In November 2003, Norma Rogers of Rochester, NY
contributed these photographs to the Sullivan County Genealogical Society Web Page. She is the wife of Stanley Rogers, the great-grandson of Samuel Sadler Rogers, of whom
more below. We are intensely grateful to her for doing so. We are also grateful to Larry Pardoe for assistance with
identifications, the Roger and Warren lineages, and the history of these and related families. You can learn more about the relationship between Larry's ancestors and this and other prominent local families in the Editor's Appendix at the end of Aunt Eliza's Scrapbook. At first, my inclination was
to think of this collection as a history of part of the descendants of Sadler Rogers and his second wife, Eliza Catherine (Green).
However, as Larry puts it:
"You are somewhat correct in that the original or anchor relationship in the pictures would
be Sadler Rogers (a.k.a. S.S. Rogers and Samuel Sadler Rogers). That said, it must be mentioned
that these pictures represent descendants of some of the original founding famlies including the
Warren and Bird, and followed by other early families such as Rogers, Sadler, Green, Plotts, Miller,
Hunsinger, Barnes, Pardoe, Hatch, McCarty, Warburton, Clarke, Norton and Bryan."
*^*Editor's Note: I have appended as a footnote several comments from Larry about the
Green lineage and its possible connections to Eliza Catherine Green, Sadler Rogers' second wife. These comments, while not directly relevant to the collection posted here, bear on other local family histories such as the Plotts family.
Moses Rogers
1806-1879
Father of Sadler Rogers
Photo by Lynn Franklin
Originial Photo Located in Sullivan County Museum, Laporte, PA
Jane (Sadler) Rogers
1810-1892
Mother of Sadler Rogers
Photo by Lynn Franklin
Originial Photo Located in Sullivan County Museum, Laporte, PA
Our story begins with the arrival of the Rogers famly in Pennsylvania early in the nineteenth
century. The original immigrants, Samuel Rogers (1761-1828) and his wife Ann (Gaunt) Rogers (1762-1823), settled near
what is today Forksville, PA about 1801. There is today
a Rogers Family Monument in honor
of these settlers in the Fairmount Cemetery in Forksville.
For those interested, there is also an overall general Rogers historical
website at Rogers Family Remembered . There is also a
sweeping history of the
Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel and Ann (Gaunt) Rogers, authored by Jean Peterson Rosenkranz.
We also are fortunate that the Rogers Family bible was rescued from destruction and partially conserved by Ernie Hatton. You can see
pictures and transcriptions of this bible and photographs of early twentieth century Rogers Reuions at Old Reunions of Yesteryear.
Finally, in February 2005, Carol Brotzman of Tuscarora Township, PA,
salvaged the scrapbook of Eliza Green Rogers, second wife of Sadler S. Rogers, from a library scrap heap. You will meet Eliza in the story below, but
may be interested in looking over the materials in Aunt Eliza's Scrapbook. This source will also introduce you to the family of
Fred M. Rogers, the son of John Wesley Rogers, Sadler's brother, and Anna Vidian. Aunt Eliza apparently had a close relationship with this family. For further information, please contact
Carol Brotzman.
Sadler came from a large family that, in addition to John Wesley Rogers, who became a prominent Forksville farmer, included Moses Austin Rogers. Moses Austin, named for his father, Moses Rogers, ran M. A. Rogers and Son, General Merchandise, in Forksville with his son, W. C. Rogers. The Federal censuses from 1860 through 1900 show Moses Austin Rogers as a Forksville merchant. Here is a check drawn on the First National Bank of Dushore on July 11, 1900 payable from M. A. Rogers and Son to "Atlantic Refining Co." for $16.62 to "balance a/c to date". The business must have had a charge account for fuel of some kind, perhaps kerosene. Unfortunately, the son, W. C. Rogers, died in 1903.
M. A. Rogers and Son
General Merchandise
Forksville PA
1900
Source: eBay Auction in April 2005
We can gather some additional information about the Rogers family from the local histories
and biographical sketches of their children and grandchildren. For example, here is a biographical sketch of
Sadler S. Rogers, grandson of Samuel and son of Moses Rogers, that accompanies the photo collection
contributed here by Norma Rogers:
Sadler S. Rogers with his Grandson Laurence Rogers
Taken
About 1911
S. S. Rogers
Was born at Forksville, Sept. 23, 1831[*]. He is the son of Moses and Jane (Sadler) Rogers, and a grandson of Samuel Rogers, who was born in
Bramley[*], near Leeds, England, in 1760 and came to America in 1801, locating at Forksville. The history of the Rogers family has been traced
back to 1031. They are probably Norman French, who went to England with William the Conqueror and settled there. An Englishman, John Rogers, first translated the
Bible into the English language. S. S. Rogers, on reaching his majority, learned the carpenter trade and located at Forksville, working at his trade in the
winter. Later he purchased 200 acres of timber land in Elkland township near Millview and commenced to clear up a farm; about 1880 he moved to Elkland township on his farm.
