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The Allen Parks Rodgers Family
Allen Parks Rodgers
b. 29 Jun 1873, Carroll Co, MS
d. 14 Apr 1945, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
bu. New Hope Cemetery, Winona,
Montgomery Co, MS
Father: Allen Rodgers
Mother: Nancy Abigail Chatham
m. 8 Jan 1894,
Eskridge, Montgomery Co, MS
Minnie Josephine Vance
b. 3 Aug 1872, Carroll Co, MS
d. 16 Jun 1919, Montgomery Co, MS [Spanish flu]
bu. 17 Jun 1919, New Hope Cemetery, Winona,
Montgomery Co, MS
Father: Joseph W. Vance
Mother: Zilpha Azalene Blaylock
m. 23 May 1920,
Baptist Church, Winona, Montgomery Co, MS
Fannie Myrtle Davidson
b. 12 Oct 1891, Carroll Co, MS
d. 18 May 1992
bu. Duck Hill Cemetery, Duck Hill,
Montgomery Co, MS
Father: William Sutton Davidson
Mother: Martha Little
Children:
Joe Allen Rodgers (m. Ethel C. Ingram)
b. 6 Nov 1896, Carroll Co, MS
m. 22 Feb 1914, Montgomery Co, MS
d. 29 Jan 1970, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA
bu. Duck Hill Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
Norman Lester Rodgers (m. Myrtle Pearl Bennett)
b. 9 Jan 1897, Carroll Co, MS
m. 30 Jan 1916, Montgomery Co, MS
d. 28 Jun 1984, Montgomery Co, MS
bu. New Hope Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery Co, MS
Fred Lamar Rodgers (m. Ellen Inez Martin)
b. 22 Feb 1900, Carrollton, Carroll Co, MS
m. 10 Jun 1917, Carroll Co, MS
d. 10 Jul 1958, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
bu. 12 Jul 1958, New Hope Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery Co, MS
John Archie Rodgers Sr. (m. Denver Costilow)
b. 4 Feb 1906, Caroll Co, MS
d. 6 Feb 1957
bu. Duck Hill Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
Nancy Martha Rodgers (m. Melvin Witty Kirk "Lee")
b. 29 Jun 1922, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
d. 4 Dec 2005, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
bu. Duck Hill Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
William Chatham Rodgers Sr. (m. Juanita Mitchell)
b. 10 Jul 1926, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
d. Oct 1982, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS
Ruth Jane Rodgers (m1. Herbert Frankling Young)
b. 20 Nov 1932, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co, MS (m2. NN Abel)
d. Aug 2010-Cancer
Chronological Timeline:
The 1900 federal census has Parker Rodgers enumerated on 11 Jun 1900 in Beat 1 of Carroll County, Mississippi. His household consisted of the following:
Parker Rodgers Head W M June 1873-26 Married-6 years Mississippi Mississippi Alabama Farmer
Minnie Wife W F Aug 1872-27 Married-6 years 3/3 children alive Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
Joseph Son W M Jan 1894-6 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
Norman Son W M Jan 1897-3 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
David Son W M Jan 1900-4/12 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
NOTE: Parker should be Parks, for Allen Parks Rodgers, while David should be Fred Lamar Rodgers.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC5G-48
The 1910 federal census has A[llen] P[arks] Rodgers enumerated on 4 May 1910 on Grenada Road in Beat 1 of Carroll County, Mississippi. His household consisted of the following:
A. P. Rodgers Head M W 36 Married 1st-16 years Mississippi Georgia Georgia Farmer-Gen. Farm
Minnie Wife F W 37 Married 1st-16 years 4/4 children alive Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
J. A. Son M W 15 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Laborer-Home Farm
N. L. Son M W 13 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Laborer-Home Farm
F. L. Son M W 10 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Laborer-Home Farm
J. H. Son M W 4 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
N. A. Mother F W 74 Married 1st (actually widowed) Georgia Unknown Unknown
D. H. Vance None M W 14 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVZ-9MC1
The 1920 federal census has A[llen] P[arks] Rogers enumerated on 19 Jan 1920 within incorporated Duck Hill in Montgomery County, Mississippi. At this point, Allen Parks Rodgers was already running his grocery store in Duck Hill and they were residing with the same building as a mixed-race couple, the Hoskins. Their household consisted of the following:
John Ed Hoskins Head M B 36 Married Mississippi North Carolina North Carolina
Alma Wife F M 31 Married Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
Eulice Son M M 10 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
Daisy Daughter F M 5 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
A. P. Rogers Head M W 45 Widowed Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Groceries-Own Account
Nannie Mother F W 84 Widowed Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
John A. Son M W 13 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
NOTE: This mixed-race couple appears to be the same J. Ed Hoskins and Alma E. Jones, who were married on 18 Apr 1908 in Montgomery County, Mississippi.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6L-RSR
NOTE SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9VP-T9Q2-Z
The 1930 federal census has Allen P. Rodgers enumerated on 8 Apr 1930 on Main Street in the town of Duck Hill, Beat 2 of Montgomery County, Mississippi.
Allen P. Rodgers Head M W 56 Married 1st at 20 years Mississippi Georgia Georgia Own Home & Dry Good Store
Fannie D. Wife M W 38 Married 1st at 31 years Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
Nancy M. Daughter F W 6 Single Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi
William C. Son M W 3 9/12 Single
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC3-2DK
The 1940 federal census has A[llen] P[arks] Rodgers Sr. enumerated on 10 Apr 1940 on Front Street in the town of Duck Hill, Beat 2 of Montgomery County, Mississippi. His household consisted of the following:
A. P. Rodgers Sr. Head M W 66 Married 8th grade education Mississippi [no occupation; likely retired]
Fannie Wife F W 48 Married 8th grade education Mississippi
Martha Daughter F W 17 Single High School 3 education Mississippi
Chatham Son M W 13 Single 6th grade education Mississippi
Ruth Daughter F W 7 Single 1st grade education Mississippi
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MR-J1GX
The 1950 federal census has the widowed Fannie M. Rodgers enumerated on 4 Apr 1950 on "Highway 51 going south" in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi. Her household consisted of the following:
Fannie M. Rodgers Head W F 58 Widowed Mississippi
Hubert F. Young Son-in-law W M 23 Married Mississippi Block Setter-Saw Milling
Ruth R. Young Daughter W F 17 Married Mississippi
Terry Suzanne Young Granddaughter W F Infant-March Single Mississippi
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-5QHW-JGDM