Jon Rogers filed on land one mile north of Bessie, Oklahoma Territory. (or bought someone out) in 1892. He was a carpenter working near Kansas City at that time and returned to Kansas to move his wife, Ruthie May (Travis) Rogers and daughters, Maude Evalee Rogers and Pearl May Rogers to the new home.
The young wife became sick as they traveled. They stopped at a home in Bellflower, Kansas and asked if there was a doctor near. The lady invited them in, but Mrs. Rogers died before the doctor arrived.
After burying his wife, he sold his possessions and brought the girls to Bessie by train. Pearl was five months old and very sick then. The aunts, Missouri E. May and Lillie Beens (or Bins?) soon nursed her back to health.
Three years later, he married "Ella" (Martha Ellen) Hatchett, and they lived on the claim. Four children were born to them. A son {James Carr Rogers) died with croup and is buried in Union-Hatchett cemetery. Other children were: Ethel Cleo, {"Cleo"} Rogers, William ("Will") Cornelius Rogers and John Marvin Rogers. These children attended Sunflower school.
The Cyclone
Soon after the family went to bed on the night of March 29, 1901, a storm came up. The Rogers were asleep and didn't see the cyclone coming; it demolished the house. Mr. Roger's neck was broken and the house burned. Ella Rogers and Pearl carried the dead father from the wreckage and tried to revive him, while Maude rescued the three young children who were crying and covered with mattresses, broken glass, etc. She carried them out to safety near their mother. This was Maude's 14th birthday. Her feet were cut and bleeding, but she started walking across the fields to the Creswell home for help. The Creswell's heard the cyclone, saw the fire and were coming with wagon and team. They met Maude on the dark path. These young boys, Tom, Joe and Jim, put the father and family in the wagon and took them to their home. Their father, John Creswell, was freighting supplies from Weatherford.
Mr. Rogers was a carpenter and had made all the caskets for settlers in their neighborhood. But friends did the best they could, making a casket and the ladies lined it with muslin. When all was ready, the body was moved to his brother-in-law's ( James Sterling Hatchett) home where the funeral was conducted. The burial was one of the first in the Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
The neighbors and relatives built a new house for Mrs. Ella Rogers and her family.
Maude married James Isaac Creswell in 1902. Their children
were Beulah Creswell Kent, Blanche Charlotte Lucas, James Floyd, Lloyd Haskell, Leonard Doyle and Eulalia Nadine. James Isaac died in a car wreck in Elk City in 1936. Maude Creswell died of a heart attack in 1953 in Elk City. Her son, Haskell died in World War II in 1944 and is buried in Elk City. Floyd died of brain surgery in 1964 and is buried at Denver, Colorado. Beulah Kent and Blanche Lucas lived in Elk City; Doyle Creswell, in Lakewood, California; and Nadine Jones, in Lubbock, Texas.
Pearl Rogers married Thomas Armstrong. Their children were Ruthie Mae Armstrong, Forrest Armstrong and Ralph Armstrong. Pearl died in 1914 and is buried at Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
Ethel Cleo married Edward "Eddie" Herbert Kayser. They had five children-Roger F, Thelma, Edward Jr., Zelda Mae and Phyllis Ann. Cleo died in 1934. Her gravemarker at Union Hatchett Cemetery is spelled "Cleoo".
William Cornelius "Will Rogers", an educator and congressman, married 1st:Inez Chloe Gordon and had one child, Wanella Roberta "Nell" Rogers. He married 2nd: Ruby T Dunagen. Will's cremains, with wife Ruby, are at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
John Marvin married Annetta "Nettie" Jaworsky in 1922; they have two children, John Marvin, Jr. and Roberta Mae (Rogers) Krueger.
Submitted by Beulah Creswell Kent for "WAGON TRACKS", Washita County Heritage, Vol. One, and researched by Phyllis Medeiros
SEE STORY in PHOTOS:
The Death of John Lafayette Rogers
(May 13, 1862- March 29, 1901):
Remembered by Kerin Diane Krueger McRoberts Bowen, b. September 26, 1961, daughter of Roberta Mae Rogers Krueger, daughter of John Marvin Rogers I, son of John Lafayette Rogers.