In 1896 he was elected county commissioner, serving one term. Mr. Rogers was married twice; his first wife was Sarah B. Plotts, who was born Sept. 30, 1833. After the death of his
first wife, he married Eliza C. Green, who was born at Hillsgrove, Jan. 1845. She was a daughter of Isaac (1818-1847) and Mary Ann (Ives) Green. The Greens came from New
Jersey, locating at Hillsgrove at an early date. To Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have been born twelve children; Francina, married Wm. Parker, of Hughesville, PA; Flora, died Jan. 8, 1858;
Dora, dec'd, married Howard Corson, of Hughesville; John C. F., of Athens, PA; Catharine J., married H. N. Osler, of Dushore, PA; Sarah J., married Wm. Collins, of Canton, PA;
Alvaretta and Maggie, who died in infancy; Rush G., at home; Hattie, married B. Frazier, of Millview; Mollie A., and Sidney, at home.
[*Editor's Notes: (1) Sadler Rogers died on Tuesday, February 25, 1913 at his farm near Forksville.
(2) Bramley is still an industrial town west of the city of Leeds, England.]
Like Melvin Lewis, the inventor, who became famous for his mechanical
innovations in the Hillsgrove area also in the nineteenth
century [See The Edisons of Hillsgrove: Melvin Lewis and the Lewis Family], Sadler Rogers was
somewhat a figure larger than life in Sullivan County. He was a home builder, church architect, bridge builder, road constructor, farmer and logger, among other
occupations in his long and fulfilling life. Here is an excerpt from an undated article or letter from the late 1950s found in the Norma Rogers collection:
Old Bridge, Monument to Rogers, Survives Big Ice Jam
by J. Demarest Berry
The recent ice jam in the Big Loyalsock which casued some flooding in portions of the Forksville Borough, Sullivan County, during the late evening of
Thursday, Jan. 22, centered considerable attention on the old covered wooden bridge which spans the Big Loyalsock stream just east of Forksville, off Route 154 which
goes through the World's End State Park.
Varied reports were given on the fate of the old covered bridge--one of which had it completely demolished and flooded away, which would have meant that
Forksville would have had no means of access to Route 154 at that point. Tons of ice accumulated in the stream bed and battered against the side of
the structure, causing some damage to the lower ends of the side boards, yet the old bridge withstood the onslaught of the tremendous weight against it. Somewhere around
2 o'clock Thursday morning, Mother Nature took a hand and the lower end of the ice jam began to move and opened a channel upstream until the
ice broke away underneath the structure and moved downstream, leaving the old covered bridge standing proudly as a monument to the craftsmanship of a great
builder.
The old covered bridge at Forksville is one of the few remaining structures of this type in Pennsylvania. There is still one on the old road leading to Hillsgrove,
beween the Rinker farm and that of Corbin Lewis. Time was when nearly all the bridges in this section were of this type, but they have gradually givenw ay to the more
modern type of steel bridge.
A compilation of historical data cites: "Before the age of steel and concrete, construction of a covered bridge demanded engineering
skill that was seldom acquired in colleges. The name of Sadler Rogers should be immortalized by a bronze plaque in memory of his many
contributions to bridge construction and primitive highway improvement notably the bridge at Forksville built in the 1850's. In his 18th year, Sadler Rogers
carved parts with his jackknife and assembled a perfect model; from this plan he supervised the building of this wooden bridge that is still in use with
more than a century of use to its credit."
An old obituary, undated, but purporting to have been published in February, 1913, reads: "S. S. Rogers, one of the leading citizens of Sullivan County, died of pneumonia, Tuesday evening.
Mr. Rogers was born at Forksville, Sept. 22, 1831. He was a son of Moses and Jane (Sadler) Rogers, and a grandson of Samuel Rogers, who was born in Bramley, near Leeds, England, in 1760, and came to
America locating at Forksville in 1801. The history of the Rogers family has been traced to 1031. They were probably Norman French, who went to
England with William, the Conqueror, and settled there.
S. S. Rogers, on reaching his majority, learned the carpenter trade and lived at Forksville. Later he purchased the timber land in Elkland and lumbered and cleared up a farm and moved thereon,
and at the time of his death owned 250 acres of land, being one of the finest farms in the country.
Mr. Rogers was a very energetic and industrious man, strictly honest and enjoyed the fullest confidence of all of his wide circle of acquaintances. He was elected county
commissioner in 1896, serving one term."
The farm referred to, according to J. Lyman Snyder of Eldredsville, is that formerly owned by Rush Rogers, son of Sadler Rogers, until the time of his death some years ago, and which is still
occupied by his wife, Jennie Rogers.
