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Prentis Floyd Rogers
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Prentis Floyd Rogers 2
- Born: 12 Jun 1886, Reger, MO 2 3 4
- Marriage: Nella F. Fisher on 8 Apr 1910 in Trenton, MO 1 2
- Died: 20 Jun 1935, Hurdland, Knox County, MO at age 49 2 4 5 6
- Buried: 22 Jun 1935, Schrock Cemetery, 3 Miles South Of Reger, MO 2 6
 Death Notes:
as described in this Browning newspaper obituary:
"June 27 [1935] Floyd (Ned) Rogers, son of Watson and Mary Rogers, born in Reger, died at home in Hurdland, MO 20 Jun 1935 aged 49 years 8 days. 1910 married Nellie Fisher. 1927 to Hurdland where depot agent. 3 children, Doris, Etha and Neddie. Also left are sisters and brothers, Ida Tunnell and Ada Smith, Reger; Alpha Long, Harris MO; Willie, Milan; Clarence of Kansas City; Gene of Reger. Burial Schrock Cemetery."
Also in this Edina Sentinel obituary:
Prentice Floyd Rogers, Q. O. & K. C. Railroad station agent and telegraph operator at Hurdland the last nine years, died at his home at the age of 49 years. Death, from heart disease, was sudden, Mr. Rogers being in customary health until late in the afternoon.
Funeral services were at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Reger, Mo., former home of Mr. Rogers, at the Methodist Church by the Rev. L. Earl Snyder of Trenton. Burial was at Reger.
Surviving are Mr. Roger's widow and three children: Mrs. Doris Newmeyer, Trenton, Mo., Mrs. Etha Landis, Kansas City, and Ned Rogers, at home. Also surviving are his father, Watson Rogers and six brothers and sisters: Willie Rogers, Milan, Mo., Clarence Rogers, Kansas City, and Gene Rogers, Mrs. Ada Smth, Mrs. Ida Tunnell and Mrs. Alpha Long, Reger.
Prentice Floyd Rogers was born June 12, 1886 at Reger, a son of Watson and Mary Clements Rogers. He lived most of his life at Reger where he married Miss Nellie Fisher April 9, 1910. To them were born five children, of whom two are dead.
Both Mrs. and Mrs. Rogers were telegraph operators for the railroad at Reger before marriage and continued their work there until Mr. Rogers was transferred to Hurdland"
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 1910, Duncan Twp, Sullivan County, MO. 2 7
• Census, 1920, Duncan Twp, Reger, Sullivan County, MO. 2 8
• Occupation: a telegraph and train depot agent, From 1926 to 1935, Hurdland, MO. 2 4 9
• Census, 1930, Hurdland, Knox County, MO. 2 10
• Alt. Burial, 22 Jun 1935, Ioof Cemetery, Hurdland, MO. 2 according to his MO death certificate
Prentis married Nella F. Fisher on 8 Apr 1910 in Trenton, MO.1 2 (Nella F. Fisher was born on 15 Nov 1886 in Gallia County, OH,2 11 died on 3 Jun 1976 in Bethany Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 2 11 12 and was buried on 5 Jun 1976 in Schrock Cemetery, 3 Miles South Of Reger, MO 2 11 12.)
Marriage Notes:
as described in the Trenton newpaper:
"From Saturday's Daily. Floyd Rogers and Nella Fisher, both of Reger, Mo., were married this morning at the court house by Probate Judge Crooks. Both parties were very reticient about the matter and registered at the Perry Hotel under the euphonius name of "Sam Jones and Wife" of Kirksville. They couldn't help but give it away before they left town, so happy were they over the event" 2
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Sources
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The Trenton Weekly News: Reger Couple Marry, Location: Trenton, Missouri, Page: 7 col 3 (14 Apr 1910), Repository: State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201. Surety: 3.
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"Bush-Embree-Berry Gedcom," compiled by Neil S. Smith [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Jefferson City, Missouri 65109; supplied by Smith, 6 Feb 2009, Type any analytical comments about the GEDCOM's reliability, etc.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smithns&id=I8729. Repository: RootsWeb - World Connect. Surety: 0.
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Watson Rogers Family Bible, Family Info: Rogers Family B/D information, Present Owner: Riley, Mary Margaret, Location: San Marcos, Texas, Prentis Rogers born June 12, 1886. Repository: Mary Margaret Riley, San Marcos, TX. Surety: 3.
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The Edina Sentinel: Hurdland Q.K. Agent Dies, Location: Edina, Missouri, Page: 1-3 (27 Jun 1935), Repository: State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201. Surety: 3.
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Compiler: Gen. John Sullivan Chapter DAR, Sullivan County, MO Cemetery Inscriptions Updated from 1952-1987 Vol. II (private, Sullivan County, Missouri, 1987), 168, Schrock Cemetery, Prentiss Rogers 1886-1935. Repository: State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, Call Number: DAR Library. Surety: 3.
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The Genealogy Researchers of Linn County Missouri, Obituaries of The Browning Leader-Record 1930-1939, Volume: 3, 44, obituary for Floyd (Ned) Rogers. Repository: Jewett Norris Library, 1331 Main St., Trenton, MO 64683, Call Number: Gen 977.824d. Surety: 3.
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1910 Sullivan County, Missouri Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri (1910), 3b (penned), Duncan Twp, dwelling 55 family 57, Floyd Rogers. Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO -65101, Call Number: F837. Surety: 3.
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1920 Sullivan County, Missouri Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri (1920), 4b (penned), Village of Reger, Duncan Twp, dwelling 12 family 12, Prentic e F. Rogers. Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO -65101, Call Number: F1044. Surety: 3.
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Smith, W. Elsworth, Prentiss Floyd Rogers family information, Interviewer: Smith, Neil S., Informant Address: Trenton, Missouri (1 Apr 2000), Floyd Rogers family lived in Hurdland, MO where Floyd was the Q. O. & K C train depot agent. Repository: Neil Smith, -227 Rose Park Dr., Jefferson City, MO -65109. Surety: 3.
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Missouri. Knox County. 1930 U.S. Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Household: Purdis? S. Rogers, Location: Knox County, Missouri (1930), 75 (stamped), Hurdland town, dwelling 76 family 78, Purdis? S. Rogers. Repository: Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com. Surety: 3.
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The Kansas City Times: Deaths - Mrs. Nellie F. Rogers, Location: Kansas City, Missouri, Page: 27-3 (4 Jun 1976), 27 column 3. Repository: State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201. Surety: 3.
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Compiler: Gen. John Sullivan Chapter DAR, Sullivan County, MO Cemetery Inscriptions Updated from 1952-1987 Vol. II (private, Sullivan County, Missouri, 1987), 168, Schrock Cemetery, Nellie F. Rogers 1886-1976. Repository: State Historical Society of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, Call Number: DAR Library. Surety: 3.