The young wife became sick as they traveled. They stopped at a home in Bellflower, Kansas and asked if there was a doctor near. The lady invited them in, but Mrs. Rogers died before the doctor arrived.
After burying his wife, he sold his possessions and brought the girls to Bessie by train. Pearl was five months old and very sick then. The aunts, Missouri E. May and Lillie Beens (or Bins?) soon nursed her back to health.
Three years later, he married "Ella" (Martha Ellen) Hatchett, and they lived on the claim. Four children were born to them. A son {James Carr Rogers) died with croup and is buried in Union-Hatchett cemetery. Other children were: Ethel Cleo, {"Cleo"} Rogers, William ("Will") Cornelius Rogers and John Marvin Rogers. These children attended Sunflower school.
The Cyclone
Soon after the family went to bed on the night of March 29, 1901, a storm came up. The Rogers were asleep and didn't see the cyclone coming; it demolished the house. Mr. Roger's neck was broken and the house burned. Ella Rogers and Pearl carried the dead father from the wreckage and tried to revive him, while Maude rescued the three young children who were crying and covered with mattresses, broken glass, etc. She carried them out to safety near their mother. This was Maude's 14th birthday. Her feet were cut and bleeding, but she started walking across the fields to the Creswell home for help. The Creswell's heard the cyclone, saw the fire and were coming with wagon and team. They met Maude on the dark path. These young boys, Tom, Joe and Jim, put the father and family in the wagon and took them to their home. Their father, John Creswell, was freighting supplies from Weatherford.
Mr. Rogers was a carpenter and had made all the caskets for settlers in their neighborhood. But friends did the best they could, making a casket and the ladies lined it with muslin. When all was ready, the body was moved to his brother-in-law's ( James Sterling Hatchett) home where the funeral was conducted. The burial was one of the first in the Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
The neighbors and relatives built a new house for Mrs. Ella Rogers and her family.
Maude married James Isaac Creswell in 1902. Their children
were Beulah Creswell Kent, Blanche Charlotte Lucas, James Floyd, Lloyd Haskell, Leonard Doyle and Eulalia Nadine. James Isaac died in a car wreck in Elk City in 1936. Maude Creswell died of a heart attack in 1953 in Elk City. Her son, Haskell died in World War II in 1944 and is buried in Elk City. Floyd died of brain surgery in 1964 and is buried at Denver, Colorado. Beulah Kent and Blanche Lucas lived in Elk City; Doyle Creswell, in Lakewood, California; and Nadine Jones, in Lubbock, Texas.
Pearl Rogers married Thomas Armstrong. Their children were Ruthie Mae Armstrong, Forrest Armstrong and Ralph Armstrong. Pearl died in 1914 and is buried at Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
Ethel Cleo married Edward "Eddie" Herbert Kayser. They had five children-Roger F, Thelma, Edward Jr., Zelda Mae and Phyllis Ann. Cleo died in 1934. Her gravemarker at Union Hatchett Cemetery is spelled "Cleoo".
William Cornelius "Will Rogers", an educator and congressman, married 1st:Inez Chloe Gordon and had one child, Wanella Roberta "Nell" Rogers. He married 2nd: Ruby T Dunagen. Will's cremains, with wife Ruby, are at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
John Marvin married Annetta "Nettie" Jaworsky in 1922; they have two children, John Marvin, Jr. and Roberta Mae (Rogers) Krueger.
Submitted by Beulah Creswell Kent for "WAGON TRACKS", Washita County Heritage, Vol. One, and researched by Phyllis Medeiros
SEE STORY in PHOTOS:
The Death of John Lafayette Rogers
(May 13, 1862- March 29, 1901):
Remembered by Kerin Diane Krueger McRoberts Bowen, b. September 26, 1961, daughter of Roberta Mae Rogers Krueger, daughter of John Marvin Rogers I, son of John Lafayette Rogers.
