Josie Jane (Robertson) Rogers (1869 - 1905)

Born 28 Oct 1869 in Laclede County, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Nathaniel Massey Robertson and Nancy J. (Bradshaw) Robertson

Wife of Athelstan Rogers — married 26 Aug 1885 in Laclede County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1905 at age 35 in Big Cabin, Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

Josie Robertson was born in 1869 in Laclede County, Missouri. Her parents were Nathaniel Robertson and Nancy Bradshaw.

Josie's name appears as Susan on one census. It was a name she never used. She was called Cricket by her parents as a child. Later she named herself Josie after a neighbor lady that she admired. This was the name everyone knew her by.

In 1885, when she was still 15, she married Athelstan Rogers.^{[1] [2]} They had four children together: Roy,^[3] Homer,^[4] Edrie and Nancy.

Josie worked long, hard hours providing for her family. Since her husband worked for the railroad, they sometimes took in railroad workers as boarders. These were men that required a lot of fuel to keep them going. Her daughter, Nancy, said she would often make six pies and many loaves of bread a day to feed these extra men in the home.

Josie also sewed for the family. She made quilts from worn out clothes. She would make her own homespun fabrics, spinning the cotton fibers into yarns and weaving them into fabric that would then be used to make clothes for her children. She taught her children to never let anything go to waste. Even stale bread could be fed to the birds.

She believed strongly in laws that protected families. Nancy remembered her mother taking her marching in favor of prohibition when she was child. She had seen the damaging effects of alcohol on families.

As they were in the process of moving back to Indian Territory, it had rained hard on them and Josie got soaked. When they arrived, Josie learned that a friend was in labor. She had learned midwifery duties from her mother, so she went to attend the new mother without changing her clothes. Soon she became very sick and her illness progressed to a deadly pneumonia. Josie died in 1905. She was only 35. She is buried at Big Cabin Cemetery^[5] in the Cherokee Nation, now part of the state of Oklahoma.Morton-7125 23:27, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Notes

Josie named herself after a lady she knew as Aunt Josie Bean. 'Aunt.' as used here is a term of endearment and the lady is not known to be close family of any kind. Josie Bean seems to be this lady found through FS: (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVGC-2K9). She was living in the same township in 1870, a few pages away. She comes from Caldwell, Kentucky where Gatelys/Bradshaws once lived, so perhaps there is some other distant connection besides just friends of the family.

DNA

Confirmed paternal and maternal lines of both parents using GEDmatch. Josie's g-daughter, JM, matched to RB with 93.8 cM on 6 segments plus a 18.9 cM segment on chr. X. RB is the g-grandson of Sam Robertson. JM and RB are 2C1R. MRCA are Nathaniel Robertson and Nancy Bradshaw. Gedmatch gave an estimated number of generations to MRCA as 3.7.

Paternal and maternal side confirmed with Ancestry.com testing. LM, Josie's g-granddaughter, matched to B2, Maggie's g-grandchild, at 52 cM across 4 segments. They are 3C. MRCA Nathaniel Robertson and Nancy Bradshaw.

Sources

1. ↑ LaMyra Morton has the original marriage certificate issued to Athelstan and Josie.
2. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4W69-S16Z : 12 August 2020), Josie Robertson in entry for Athelstan Rogers, 26 Aug 1885; citing Marriage, Laclede, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007173474.
3. ↑ "Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQJT-LPPZ : 17 January 2020), Josie Robertson in entry for Roy Rogers, 1886.,
4. ↑ "Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQJY-B9T2 : 17 January 2020), Josie Jane Robertson in entry for Hamer Rogers, 1889. Homer was born in Vinita, I.T., but baptized in Laclede Co., Missouri
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93368247/josie-rogers : accessed 10 October 2021), memorial page for Josie Robertson Rogers (28 Oct 1869–2 Jun 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #93368247, citing Big Cabin Cemetery, Big Cabin, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by LaMyra Morton (contributor 49696282) .

• 1870 Laclede County, Missouri census, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46X-W3L : 29 May 2021), Susan J Robertson in entry for Nathaniel M Robertson, 1870.

Nathaniel M Robertson Male 39 Illinois

Nancy J Robertson Female 38 Tennessee

Samuel B Robertson Male 15 Missouri

Thomas N Robertson Male 11 Missouri

William J M Robertson Male 9 Missouri

Margret J Robertson Female 6 Missouri

Susan J Robertson Female 0 Missouri

• 1880 Laclede County, Missouri census, Franklin Twp., "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XF-557 : 19 February 2021), Jocy Jane Robertson in household of Nancy J Robertson, Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 58D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,697.

Nancy J Robertson Self Female 47 Tennessee, United States

Samuel B Robertson Son Male 26 Missouri, United States

William J Robertson Son Male 18 Missouri, United States

Margaret J Robertson Daughter Female 15 Missouri, United States

Jocy Jane Robertson Daughter Female 10 Missouri, United States

• 1900 Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Vinita, #19, 104, 109, "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR2-WGN : accessed 10 October 2021), Josin Rogers in household of Athleston Rogers, Township 25 N. Range 20 E. Vinitia town, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 13B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,843.

Athleston Rogers Head Male 33 Missouri

Josin Rogers Wife Female 31 Missouri

Roy Rogers Son Male 14 Missouri

Homer Rogers Son Male 11 Indian Territory

Edwin Rogers [Edrie-daughter] Son Male 8 Missouri

Nancy Q Rogers Daughter Female 3 Indian Territory

Acknowledgements

• Profile created, sourced and developed by great-granddaughter, LaMyra Morton utilizing family stories told by Josie's daughter, Nancy Rogers Arnold.