During the last year of the Civil War, Sadler Rogers was a member of the Union Army, in the 47th Regiment, Company B.
A direct descendant of John Rogers, the martyr, Sadler Rogers is credited with having built the Estella Union Church, the Millview Wesleyan Church and a number
of homes in the vicinity, including the house and other buildings on the farm he owned in Elkland Township. He rebuilt the splash dam in the Loyalsock between
Forksville and Hillsgrove, a marvelous piece of workmanship in the terms of R. Lee Rosbach of Forksville, who has observed it in operation.
It was later dynamited and removed. Mrs. Molly Wheat, of Forksville, a daughter, believes he did some carpentry work on the old tannery at Hillsgrove, but
he did not build the original plant. She states he rafted down the Loyalsock to Harrisburg a number of times, and floated logs down when he was in the lumber
business for the McEwen Lumber Company of Williamsport.
Following the account on the old covered bridge at Forksville, the historical data cites: "Ten years later, a veteran of the Civil War, he accomplished what neighbors deemed
impossible by blasting a narrow road round a cliff, thus shortening the distance to Hillsgrove two miles. His workers used scaffolding built of logs whle drilling holes in the
cliff. This project netted Mr. Rogers less than fifty cents per day for labor and supervision. The road was black-topped in the late
twenties and is still used by sportsmen and sightseeing tourists at their own risk."
A picture of "The Narrows", produced by Mrs. Molly Wheat, gives the following descripton underneath: "The photograph shows the car of the
Transportation Chief traversing the Narrows. The difficulty of the terrain justifies the assertion that this is almost certainly the first
published photograph of 'The Narrows' taken from the left bank of the stream. The photograph was taken in two sections and the angle of the camera
makes the height deceptive. The drop from the road to the creek is about 50 feet, the width of the road about 10 feet."
Sadler Rogers was the father of 13 children, six by his first wife and seven by his second, four of whom died in infancy. Mrs. W. H. Collins of Canton,
now over 90 years of age, is the only child surviving from his first wife, Sarah Plotts [*]. Three children survive the marriage to his second wife, Eliza Catherine Green [*], Mrs.
Harriet R. Frazier of Denver, Colo., Sidney T. Rogers of Lancaster, Calif., and Mrs. Molly Wheat of Forksville, who was the twelfth child.
It might be interesting to mention, in closing, that Jennie Rogers has in her possession a number of articles, the handiwork of her grandson, Stanley,
of which she can be justly proud. Stanley, the son of Laurence Rogers, shows much aptitute to follow in the footsteps of his great-grandfather who will long
be remebered as a great artisan.
[*Editor's Note: In the original article, the author reversed the identities of the two wives. We have taken the liberty of correcting that error in this
reproduction of the article, so as to avoid confusion for the reader.]
Here is a picture of the grade school at Estella, PA where the Rogers children and children of related famlies would have gone to school around the year 1900 or so. We do not have identifications or a date for this photograph. Should any readers
have such information, please direct it to Bob Sweeney, the administator for this site.
Grade School at Estella, PA
Perhaps around 1900
Lets' next take a look at some of the personalities we have been reading about, as they appear in the Norma Rogers collection of photographs:
Sadler S. Rogers and His Grandson Laurence Rogers
About 1912
Compare to the Preceding Picture in this Series.
Sadler S. Rogers and His Second Wife, Eliza Catherine Green
Eliza Catherine Green Rogers
Second Wife of Sadler S. Rogers
Here are two more pictures of "Grandma Eliza" Rogers:
"Grandma Eliza" Rogers
Wife of Sadler S. Rogers
Undated Photograph
"Grandma Eliza" Rogers
Wife of Sadler S. Rogers
With Her dog
Undated Photograph
Next we show two pictures of the famous covered bridge that Sadler designed and built in his youth:
Covered Bridge at Forksville
Built in the 1850s by Sadler S. Rogers
The Last Remaining Covered Bridge in
Sullivan County
Covered Bridge at Forksville
Undated Newspaper Picture and Caption
Probably from The Sullivan Review
The covered bridges at Hillsgrove and Sonestown, both in Sullivan County, were also
still standing in 2010.
Let's now see Rush G. Rogers, his wife, Jennie M. (Miller) Rogers, and yet one more picture of their son, Laurence Rogers:
Rush G. Rogers
Son of Sadler S. and
Eliza Catherine Green Rogers
Taken About 1905-1910
Jennie M. (Miller) and Rush G. Rogers
Parents of Laurence Rogers
Taken
About 1950-1955
Rush G. Rogers
With His Dog at the Farm
Taken Perhaps in the 1940s
Laurence Rogers
Son of Rush G. and Jennie Rogers
About 1912
Laurence Rogers (1905-2003) died in 2003; here is his obituary as well as that of his wfie, Ruth (Warren) Rogers:
Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA
October 23, 2003
Laurence E. Rogers, 93, of Sebring, FL, a native of Sullivan County, died Oct. 16, 2003 in Palm Medical Care Center in Sebring. He was born in Elkland Township Nov. 5, 1909, a son of Rush and Jennie Rogers. For many years he was an automobile mechanic in Elmira, NY and Rochester, NY. His wife, Ruth Warren, to whom he was married for 70 years, preceded him in death.
