hamilton. Thomas Hamilton emigrated to this county in 1804, and was married the year following. William was raised on his father's farm, and received a common school education. He was married, December 14, 1834, to Maria James, daughter of Charles and Hannah James. This marriage was blessed with seven children -Mathias Taylor, who served four years in Company I, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Matilda Jane, wife of Samuel Johnson; Hannah, wife of WILLIAM F. ROGERS; Louisa, deceased; Mary, wife of Elza H. Parrish; Martha, deceased; and Celinda Ann, the wife of Charles B. Cox. Mrs. Hamilton died in February, 1850, and in the following November Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage with Ellen, daughter of John L. and Matilda Kennedy. The children by this marriage are John B., Maria Ellen (wife of J.H. Hill), Joseph A., William McAbee, Sarah Alice, Charles Winfield, James Wesley, Ida Emery and Bessie Luella. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Trustee for thirty-eight years, and Steward and Class-leader for over forty years, and served as a Justice of the Peace twenty-four years in Clay Township. Mr. Hamilton settled on his present farm of 204 acres in 1835. -------------OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ----------------------