Indian Pioner Papers - Mary Rogers

Submitted by Gail R. Blancett, e-mail: ablancett@scescape.net 

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Pauls Valley Enterprise 
Thursday, March 27, 1947 

Paoli Pioneer Woman Passes at Home of Son 

Mrs. Mary Rogers, 79, pioneer Paoli resident passed away Saturday at the home of her son,
west of Paoli.  Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church with Rev. Michael,
Pentecostal Holiness pastor, conducting the service.  Interment was in the Paoli cemetery with 
Stufflebean Funeral directors in charge of arrangements.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. C. A. 
Poffenberger of Tulsa and one son, W. W. Rodgers, Paoli. 


Notes: 
Stufflebean funeral home records show full name Mary Bell Rodgers, born June 25, 1867 in
Missouri, died March 22, 1947 in Paoli. Father's name: McVelvane 

Chickasaw Nation Marriages show: 
Frank M. Rogers, age 42, and Mary Bell Rogers (age not given) married 24 May 1898. 
Wise Co., TX marriages show: 
C. H. Rodgers and Mary Bell McIlvain married 14 Feb 1886 

1900 Census showed Frank and Mary Rogers as married 2 years but there are 4 Rogers children in
the household--William age 13; Bertha M. age 11; Annie E. age 7; Richard age 5. 1910 Census
showed that Frank M. Rogers had been married once but Mary Bell had been married twice. 

Garvin Co. Marriages show marriages: 
W. W. Rodgers to Hattie May Riley on 18 Nov 1908 in Paoli witnessed by F. M. Rodgers; 
Bertha Rodgers to Charles A. Poffenberger on 30 August 1911 
Annie Edith Rogers to Joe N. King on 16 Oct 1912