Surviving are four children, Stanley of N. Chili, NY; Alice of Lyons, NY; Royce of Fairport, NY and Linda Ryan of Avon Park, FL; a sister, Pauline Norton of Cornwall, PA; sister-in-law, Eleanor Pewterbaugh of Bradenton, FL; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial services were October 20, 2003 in Sebring.
The Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA
September 18, 2003
Ruth Warren Rogers, 90, of Sebring, FL, died Sept. 10, 2003 in Highlands Medical Center, Sebring, FL.
She was born April 26, 1913, in Elkland Twp.
She retired from the Spencer Poet, NY school system, was an oil painter, and belonged to the 1st United Methodist Church of Sebring, FL.
She is survived by her husband, Laurence, to whom she was married for 70 years; four children, Stanley of North Chili, NY, Alice of Lyons, NY, Royce of Fairport, NY and Linda
Ryan of Avon Park, FL; sister Eleanor Pewterbaugh of Bradenton, FL. Sister-in-law, Pauline Norton of Cornwall; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at the Palms in Sebring, FL
The following picture shows Ed Miller, father of Jennie Miller, the wife of Rush G. Rogers: He was born in December
1855 and died in 1918. He was the son of Francis Miller and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Miller. He married Alma Bird.
Alma was born January 15, 1859 and died on August 23, 1939. She was the daughter of George Copeland Bird and
Harriet (Kay) or (Kaye) Bird. After Ed Miller died, Alma was married to Andrew Murray Warburton on April 9, 1923.
Andrew had also been previously married to Martha Jane (Norton) Warburton. The following comes from History
of Forks Township and Forksville Boro by George Streby:
"W.E. Miller was born at Monroeton, Bradford County, PA, Dec. 1855. He was a son of Francis and Mary (Davis) Miller,
of Forksville. Mr. Miller was a native of Germany, who located first at Monroeton, and about 1847 at Forksville,
where he engaged in blacksmithing. He died in 1889, aged 61 years. W.E. Miller learned the blacksmith trade and
located at Forksville. In 1897, he purchased the Forksville gristmill property, which he operates in connection
with his blacksmith shop. Mr. Miller has been school director and borough treasurer. He married Alma Bird, of
Elkland, who was a daughter of George C. Bird, and a great granddaughter of Powell Bird, who came from England
to America with his family in 1793, locating near Millview in 1795. To Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Miller three children have
been born: Jennie M., George F. and Clarence L."
William Edward "Ed" Miller
1855-1918
Father of
Jennie Miller
Perhaps about 1910-1915
Here is a 1935 photograph of Alma (Bird) Miller Warburton with three other generations of her family: her son
Clarence, her grandson Malcolm, and Malcolm's son.
Alma (Bird) Miller Warburton (1859-1939)
Holding her Great-Grandson
Back, l to r: Malcolm and Clarence Miller (grandson and son of Alma)
Taken in 1935
Here are two pictures of Alma with her grandchildren, Pauline Katherine (Rogers) Norton and Laurence Rogers:
Alma (Bird) Miller Warburton
With Pauline Rogers, Her Granddaughter
Photo Taken in the Early 1930s
Alma (Bird) Miller Warburton
With Laurence Rogers, Her Grandson
Photo Taken About 1920
Here are several pictures of the Ward and Warren families. Martha L. Barnes was born January 25, 1878 and died in 1963. She was the daughter of Frank R. Barnes and Mary E. (Pardoe)
Barnes. Her father was Frank R. Barnes, born in 1850, and died in 1939. He was the son of Robinson Barnes and
Amanda (Dikeman) Barnes. He was married to Mary E. (Pardoe) Barnes on October 15, 1874. She was born on May 8, 1849
and died in 1929. She was the daughter of William Pardoe and Jane (McCarty) Pardoe.
On October 9, 1901 their daughter Martha married Henry Ward Warren (also known as H. Ward Warren). H. Ward Warren was born
May 13, 1877 and died on November 16, 1946. He was the son of William B. Warren (June 23, 1829-February 25, 1911) and
Jerusha (Hunsinger) Warren (April 1, 1837-February 15, 1918). William and Jerusha were married by the Reverend
Richard Bedford on October 25, 1856 at Millview, At the time of their marriage, both were living in Campbellville, Sullivan County. They are both buried in the remote "Warren" or "New Molyneux" Cemetery at Millview in Sullivan County, PA.
