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Ellis Ellwood Rogers

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Ellis Ellwood Rogers

Birth
Sweet Water, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
Death
31 Dec 1936 (aged 57)
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Division 14, Lot 872A
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Ellis Ellwood ROGERS was born the 2nd Feb. 1879 in Sweet Water, Marengo County, Alabama. He appeared as Ellwood Rogers in the 1880 Sweetwater, Marengo County, Alabama census, in his parents home, age one.

Ellis E. Rogers was enumerated on the 1900 Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama census as a boarder, employed as a salesman, he was age 21 and single.

Ellis Ellwood Rogers and Norma Webster were united in marriage, they were the parents of three daughters:
Katharyn Webster Rogers Armstrong
Norma Rogers Cook
Ellise Rogers Overbey

On September 18, 1918 Ellis Ellwood Rogers filed his WWI draft registration in Dallas County Alabama, his birthdate was the 2 Feb. 1879, age 39, employed in the Wholesale Grocery business, his description was tall & Slender, with blue eyes and dark hair, his nearest relative was Norma Webster Rogers.

Ellis Rogers was enumerated on the 1920 Selma, Dallas, Alabama census as E. E. Rogers age 40, wife Norma W. Rogers age 35, daughter Catherine Rogers age 6, daughter Norma Rogers age 4, Ada Webster mother-in-law, age 60, Guy McDaniel Servant and Norma Wake McDaniel Servant.

On the 1930 Selma, Dallas, Alabama census he is listed as Ellis Rogers age 52, employed in the wholesale grocery business, wife Norma K. age 47, daughter Kathryn age 16, daughter Norma age 14, daughter Ellise age 9, and Alice Iida, Servant.

Collection: Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Ellis Ellwood Rogers
Death Date: 21 Dec 1936
Death Place: Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Gender: Male
Race (Original): Whie
Race (Standardized): White
Age at Death: 57y
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Sweetwater, Ala
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Norma Rogers
Father's Name: W. D. Rogers
Father's Birthplace: Virginia (correction: Alabama)
Mother's Name: Kathleen Rentz
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: Retired
Street Address: 530 Madry
Residence: Selma, Dalas, Ala.
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Selma, Ala.
Burial Date: Dec 1936

Ellis died the 31 December 1936 in Selma, Al. at the age of 57. His grandson, Carter Fowlkes, gave some interesting information about this unexpected death. "Ellis had remarked to the cook on New Year's Eve that he was going out in the country to get some hog's jowl and black eyed peas for New Year's Day dinner and ran off the road a few miles outside Selma and died instantly in the wreck - 1936."

The residence for Ellis Rogers was 530 Mabry St., Selma, Dallas, Al. His burial was in the "Live Oak Cemetery" Selma, Al.
Ellis Ellwood ROGERS was born the 2nd Feb. 1879 in Sweet Water, Marengo County, Alabama. He appeared as Ellwood Rogers in the 1880 Sweetwater, Marengo County, Alabama census, in his parents home, age one.

Ellis E. Rogers was enumerated on the 1900 Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama census as a boarder, employed as a salesman, he was age 21 and single.

Ellis Ellwood Rogers and Norma Webster were united in marriage, they were the parents of three daughters:
Katharyn Webster Rogers Armstrong
Norma Rogers Cook
Ellise Rogers Overbey

On September 18, 1918 Ellis Ellwood Rogers filed his WWI draft registration in Dallas County Alabama, his birthdate was the 2 Feb. 1879, age 39, employed in the Wholesale Grocery business, his description was tall & Slender, with blue eyes and dark hair, his nearest relative was Norma Webster Rogers.

Ellis Rogers was enumerated on the 1920 Selma, Dallas, Alabama census as E. E. Rogers age 40, wife Norma W. Rogers age 35, daughter Catherine Rogers age 6, daughter Norma Rogers age 4, Ada Webster mother-in-law, age 60, Guy McDaniel Servant and Norma Wake McDaniel Servant.

On the 1930 Selma, Dallas, Alabama census he is listed as Ellis Rogers age 52, employed in the wholesale grocery business, wife Norma K. age 47, daughter Kathryn age 16, daughter Norma age 14, daughter Ellise age 9, and Alice Iida, Servant.

Collection: Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974
Name: Ellis Ellwood Rogers
Death Date: 21 Dec 1936
Death Place: Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Gender: Male
Race (Original): Whie
Race (Standardized): White
Age at Death: 57y
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Sweetwater, Ala
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Norma Rogers
Father's Name: W. D. Rogers
Father's Birthplace: Virginia (correction: Alabama)
Mother's Name: Kathleen Rentz
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: Retired
Street Address: 530 Madry
Residence: Selma, Dalas, Ala.
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Selma, Ala.
Burial Date: Dec 1936

Ellis died the 31 December 1936 in Selma, Al. at the age of 57. His grandson, Carter Fowlkes, gave some interesting information about this unexpected death. "Ellis had remarked to the cook on New Year's Eve that he was going out in the country to get some hog's jowl and black eyed peas for New Year's Day dinner and ran off the road a few miles outside Selma and died instantly in the wreck - 1936."

The residence for Ellis Rogers was 530 Mabry St., Selma, Dallas, Al. His burial was in the "Live Oak Cemetery" Selma, Al.


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