Martin Samuel (went by Sam) Rothrock was the fifth of six known children of Jonathan Rothrock (1818-1888) and Eleanor M. Cecil Rothrock (1819-1893), who married 17 Jun 1839 at Davidson County, North Casrolina.
Sam married Phoebe Jane (went by Jennie) Pope (1852-1905) on 07 Jan 1879 at Davidson County, North Carolina. Sam and Jennie were the parents of six known children, namely:
1. Albert H. Rothrock (1879-young)
2. Ella E. Rothrock Johnson (1885-1924)
3. Anna Rothrock (1886-???)
4. Walter J. Rothrock (1887-1974)
5. Mary Ellen Rothrock (1889-???)
6. Blanche Irene Rothrock Snowbarger (1896-1986)
In 1900 Jennie said she was the mother of 8, five living. Thus two additional children who died young are missing from the above listing. An Emma Rothrock and a A. G. (A. C.?) Rothrock with no listed dates are also buried at the Hazen Cemetery, are these the two missing children?
Links to Sam's parents, wife and two of his six known children are included below.
Newspaper article from the Emporia Gazette – 16 Nov 1933
Torture Victim Dies
Infection of Wounds Made By Robbers Kills Kansan
Hutchinson, Nov 16 (AP) Martin S. Rothrock, 79, pioneer Reno county farmer, died at a hospital at Stafford today. Bandits seeking a hidden money cache at his home near Sylvia hastened his death, physicians said.
Mr. Rothrock was a grandfather of Mrs. Bernard Zuber, whose husband was critically injured in a motorcar accident at Kansas City several weeks ago.
The aged man had been robbed annually for about six years by two women and a man who were never captured, relatives said. Each time they tortured him in an effort to make him tell where his money was hidden.
Once they broke both his thumbs when they pulled him up from the floor with thongs fastened to them. Another time they hanged him by the neck. During the robbery several weeks ago, when he was robbed of $140, he was burned on the bottoms of his feet.
After the torture, Rothrock walked several miles on his seared feet to the farm of his son. Infection that resulted caused his death. Relatives said they begged him to put his money in a bank but he refused to do so.
Sam married Phoebe Jane (went by Jennie) Pope (1852-1905) on 07 Jan 1879 at Davidson County, North Carolina. Sam and Jennie were the parents of six known children, namely:
1. Albert H. Rothrock (1879-young)
2. Ella E. Rothrock Johnson (1885-1924)
3. Anna Rothrock (1886-???)
4. Walter J. Rothrock (1887-1974)
5. Mary Ellen Rothrock (1889-???)
6. Blanche Irene Rothrock Snowbarger (1896-1986)
In 1900 Jennie said she was the mother of 8, five living. Thus two additional children who died young are missing from the above listing. An Emma Rothrock and a A. G. (A. C.?) Rothrock with no listed dates are also buried at the Hazen Cemetery, are these the two missing children?
Links to Sam's parents, wife and two of his six known children are included below.
Newspaper article from the Emporia Gazette – 16 Nov 1933
Torture Victim Dies
Infection of Wounds Made By Robbers Kills Kansan
Hutchinson, Nov 16 (AP) Martin S. Rothrock, 79, pioneer Reno county farmer, died at a hospital at Stafford today. Bandits seeking a hidden money cache at his home near Sylvia hastened his death, physicians said.
Mr. Rothrock was a grandfather of Mrs. Bernard Zuber, whose husband was critically injured in a motorcar accident at Kansas City several weeks ago.
The aged man had been robbed annually for about six years by two women and a man who were never captured, relatives said. Each time they tortured him in an effort to make him tell where his money was hidden.
Once they broke both his thumbs when they pulled him up from the floor with thongs fastened to them. Another time they hanged him by the neck. During the robbery several weeks ago, when he was robbed of $140, he was burned on the bottoms of his feet.
After the torture, Rothrock walked several miles on his seared feet to the farm of his son. Infection that resulted caused his death. Relatives said they begged him to put his money in a bank but he refused to do so.