Their son "Ward", one of six children born to William and Jerusha of whom four were still living in 1900, had several sisters. Two of them, Helen ("Nelli") and Anna Warren, are shown in a picture below. It's hard to believe there was a six year gap in their
birth dates. They nearly look like twins in the picture below. Nevertheless, Helen R. Warren was born on March 1867
and died March 1, 1946. On April 13, 1901 she married George B. Fenstermaker. Anna Clarissa Warren was born March 28, 1861. She died February 14, 1934. On March 3, 1887, she married John Wesley Brown, born
March 15, 1859, and died January 3, 1935. He was the son of Charles Brown and Sarah Ann (Brenchley) Brown. John had
been married previously to Rosalind Ellen (McCarty) Brown. A third sister, Martha S. Warren, married Ira J. Pardoe. Their daughter, Maude Pardoe, is also pictured below.
Maude Elizabeth Pardoe was born February 9, 1891. She died September 28, 1980. She married Hugh J. Warren who was
born December 10, 1883 and died December 13, 1949. They were also 2nd cousins, once removed - with ancestors as explained by Dick Hunsinger, with parenthetical genealogical information from Larry Pardoe in this update provided in January 2007:
Hugh J. Warren (1883-1949) was the son of William B. Warren (1836-1907) and Amelia M. (_?_), b. December 13, 1857, d. August 9, 1891). He married Maud E. Pardoe. This William B. Warren was the son of Josiah Warren (1808-March 9, 1904) and Sarah J. Glidewell, b. abt December 24, 1810 and d. July 10, 1881. If you calculate her birth date from age at death from the transcript of the Windfall Cemetery, Grandville Twp., Bradford Co., PA, you come up with this approximate birth date.
A second William B. Warren (1829-1911) was the son of John Warren* and Elizabeth Glidewell (1802-1894); he married Jershua Hunsinger. Yes, he had exactly the same name as his first cousin, who married Maud Pardoe. John Warren was a brother to the above mentioned Josiah Warren.
* Note: Larry has him b. September 16, 1801 and d. August 5, 1873. The Millview Cemetery on the Sullivan County Web page shows d. August 5, 1873 and his age at death as 71y, 10m, 20d. This calculates to being b. abt Sept. 16, 1801. Norma Rogers says the Warren Family Record shows him being b. September 15, 1801. It could be either date.
Elizabeth Glidewell and Sara Glidewell were sisters. They were daughters of James Glidewell (1774) and Mary King (1772),both born in England and died in Sullivan Co. James appears in the 1850 and 1860 Davidson Twp census - but cannot be found in 1870. His wife Mary wasn't there in 1860. James probably died before 1870, and Mary probably before 1860.
Richard F. "Dick" Hunsinger is one of the foremost Hunsinger family researchers in the world. Frank Hunsinger, who is mentioned in the article was Dick's grandfather. His son, Homer Hunsinger was a brother to Dick's father, Joseph Longwell Hunsinger. You can see both Frank and Homer in a group photograph shown below on this page.
Helen and Anna Warren
Sisters of H. Ward Warren
All Children of William B. and Jerusha
(Hunsinger) Warren
Photo Taken in 1899
Maude Elizabeth Pardoe
Daughter of Ira J. and Martha S. (Warren) Pardoe
Niece of
H. Ward Warren
About 1893
Of further interest, the mother of Ward and his sisters, Jerusha Hunsinger, was a member of one of the oldest and most prolific German families in Sullivan County. The Hunsinger (orginally, "Huntzinger") tradition goes
back to the eighteenth century in Pennsylvania and to centuries before that in the Palitinate region of what is now Germany. You will see a picture of Sarah Madeline Hunsinger below. Who was she?
Sarah Madeline Hunsinger was born February 7, 1904 and died May 26, 1982. She was married to Holmes Milton Nale. Sarah was the daughter of William Henry Hunsinger (1870-1935) and Caroline Elizabeth (Witmer) Hunsinger (1881-1973) I believe that Sarah was the 4 year old in the photo and that Caroline, the mother was the other lady in the picture.
The connection between the Hunsinger and Warren families appears to be that William Henry Hunsinger was the child of
George H. Hunsinger (1839-1894) and Hannah (Meyer) Hunsinger (1851-1874). This George H. Hunsinger was a brother of Jerusha Hunsinger who
married William B. Warren mentioned above. This branch of the Hunsinger family, according to Larry Pardoe, lived in
Clearfield County, PA, before coming to Sullivan County.