Jon Rogers filed on land one mile north of Bessie, Oklahoma Territory. (or bought someone out) in 1892. He was a carpenter working near Kansas City at that time and returned to Kansas to move his wife, Ruthie May (Travis) Rogers and daughters, Maude Evalee Rogers and Pearl May Rogers to the new home.
The young wife became sick as they traveled. They stopped at a home in Bellflower, Kansas and asked if there was a doctor near. The lady invited them in, but Mrs. Rogers died before the doctor arrived.
After burying his wife, he sold his possessions and brought the girls to Bessie by train. Pearl was five months old and very sick then. The aunts, Missouri E. May and Lillie Beens (or Bins?) soon nursed her back to health.
Three years later, he married "Ella" (Martha Ellen) Hatchett, and they lived on the claim. Four children were born to them. A son {James Carr Rogers) died with croup and is buried in Union-Hatchett cemetery. Other children were: Ethel Cleo, {"Cleo"} Rogers, William ("Will") Cornelius Rogers and John Marvin Rogers. These children attended Sunflower school.
The Cyclone
Soon after the family went to bed on the night of March 29, 1901, a storm came up. The Rogers were asleep and didn't see the cyclone coming; it demolished the house. Mr. Roger's neck was broken and the house burned. Ella Rogers and Pearl carried the dead father from the wreckage and tried to revive him, while Maude rescued the three young children who were crying and covered with mattresses, broken glass, etc. She carried them out to safety near their mother. This was Maude's 14th birthday. Her feet were cut and bleeding, but she started walking across the fields to the Creswell home for help. The Creswell's heard the cyclone, saw the fire and were coming with wagon and team. They met Maude on the dark path. These young boys, Tom, Joe and Jim, put the father and family in the wagon and took them to their home. Their father, John Creswell, was freighting supplies from Weatherford.
Mr. Rogers was a carpenter and had made all the caskets for settlers in their neighborhood. But friends did the best they could, making a casket and the ladies lined it with muslin. When all was ready, the body was moved to his brother-in-law's ( James Sterling Hatchett) home where the funeral was conducted. The burial was one of the first in the Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
The neighbors and relatives built a new house for Mrs. Ella Rogers and her family.
Maude married James Isaac Creswell in 1902. Their children
were Beulah Creswell Kent, Blanche Charlotte Lucas, James Floyd, Lloyd Haskell, Leonard Doyle and Eulalia Nadine. James Isaac died in a car wreck in Elk City in 1936. Maude Creswell died of a heart attack in 1953 in Elk City. Her son, Haskell died in World War II in 1944 and is buried in Elk City. Floyd died of brain surgery in 1964 and is buried at Denver, Colorado. Beulah Kent and Blanche Lucas lived in Elk City; Doyle Creswell, in Lakewood, California; and Nadine Jones, in Lubbock, Texas.
Pearl Rogers married Thomas Armstrong. Their children were Ruthie Mae Armstrong, Forrest Armstrong and Ralph Armstrong. Pearl died in 1914 and is buried at Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
Ethel Cleo married Edward "Eddie" Herbert Kayser. They had five children-Roger F, Thelma, Edward Jr., Zelda Mae and Phyllis Ann. Cleo died in 1934. Her gravemarker at Union Hatchett Cemetery is spelled "Cleoo".
William Cornelius "Will Rogers", an educator and congressman, married 1st:Inez Chloe Gordon and had one child, Wanella Roberta "Nell" Rogers. He married 2nd: Ruby T Dunagen. Will's cremains, with wife Ruby, are at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
John Marvin married Annetta "Nettie" Jaworsky in 1922; they have two children, John Marvin, Jr. and Roberta Mae (Rogers) Krueger.
Submitted by Beulah Creswell Kent for "WAGON TRACKS", Washita County Heritage, Vol. One, and researched by Phyllis Medeiros
SEE STORY in PHOTOS:
The Death of John Lafayette Rogers
(May 13, 1862- March 29, 1901):
Remembered by Kerin Diane Krueger McRoberts Bowen, b. September 26, 1961, daughter of Roberta Mae Rogers Krueger, daughter of John Marvin Rogers I, son of John Lafayette Rogers.
