Joseph Rogers (1801 - 1891)

Born 21 Mar 1801 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Carpenter) Rogers — married about 1827 in Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 16 May 1891 at age 90 in Coos River, Coos County, Oregon, USA

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Joseph Rogers BIRTH 21 Mar 1801 Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, USA DEATH 16 May 1891 (aged 90) Coos River, Coos County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Coos River Cemetery Coos County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 63236854 · View Source

Joseph Rogers was born March 21, 1801 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, to Aaron Rogers, (b. 1776,- d. 1866 at Granville, Washington, NY) and Dinah Folger Rogers (b. 5 January 1782 Easton, NY- d. 16 January 1860 at Worcester, Massachusetts). Aaron and Dinah were married on 22 March 1798.

Joseph's siblings:

• Sarah Rogers b. 2 Jul 1799, d. 3 Sep 1803.
• Moses Folger Rogers+ b. 25 Mar 1803, d. 1 Mar 1886.
• Aaron Rogers b. 1 Jan 1805.
• Lydia Rogers+ b. 28 Jun 1807, d. 7 Sep 1838.
• Judith Rogers b. 20 Sep 1809, d. 28 Mar 1883.
• George Dillwyn Rogers+ b. 8 Jul 1811.
• Elisha Folger Rogers+ b. 20 Jun 1813, d. 16 Jul 1887.
• Hepsibah Folger Rogers b. 19 May 1815, d. 14 May 1821.
• Anson Rogers b. 9 Aug 1817, d. 18 May 1819.
• Eunice Vail Rogers+ b. 13 Aug 1819, d. 7 Sep 1844.
• Dr. Seth Rogers b. 13 Feb 1823

Joseph Rogers was married to Lydia Carpenter in 1826. Lydia Carpenter, (b. 1806, Granville, Washington Co., NY,- d. 1890). The couple settled on a farm in Danby, later owned by an AA Mathewson.

Lydia and Joseph's children:

• Amos Carpenter Rogers (1828 - 1920) was married to Mary E. Noble Rogers (1842 - 1903). Amos and Mary lived the later part of their lives in Berkeley, CA.
• Anson Rogers, (b. 1829).
• Cyntha Rogers, (b. 1833).
• Stephen Rogers, (b. 1835).
• Lydia Ann Rogers, (b. 1837).
• George Rogers, (b. 1839).
• Joseph Rogers, (b. 1842).
• Marion Adelia Rogers, (b. 1846,-d. 1920), married to Jasper Anson Yoakam, (b. 1848,- d. 1924).

In the 1850 Census Joseph and Lydia were listed as living in Danby, Rutland, Vermont with their family:

Joseph Rogers, M 48y Lydia Rogers, F 43y Amos C Rogers, M 22y Anson Rogers, M 21y Cyntha Rogers, F 17y Stephen Rogers, M 15y Lydia Rogers F, 13y George Rogers M, 11y Joseph Rogers M, 8y Marion Rogers F, 4y

Joseph and Lydia's family migrated west to Oregon in several movements between 1850 and 1880. At almost 50 years old, Joseph had been kicked in the head by a horse and was severely handicapped both mentally and physically, (sometimes described as "insane" during this period). After the accident, he was unable to work. He remained first on his own farm in Danby with his younger children, including his young daughter, Marion. When his wife journeyed to California seeking a means of support for the family, Joseph moved-in with his son, Stephen Carpenter Rogers, in Glenn Falls, NY. Later he moved again, to Granville, NY.

The first of Lydia and Joseph's children to move west was their eldest son, Amos C. Rogers. "In 1849 Amos C. 'caught the gold fever' and joined a group in Boston, Massachusetts who called themselves the Bunker Hill Mining and Trading Association. For $300 each, Amos C. and eight other young men from a nearby town, including his cousin Amos E. Rogers, joined the association numbering 120 men. The association bought the ship Regidas, (Regulus), and left Boston on March 5, 1849. They sailed around Cape Horn and landed in San Francisco on September 29, 1849. In the spring of 1850 Amos C. headed for the gold country and panned for gold on the American, Feather, and Yuba Rivers.

In 1851 Amos C. sent for his mother, Lydia, (Carpenter) Rogers . At age forty-six she came to booming San Francisco by herself and went to work for a banker and his wife. No record has been found to indicate how Lydia came to San Francisco but it must have been by ship. Lydia sent money home to help support her husband, Joseph Rogers , and their younger children. By 1860 Joseph was sufficiently recovered to move to the Coos Bay area where he rejoined his wife, Lydia. When Joseph and Lydia were reunited in Coos County, they moved to Anson Rogers' farm where they lived until they died."