Sarah was the daughter of William Henry Hunsinger (1870-1935) and Caroline
Elizabeth (Witmer) Hunsinger (1881-1973) Sarah is the child in two of the photos shown below and Jerusha Hunsinger,
her great-aunt, is likely the other lady in one picture. So, Sarah was the great-niece of William and
Jerusha (Hunsinger) Warren. Another picture below, taken about 1952-1954, shows a group picnic on High Knob south of Hillsgrove, attended by three families related by marriage: Rogers, Pewterbaugh and
Hunsinger.
The Hunsingers in this picture, Frank and Homer, are the son and grandson, respectively, of George H. Hunsinger, and therefore
nephew and great-nephew of Jerusha. Frank was also the brother of William Henry Hunsinger, and therefore an uncle to Sarah Madeline.
Homer married Margaret C. Mendrey. George H. and Hannah (Meyer) Hunsinger had two children; William Henry
Hunsinger and Frank Thomas Hunsinger (1874-1958). We have already discussed William Henry. His brother, Frank
married Mary Jane Longwell (1870-1953). Frank and Mary Jane Hunsinger had eight children, one of whom was Homer
Eugene Hunsinger (1910-1980). Another child, Thomas Frank Hunsinger, was married twice, the second time to Katherine Alverta Kennedy *.
* Editor's Note: Source: Dick Hunsinger, grandson of Frank and Mary Jane (Longwell) Hunsinger, on August 11, 2010.
"Frank" Hunsinger is not to be confused with
Francis W. Hunsinger (1861-1952), son of Barney P. Hunsinger and Emma (Rowe) Hunsinger, who married Emma S. Sayman
(1866-1932) and was known as "Skinny". Skinny had one daughter, Elsie May Hunsinger (1890-1929), who married
Frederick G. Karge (1884-1948). You can learn more about the Karges, Hunsingers, Saymans and related families at
many locations on the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page by using the
search engines provided there.
The preceding information about Frank and Homer Hunsinger and family draws upon
"HUNSINGER/HUNTSINGER/HUNTZINGER - Descendants of Johann George Huntzinger" -Ancestors, relatives & descendants of Richard F. Hunsinger. The source can be found at worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hunsi3.
We have also included judicious information and comments from Larry Pardoe.
You can learn more about the history of the
Hunsinger family at The Descendants of John Jacob Huntzinger, or
The Ancestors of Ralston Hunsinger. A third history,
The Descendants of Samuel Hunsinger, is the second entry in Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County, Group Nine.
Sarah Madeline Hunsinger
Daughter of William and Caroline (Witmer) Hunsinger
Photo Taken in May 1904
Sarah Madeline Hunsinger
Daughter of William and Caroline (Witmer) Hunsinger
Photo Taken About 1908
Sarah Madeline Hunsinger
Daughter of William and Caroline
(Witmer) Hunsinger
With Her Great-Aunt, Jerusha (Hunsinger) Warren
Wife of William B. Warren and Mother of H. Ward Warren
Photo Taken in September 1908
Hunsinger, Pewterbaugh and Rogers Families
At High Knob Near Ogdonia, PA
Taken in 1953
The individuals in this photo were identified by Richard F. "Dick" Hunsinger in January and February 2007, with some assistance from Larry Pardoe and Marlene (Hunsinger) Seidts, Dick's cousin:
Center (white shirt & glasses) Frank T. Hunsinger (1874-1958)-- Dicks's grandfather and father of Homer Hunsinger
1st from left - Laurence E. Rogers (1909-2003)
2nd from left - Royce Rogers, son of Laurence Rogers
3rd from left - John R. Hunsinger (1943-2006), son of Homer Hunsinger
4th from left - Margaret C. (Mendrey) Hunsinger (1913-1971), wife of Homer Hunsinger
5th from left - Ruth (Warren) Rogers (1913-2003), wife of Laurence Rogers
6th from left - Eleanor C.(Warren) Pewterbaugh (1918-2005), wife of Nelson and sister to Ruth (Warren) Rogers
6th from right - Martha D. (Barnes) Warren (1878-1963), mother of Ruth and Eleanor
5th from right - Nelson L. Pewterbaugh (1916-1989), husband of Eleanor
4th from right - Stanley Rogers, son of Laurence Rogers
3rd from right - Homer E. Hunsinger (1910-1980), son of Frank T. Hunsinger and father of John and Marlene Hunsinger
2nd from right - Linda Rogers, daughter of Laurence Rogers
1st from right - Marlene G. (Hunsinger) Seidts, daughter of Homer Hunsinger
Ruth May Warren was born April 26, 1913 and died September 11, 2003. She was the daughter of Henry Ward Warren
and Martha L. (Barnes) Warren. On November 19, 1932, she married Laurence Eugene Rogers. Laurence Eugene Rogers
was born November 5, 1909 and died on October 16, 2003. He was the son of Rush G. Rogers (09/13/1877-06/28/1956) and
Jennie M. (Miller) Rogers (05/1879-1961). Laurence had a sister, Pauline Katherine, who married Frank Donald Norton,
and who is also pictured in this collection at several points in her life. Pauline was born March 23, 1915 and died November 24,
2005 at the Cornwall Manor in Lebanon, PA. Her husband Frank was the son of William Lawrence and Estella Minerva (McCarty) Norton.