The young wife became sick as they traveled. They stopped at a home in Bellflower, Kansas and asked if there was a doctor near. The lady invited them in, but Mrs. Rogers died before the doctor arrived.
After burying his wife, he sold his possessions and brought the girls to Bessie by train. Pearl was five months old and very sick then. The aunts, Missouri E. May and Lillie Beens (or Bins?) soon nursed her back to health.
Three years later, he married "Ella" (Martha Ellen) Hatchett, and they lived on the claim. Four children were born to them. A son {James Carr Rogers) died with croup and is buried in Union-Hatchett cemetery. Other children were: Ethel Cleo, {"Cleo"} Rogers, William ("Will") Cornelius Rogers and John Marvin Rogers. These children attended Sunflower school.
The Cyclone
Soon after the family went to bed on the night of March 29, 1901, a storm came up. The Rogers were asleep and didn't see the cyclone coming; it demolished the house. Mr. Roger's neck was broken and the house burned. Ella Rogers and Pearl carried the dead father from the wreckage and tried to revive him, while Maude rescued the three young children who were crying and covered with mattresses, broken glass, etc. She carried them out to safety near their mother. This was Maude's 14th birthday. Her feet were cut and bleeding, but she started walking across the fields to the Creswell home for help. The Creswell's heard the cyclone, saw the fire and were coming with wagon and team. They met Maude on the dark path. These young boys, Tom, Joe and Jim, put the father and family in the wagon and took them to their home. Their father, John Creswell, was freighting supplies from Weatherford.
Mr. Rogers was a carpenter and had made all the caskets for settlers in their neighborhood. But friends did the best they could, making a casket and the ladies lined it with muslin. When all was ready, the body was moved to his brother-in-law's ( James Sterling Hatchett) home where the funeral was conducted. The burial was one of the first in the Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
The neighbors and relatives built a new house for Mrs. Ella Rogers and her family.
Maude married James Isaac Creswell in 1902. Their children
were Beulah Creswell Kent, Blanche Charlotte Lucas, James Floyd, Lloyd Haskell, Leonard Doyle and Eulalia Nadine. James Isaac died in a car wreck in Elk City in 1936. Maude Creswell died of a heart attack in 1953 in Elk City. Her son, Haskell died in World War II in 1944 and is buried in Elk City. Floyd died of brain surgery in 1964 and is buried at Denver, Colorado. Beulah Kent and Blanche Lucas lived in Elk City; Doyle Creswell, in Lakewood, California; and Nadine Jones, in Lubbock, Texas.
Pearl Rogers married Thomas Armstrong. Their children were Ruthie Mae Armstrong, Forrest Armstrong and Ralph Armstrong. Pearl died in 1914 and is buried at Union-Hatchett Cemetery.
Ethel Cleo married Edward "Eddie" Herbert Kayser. They had five children-Roger F, Thelma, Edward Jr., Zelda Mae and Phyllis Ann. Cleo died in 1934. Her gravemarker at Union Hatchett Cemetery is spelled "Cleoo".
William Cornelius "Will Rogers", an educator and congressman, married 1st:Inez Chloe Gordon and had one child, Wanella Roberta "Nell" Rogers. He married 2nd: Ruby T Dunagen. Will's cremains, with wife Ruby, are at National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
John Marvin married Annetta "Nettie" Jaworsky in 1922; they have two children, John Marvin, Jr. and Roberta Mae (Rogers) Krueger.
Submitted by Beulah Creswell Kent for "WAGON TRACKS", Washita County Heritage, Vol. One, and researched by Phyllis Medeiros
SEE STORY in PHOTOS:
The Death of John Lafayette Rogers
(May 13, 1862- March 29, 1901):
Remembered by Kerin Diane Krueger McRoberts Bowen, b. September 26, 1961, daughter of Roberta Mae Rogers Krueger, daughter of John Marvin Rogers I, son of John Lafayette Rogers.
Bio by: Phyllis Medeiros
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