FOURTH GENERATION

8. Benjamin H. Rogers was born on 24 Jun 1876 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont. ^(19)(20) Birth registration shows mother's name as Betsey Louger. LDS microfilm #0027673, Vermont Vital Records Index, Early to 1870 (Rogers B.-Root. L.). He appeared on the census on 12 Jun 1880 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont. ⁽²¹⁾ He resided 1042 South Pearl, Denver, Colorado in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.⁽²²⁾ He appeared on the census in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. 1920 Colorado Census, Vol. 8, E.D. 57, Sheet 1, Line 33 He died on 5 Dec 1954 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.⁽²³⁾ According to death certificate, Benjamin died of arterioscleratic heart disease. He was printed on 7 Dec 1954 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. Funeral notice was printed in the Denver Post, Denver, CO, on 7 December 1954; page 37, column 7. He was buried on 8 Dec 1954 in Crown Hill Cemetary, Jefferson Co., Colorado. ⁽²⁴⁾ Funeral directors were Olinger Neighborhood Mortuaries.. Services were held in the Drawing Room-Speer at Sherman on Wednesday, December 8, 1954, at 10:00 a.m. Officiating was Dr. Robert A. Klein of the Christ Methodist Church. Music by Olinger Male Quartet. Burial location is Block 49, Lot 30, Section 3. He had an estate probated on 7 Jan 1955 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. ⁽²⁵⁾ Denver Probate File No. P-2531 is located at the Colorado State Archives. This is a small estate ($1,000). Emma Rogers, second wife and surviving spouse, inherited a 1950 Dodge Coronet valued at $485.00 and 1954 income tax refund of $141.60 for a total of $626.60. He resided 2811 Krameria St., Denver, CO 1907 to 1954 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. ⁽²⁶⁾ He had Social Security Number 521-03-6017. ⁽²⁷⁾ He was a Western Union Operator. ⁽²⁸⁾ He was married to Rosa Grace Nagley on 23 Oct 1905 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas. According to the marriage return, Rosa lived in Wichita, KS and Benjamin lived in Coffeyville, KS at the time of their marriage. They were married at 403 S. Washington Avenue, Witchita, KS, by J. E. Wilson, a minister of the Gospel.

9. Rosa Grace Nagley was born on 8 Dec 1881 in Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co., West Virginia. ⁽²⁹⁾ She appeared on the census in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. 1920 Colorado Census, Vol 8, E.D, 57, Sheet 1, Line 34 She resided 1042 South Pearl, Denver, Colorado in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.⁽³⁰⁾ She died on 5 Dec 1941 in Lakewood, Jefferson Co., Colorado.⁽³¹⁾ Grace died of chronic myocardosis and uremia. She was also diabetic. At the time of her death, she had lived in Lakewood, Jefferson Co., Colorado for 32 years. She obituary on 6 Dec 1941 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas. ⁽³²⁾ ROGERS -- Funeral Services for Mrs. Ben Rogers, formerly of Wichita, who died in Denver Friday will be conducted in Denver Monday. Mrs. Rogers is survived by two sisters here, Mrs. L. F. Bigson, 1512 Maple, and Mrs. George Horner, Route 6; and a brother, J. W. Nagley, 131 North Washington. She was buried on 8 Dec 1941 in Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.⁽³³⁾ Riverside Cemetery, established 1876, Denver, Colorado, shows that Grace was buried in Sec. S.W. 1/4, Lot 351, blk 13 (Plat Book 3). The funeral director was Hofmann Mortuary. Children were:

4 i. Rowland Nagley Rogers.
ii. Ellen Rogers was born on 3 Nov 1912 in Colorado. ⁽¹⁹⁾ She appeared on the census in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado. ⁽³⁴⁾ She resided 1042 South Pearl, Denver, CO in 1920 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.⁽³⁵⁾ She died in Feb 1994 in Denver, Adams Co., Colorado. She had Social Security Number 521-10-3365.
iii. Kenneth Rogers (Private).
iv. Gerald Rogers (Private).