Wilson Advance, 2 August 1894.
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- Ida Rountree — in the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: carpenter Henry Rountree, 52; wife Emma, 55; and children Charley, 34, drayman, and Ida, 27, schoolteacher.
- Annie Rodgers
Rodgers
The death of Annie Blake Rodgers.
Wilson Advance, 19 July 1894.
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- Annie Rodgers
On 21 September 1893, John W. Rodgers, 25, of the Town of Wilson, married Annie H. Blake, 21, at the Baptist Church in Wilson. B.R. Winstead applied for the license, and Presbyterian minister L.J. Melton performed the ceremony in the presence of David Pyatt, C.H. Bynum, and S.H. Vick.
Aaron Washington sells a lot near Lodge Street.
In June 1897, Aaron and Estella Washington sold John W. Rodgers a one-quarter acre lot “near the town of Wilson” on or near Reddin S. Wilkins‘ lot on Lodge Street.
Deed book 48, page 166, Wilson County Register of Deeds office, Wilson.
Rodgers promoted to corporal.
Wilson Daily Times, 20 December 1943.
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In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on East Green Street, Coney Rodgers, 24, guano plant laborer; wife Clyde, 24; and children Earnest Lee, 6, Mosses, 4, Levay, 2, and Nina, 2 months.
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Connie Rodgers, 33, widower, sewer project laborer, and children Ernest, 16, Moses, 13, Janey L., 12, Nina R., 9, and Queenella, 6; and Penny Bynum, 30.
In 1942, Ernest Lee Rogers registered for the World War II draft in Wilson, Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 18 December 1923 in Wilson; his contact was Mary Rogers, 612 Atlantic Street; and he worked for a government program in Goldsboro. He signed his card “Earnest Lee Rodgers.”
The death of Hattie Rodgers, 13.
Wilson Daily Times, 6 July 1916.
Thirteen year-old Hattie Rodgers was pregnant. The newspaper reported speculation that her death was a suicide resulting from her family’s response to her condition.
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In the 1910 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: tenant farmer Berry Rodgers, 35; wife Florence, 23; and children Bessie, 10, Hattie, 7, Eula, 4, Nora, 2, and Nannie B., 11.
I have not found Hattie Rodgers’ death certificate.
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
A hunting accident?
Wilson Daily Times, 15 November 1929.
I have not found any follow-up to this news story, but Harvey Rodgers‘ death certificate lists his cause of death as “Gun shot wound of chest accident while hunting.”
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- Harvey Rodgers — in the 1920 census of Cross Roads township, Wilson County: Jim Rogers, 60; wife Lanie, 50; children Latina, 15, Harold, 12, Louisa, 9, and Harvey, 8; and nieces Ema B., 20, and Mabel Sanders, 6.
- Wray Bridgers
One of the events of the season.
Wilson Advance, 28 September 1893.
J.W. Rogers, 25, married Annie H. Blake, 21, on 21 September 1893. L.J. Melton, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony at the Baptist church in the presence of David Pyatt, H. Bynum, and S.H. Vick.