Martin Samuel (went by Sam) Rothrock was the fifth of six known children of Jonathan Rothrock (1818-1888) and Eleanor M. Cecil Rothrock (1819-1893), who married 17 Jun 1839 at Davidson County, North Casrolina.
Sam married Phoebe Jane (went by Jennie) Pope (1852-1905) on 07 Jan 1879 at Davidson County, North Carolina. Sam and Jennie were the parents of six known children, namely:
1. Albert H. Rothrock (1879-young)
2. Ella E. Rothrock Johnson (1885-1924)
3. Anna Rothrock (1886-???)
4. Walter J. Rothrock (1887-1974)
5. Mary Ellen Rothrock (1889-???)
6. Blanche Irene Rothrock Snowbarger (1896-1986)
In 1900 Jennie said she was the mother of 8, five living. Thus two additional children who died young are missing from the above listing. An Emma Rothrock and a A. G. (A. C.?) Rothrock with no listed dates are also buried at the Hazen Cemetery, are these the two missing children?
Links to Sam's parents, wife and two of his six known children are included below.
Newspaper article from the Emporia Gazette – 16 Nov 1933
Torture Victim Dies
Infection of Wounds Made By Robbers Kills Kansan
Hutchinson, Nov 16 (AP) Martin S. Rothrock, 79, pioneer Reno county farmer, died at a hospital at Stafford today. Bandits seeking a hidden money cache at his home near Sylvia hastened his death, physicians said.
Mr. Rothrock was a grandfather of Mrs. Bernard Zuber, whose husband was critically injured in a motorcar accident at Kansas City several weeks ago.
The aged man had been robbed annually for about six years by two women and a man who were never captured, relatives said. Each time they tortured him in an effort to make him tell where his money was hidden.
Once they broke both his thumbs when they pulled him up from the floor with thongs fastened to them. Another time they hanged him by the neck. During the robbery several weeks ago, when he was robbed of $140, he was burned on the bottoms of his feet.
After the torture, Rothrock walked several miles on his seared feet to the farm of his son. Infection that resulted caused his death. Relatives said they begged him to put his money in a bank but he refused to do so.
Sam married Phoebe Jane (went by Jennie) Pope (1852-1905) on 07 Jan 1879 at Davidson County, North Carolina. Sam and Jennie were the parents of six known children, namely:
1. Albert H. Rothrock (1879-young)
2. Ella E. Rothrock Johnson (1885-1924)
3. Anna Rothrock (1886-???)
4. Walter J. Rothrock (1887-1974)
5. Mary Ellen Rothrock (1889-???)
6. Blanche Irene Rothrock Snowbarger (1896-1986)
In 1900 Jennie said she was the mother of 8, five living. Thus two additional children who died young are missing from the above listing. An Emma Rothrock and a A. G. (A. C.?) Rothrock with no listed dates are also buried at the Hazen Cemetery, are these the two missing children?
Links to Sam's parents, wife and two of his six known children are included below.
Newspaper article from the Emporia Gazette – 16 Nov 1933
Torture Victim Dies
Infection of Wounds Made By Robbers Kills Kansan
Hutchinson, Nov 16 (AP) Martin S. Rothrock, 79, pioneer Reno county farmer, died at a hospital at Stafford today. Bandits seeking a hidden money cache at his home near Sylvia hastened his death, physicians said.
Mr. Rothrock was a grandfather of Mrs. Bernard Zuber, whose husband was critically injured in a motorcar accident at Kansas City several weeks ago.
The aged man had been robbed annually for about six years by two women and a man who were never captured, relatives said. Each time they tortured him in an effort to make him tell where his money was hidden.
Once they broke both his thumbs when they pulled him up from the floor with thongs fastened to them. Another time they hanged him by the neck. During the robbery several weeks ago, when he was robbed of $140, he was burned on the bottoms of his feet.
After the torture, Rothrock walked several miles on his seared feet to the farm of his son. Infection that resulted caused his death. Relatives said they begged him to put his money in a bank but he refused to do so.
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