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When Lydia arrived in San Francisco in 1851 she sent a letter to her son, Amos C. Rogers, in the gold country and he returned to the city where he established a house raising and moving business. In 1854 the second son, Anson Rogers, came to San Francisco and joined his brother, Amos C. 8 , in the business. The records show that Anson came west by ship having walked across the Isthmus of Panama. The railroad across the isthmus was not completed until 1855.

In 1855 Amos C. 8 Rogers met his cousin, Amos E. Rogers, in San Francisco again. Amos E. had gone to Coos County, Oregon where he met and married a girl from Empire. Upon hearing of the opportunities in the Coos Bay area Lydia and her two sons, Anson and Amos C , decided that Amos C. should go there to explore the possibilities. Amos C. arrived in Empire by ship on June 15, 1855 with a large supply of merchandise. He promptly opened a store (trading post) and then expanded into a saloon and ten pin(bowling) alley. He also purchased a farm at the fork of the Coos River. Shortly thereafter his mother, Lydia, and his brother, Anson, moved from San Francisco to the farm. About 1 869 Amos C. sold his store and saloon in Empire and moved to the farm. In 1876 he sold the farm and he and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Berkeley, California. She died in 1903 and he died in 1920.

In 1858 Anson 8 had purchased a 320-acre farm on the south fork of the Coos River. In 1869 he returned to Granville, New York where he married Elizabeth Dillingham. Anson was in the stock raising and dairy businesses and the farm had taken on a semblance of prosperity and comfort. Ultimately, he made it into one of the finest farms in Coos County. Anson became a prominent citizen and the bridge across the Coos River was named for him. Anson and his wife had four children, Dillingham , Elizabeth , Alice and Anson Otis Rogers.

There are many families with the surname Rogers in the Coos Bay area but Otis Dillingham Rogers, son of Anson Otis Rogers and grandson of Anson Rogers, is the only descendant of Joseph Rogers with the surname Rogers now living there.

Of the whole Joseph Rogers family, those who came west were Joseph and his wife, Lydia, (Carpenter), Rogers , and five of their eight children: Amos C., Anson, Stephen Carpenter, Maria Dinah, and Marion. No record has been found to indicate that the other three children, Cynthia, Lydia, and Joseph, came west. In the 1880 census Joseph's family was listed as living in Coos River, OR. They were:

Joseph Rodgers, M 74, Lydia Rodgers F 74. Anson R. Rodgers, M 51, Lydia E. Rodgers, F 35, Elizabeth Rodgers F 7, Alice Rodgers, F 4, Anson O. Rodgers, M 3M,

Their household also included four non-related persons. Joseph's birth date seems to be incorrect on the census.

Lydia died 1890 Joseph died in 1891.

Both are buried at Coos River Cemetery.

Family Members Parents Photo Aaron Rogers 1776–1866

Photo Dinah Folger Rogers 1782–1860

Spouse Photo Lydia Carpenter Rogers 1806–1890

Siblings Photo Moses Folger Rogers 1803–1886

Photo Aaron Rogers 1805–1850

Photo Lydia Rogers Dillingham 1807–1838

Photo Judith Rogers 1809–1883

Photo George Dillwyn Rogers 1811–1859

Photo Elisha Folger Rogers 1813–1887

Photo Eunice Vail Rogers Dillingham 1819–1844

Photo Seth Rogers 1823–1893

Children Photo Amos Carpenter Rogers 1828–1920

Photo Anson Rogers 1829–1913

Photo Maria Dinah Rogers Carpenter 1830–1911

Photo Cynthia J. Rogers Parker 1832–1913

Photo Stephen C. Rogers 1834–1930

Photo Marian Adelia Rogers Yoakam 1846–1920

Flowers • 2 In their memory Plant Memorial Trees

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2021), memorial page for Joseph Rogers (21 Mar 1801–16 May 1891), Find a Grave Memorial no. 63236854, citing Coos River Cemetery, Coos County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by reson (contributor 47457050) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2X-P3F : 23 December 2020), Joseph Rogers, Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCK-H5S : 14 January 2022), Joseph Rodgers in household of Anson R. Rodgers, Coos River, Coos, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

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