Rush Rogers was a son of Sadler S. Rogers, as indicated above. Carol Brotzman has been kind
enough to create an ancestral chart for Ruth May Warren; you can find it at the end of this page.
Martha (Barnes) Warren
With Three Other Unidentified Young Women
October 1899
H. Ward and Martha (Barnes) Warren
Wedding Picture 1901
Photo
Taken at the well known Ott & Hay Studio in Towanda, PA
H. Ward Warren
Likely 1901
Photo Also
Taken at the Ott & Hay Studio in Towanda, PA
H. Ward Warren
In Later Life
H. Ward and Martha (Barnes) Warren
In Later Life
H. Ward and Martha (Barnes) Warren
In Old Age
Martha (Barnes) Warren
In Old Age
Frank R. and Mary E. (Pardoe) Barnes
Parents of Martha Barnes
Undated
Photo Taken in Winter
H. Ward and Martha had two daughters, Ruth May and Eleanor Warren. Ruth May Warren was born April 26, 1913 and died
September 11, 2003. On November 19, 1932 she married Laurence Eugene Rogers. They had four children: Stanley, Royce, Linda and Alice. Eleanor was born in 1918 and
grew up to marry Nelson Pewterbaugh, born February 5, 1916 and died in 1989. Eleanor died on August 24, 2005 in
Florida. Her obituary, courtesy of Norma Rogers, is reproduced below.
The Herald ,
Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
August 25, 2005
Eleanor W. Pewterbaugh, 87, passed away on August 24, 2005. A graveside service will be held on Friday, August 26, 1p.m., at Manasota Memorial Park, 1221 53rd Avenue East, Bradenton. Eleanor was born on March 21, 1918, in Forksville, Pa., and came to Manatee County from Spencerport, N.Y., in 1979. She retired from Eastman Kodak and was a member of Oneco United Methodist Church. She was past Maiden of Order of Eastern Star Bradenton Chapter #87, and devoted porcelain painter. Survivors include two nephews, Stanley Rogers and Royce Rogers, both of N.Y.; two nieces, Alice Rogers, of N.Y., and Linda Ryan, of Fla.; one step-son, John E. Miller, of Pa., and long-time friend, Robert Dobmeier. Memorial donations may be made to one's favorite charity. Manasota Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Here are pictures of some of the personalities we have discussed here:
Ruth May Warren
Birth Announcement
1913
Ruth May Warren as a Baby
Early 1914
Ruth Warren with her Mother, Martha (Barnes) Warren
About 1913
Ruth Warren with her Mother, Martha (Barnes) Warren
About 1914
Eleanor and Ruth May Warren
Daughters of H. Ward and Martha (Barnes) Warren
About 1918
Eleanor and Ruth May Warren
Daughters of H. Ward and Martha (Barnes) Warren
1924
Ruth Warren with her Mother, Martha (Barnes) Warren
Late 1913
Ruth Warren At About Age 4 or 5
About 1917
Back: Pauline (Rogers) Norton and Laurence Rogers
Front: Rush G.
and Jennie (Miller) Rogers
Mid-1950s
Parents and Children
Laurence and Pauline Rogers
As Children
About 1915
Laurence and Pauline Rogers
With Their Mother,
Ruth May (Warren) Rogers
About 1920
Laurence and Pauline Rogers
About 1930
Nelson Pewterbaugh as a Child
Presumably With a Sister Named Cora Bell Pewterbaugh
About 1920
Nelson and Eleanor (Warren) Pewterbaugh
In Old Age
Here is a particularly intriguing photograph of Nelson Pewterbaugh's grade school class about 1920. The teacher is
possibly Ida Shaffer, a daughter of William P. Shaffer and Lena F. (Heipel) Shaffer. She later married Matthew Stanley.
As to the children, Nelson Pewterbaugh appears to be in the front row on the left. "Cora Belle", in the middle of
the second row, could be an older sister of Nelson. There are several other names handwritten on the photo and perhaps our readers can more clearly
identify them. The only other two names that Larry Pardoe could identify with certainty were Newt Bennett and Fred
Bennett. Newton was born May 10, 1910 and died February 18, 1980. He was married to Ruth Marion McCarty
(1920-1974). Newton and Fred were brothers. Fred Clayton Bennett was born January 7, 1913 and died October 20, 1978.
He was married to Ruth Evelyn McCarty. Ruth Marion McCarty and Ruth "Evelyn" McCarty were third cousins. You can learn more about the McCarty family at
Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County, Group Three, where
you can scroll down to the section entitled The McCarty Family. You can also click on the photo below to enlarge it and examine the faces and names more closely.
Nelson Pewterbaugh's Grade School Class
About 1920
Finally, here are two photos of the Warren family farm and homestead.
Warren Family Farmhouse
Forksville
Sullivan County, PA
The Warren Family Farm
Forksville
Sullivan County, PA
*^* Footnote: Per Larry Pardoe in November 2004: "There were two distinct different
Green families in Sullivan County. I am interested in sharing information on the Richard Green/Mary Plotts Green
family who came from New Jersey. Related families include: Green, Plotts, Randall, Pardoe, Battin, Brown, McCarty,
Williams, Rogers, and probably many more that we haven't discovered yet. This is a different Green lineage from the
family of John Sims Green.
Richard Green and Mary Plotts had twelve children, not including Eliza Catherine Green and her brother Sylvester, whom I suspect
were grandchildren (read below). I have only found spouse/descendent information for about half of these children.
I hope to someday find a Green family researcher who can help fill in many of the missing blanks. Meanwhile, here is what I at this point believe to be
the case with this family:
In a previous email to you on October 21, 2004, I mentioned there that I was not sure who the parents of Eliza Catherine Green
were. The article at the start of this photo collection is only one of two sources that where I have seen Mary Ann
(Ives) Green listed as the wife of Richard Green. The other source was Family Tree Maker - Vol 11, Tree #0819
which was submitted by Cindy (Coppock) Findley of Hendersonville, NC . Perhaps she got her information from the
same unknown source mentioned above. All the other sources for Richard Green's wife show her name as Mary Plotts.
Those sources are: Roots Web's World Connect Project - Ardis E. Parshall -AEParshall@aol.com; information
from Cynthia Howerter which appeared on Roots Web message boards for Sullivan County; and information from David L.
Mills (possibly also from message board information). I have been looking for something to show Richard Green
connected to Mary Ann Ives to no avail. I can't even find a Mary Ann Ives. I did however find Samuel T. Ives and
wife Mary Hannah (Rogers) Ives in Plunkett's Creek and Hillsgrove Twp. (Sullivan Co.), 1850/1860 and later in
Muncy (Lycoming Co) in the 1900 census. He was born about 1825 in England, but I was not able to locate anything to
connect him to anyone other than his wife Mary Hannah Rogers.
Now for the part that really drove me crazy. The 1850 Census - Plunketts Creek Twp., Sullivan County, PA shows
the name Elisa C. Green, age 5, living with the Richard Green family. Richard was born about 1788 in New Jersey. His
wife Mary -- whom I am calling Mary Plotts-- was born Dec 26, 1792 in New Jersey. These people seemed to me to be too
old to be parents of Eliza C. and her slightly older brother Sylvester Green. I therefore, at this time, listed them
both as children until I could determine just who their parents were, but I thought they were probably grandchildren
rather than children. I followed the census, and interestingly find in the 1900 & 1910 Elkland Twp., Sullivan Co., PA census that Eliza shows
as Eliza C. Rogers, wife of Sadler, and it shows her born in PA., her father born in PA and her mother born in "ENG".
The earlier 1850 census shows Richard and wife Mary both born in NJ, which I believed rules them out as parents and
seemed to support my theory of Eliza and Sylvester being grandchildren.
Furthermoe, I couldn't find that Richard Green and Mary (Plotts) Green had a son Richard. But, if they did and
if he married a Mary Ann Ives - which also is elusive - then I thought that just possibly Eliza's parents could have been a Richard
Green and Mary Ann Ives.
Larry Pardoe
November 22, 2004
As it turns out, I was wrong about this supposition. There is a more specific connection, which I came upon
in the Fall of 2007, based on information received from Verdie Scaife, a Green family descendant:
According to the recent data discovered, Eliza C. Green's mother was Mary Ann (Ives) Green, married to Isaac Green.
Isaac died in 1847 and, some time later, Mary Ann left the area with her youngest daughter Elizabeth Green,
born in 1847 and went to Brooklyn, New York. The data records that Mary Ann (Ives) Green remarried to an
unknown Booth, and had a son "Eddie" Booth. (The daughter Elizabeth supposedly married an unknown Vantassel).
Additional research by Joyce Ingerson shows that Elizabeth (Green) Booth married Abraham Vantassel.
Both were born about 1846 and they were living in Brooklyn in 1870, per the Federal census for that year.
Her sister, Mary "Ann" Green, born about 1842 and died in 1910, married John Scaife (1835-1892), a Civil War
Veteran. They appear in the 1880 census for Plunkett's Creek, Lycoming County. The Scaife family is the family of
descent for Verdie Scaife.
Larry Pardoe
August 2010
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