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- [S292] newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, 1888-12-25. "Once Upon a Time".
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newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, ... Francis Louis Truax, No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remember that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
The Bridal Book: Once Upon a Time in Potter County, published in the Potter Leader Enterprise, ca. 1988-
Charles Edsil Williams and Betsy Lucinda Rogers drove to Shongo, NY in a horse-drawn sleigh on Christmas Day, 1888, and got married.
No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remembers that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
The two did have a picture taken, dressed iin their "Sunday-go-to-meetin' best." Edsil (as he was known) was handsome and neat in his 3-piece suit, but at 28, his hands already showed the effects of years of hard work.
Betsy was just 18; very pretty, with hair piled high on her head. Her smile is slightly uncertain, but her hand rests firmly on her new husband's shoulder. The union they began that Christmas a century ago grew strong and true and lasted nearly 48 years, ending only with Edsil's death.
Charles Edsil Williams was born on Monday, June 25, 1860, in Harrison Vaeeley, the youngest son of Joseph T. and Susan Mariah MacMasters Williams.
When he was 14, his mother died. His father soon remarried, to a woman named Martha Gardner.
The new Mrs. Williams and her youngest stepson soon locked horns, and Edsil left home. He lived with his brother Philemon for a while, worked in the woods, farmed, did whatever was necessary to make a living.
Jim Morley remembers hearing his grandfather Edsil tell the following story about his youth.
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It seems Edsil was a sleepwalker, a habit which was, at the very least, an embarassing one to have in a camp full of burly lumberjacks. He surprised them by asking to sleep in a top bunk. They couldn't understand why he wanted to be so far from the floor when he began his nightly stroll. However, the young man knew what he was about.
The ceilings in those hastily built bunkhouses were extremely low, so when Edsil started to get out of bed in his sleep-- he smacked his head hard on a rafter. It didn't take too many bruises on his skull to cure him of his embarassing habit.
Betsy liked to tell this story about her own early years.
When she was 10 years old, she was "hired out" to George and Sarah Williams to help with their new baby girl, Mable.
Edsil, then 20, came to visit his brother's family and see his new niece.
Someone, in the age old fashion, asked him when he would "find a nice girl and settle down and have babies of his own." Always a tease, Edsil replied, "I'm waiting for Betsy to grow up." He may have been joking then, but 8 years later, he kept his promise.
Betsy Lucinda Rogers was born Oct. 30, 1870, near Gold, the 5th child of Calvin and Persis Lovinna Raymond Rogers. B the time she was 4 years old, she had begun to assume small responsibilities in the household. The first job she could remember was keeping the little bench that served as a washstand by the kitchen door scrubbed and the basin filled with clean water for her two older brothers and father when they came in from outside.
Betsy was proud of her heritage. Her great-grandfather Amos Raymond of Massachusetts fought in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather Daniel Raymond was a veteran of the War of 1812. She was the offspring of pioneers, and she inherited their spunk and tenacity.
Signs Autograph Book--
On her 12th Christmas, Betsy was given a little authograph book. Adults staidly signed their formal names, such as "G.G. Acker, West Pike, PA" Her little brother Ray filled a page with a childish scrawl, and friends wrote infinite variations of the old standby: "Whereever you may be/Don't forget to remember me."
Her mother signed with a poetic admonition, "Strive to kep the golden rule/And be a good girl when out of school."
And on one page is simply: "C.E.Williams, Gold, Potter Co, PA"
There is no record of where Edsil and Betsy lived the 1st 2 months of their marriage. In February, 1889, Persis Rogers received a letter from her sister, Mrs. Spencer Preston of Michigan. "... David wrote that Bettie (as Betsy was sometimes called) was married Christmas and I know how badly you will hate to have her go for a great many reasons. But we didn't know how bad our Mother felt to have us go. We can only hope she will have a good Husband and home."
In March, 1889, Edsil and Betsy bought household goods from W.J.Grover in Newfield (see sidebar). It probably was at this time they went to Brookland to work for Mr. H.H.Dent.
Apparently Edsil and Betsy moved frequently during the early years, to wherever there was work. By 1896, they were living in Daniel Raymond's old homestead between Gold and Raymond. A baby was due to arrive in the late fall.
Diary REcords Birth--
Betsy's father, Calvin Rogers, kept a diary from July 1896 to April 1897, and from it we get a glimpse of what seems to have been a difficult pregnancy for Betsy.
In August, the Robers visited their daughter and found her so ill that they stayed with her all night. By the 19th of October, Betsy's mother Persis was getting nervous, according to Calvin's diary. "Pirt has been cleanin house and killin bugs all day!" On the 20th, she made a trip to Raymond in the morning with her daughter-in-law Neeley and then ironed all afternoon. "It's about time for Betsy," Calvin writes.
The fall harvest continued through the last days of October. Edsil was ill and needed help a day or two.
On Nov. 4, Edsil came for his mother-in-law. "Pirt has gone to Betsy's. She is sick. I am alone tonight. It's windy tonight."
On the 5th: "Pirt is to Edsil's. Betsy was sick. Wrayned all day."
On Nov. 6, Calvin's diary reads, "Helped D.W.Greene butcher his pig. It waid 170 LBs. Betsy had a girl baby this mornin. Wife got home." His sigh of relief is almost audible. His wife was home, and Mary Mariah Williams was present and accounted for. Shortly before Christmas, the little girl visited her grandparents for the 1st time.
There is no diary available for 1902, but it is safe to assume that Grandma Rogers was called into service again to help with the birth of Daisy Lovinna Williams, born Feb. 9, 1902. She was born in the house her father had built on land in Allegany Twp, near Gold, which he purchasted around 1900, close by his father-in-law's farm.
An itinerant artist happened by that summer and, in payment for one of Betsy's good suppers and a bed for the night, he made a pencil sketch of the Williams farm. It shows the house, a barn on the right, and a figure, supposed to be Mary, in the yard, surrounded by tree...
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Once upon a time in Potter Couinty: Chester Edsil Williams and Betsy Lucinda Rogers
newspaper: Potter Leader Enterprise-, ... Francis Louis Truax, No record exists indicating whether they went alone, or even if their families knew of their intentions. Granddaughter Marie Morley Truax remember that Betsy told her the trip took all day.
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- [S854] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Persis L. Raymond Rogers.
Record for Persis L. Rogers
Persis L. Raymond Rogers
Birth: May 1, 1836
Death: Feb. 24, 1915
Spouse of Calvin Rogers.
Family links:
Parents: Daniel Raymond (1793 - 1893)
Amanda Freeland Raymond (1798 - 1879)
Spouse: Calvin Rogers (1826 - 1907)
Children: Mary A Rogers Flynn (1862 - 1900)*
Siblings: Amos Raymond (1821 - 1907)*
Daniel J. Raymond (1823 - 1846)*
Asa F. Raymond (1825 - 1922)*
Persis L. Raymond Rogers (1836 - 1915)
Betsy A Raymond Gilliland (1841 - 1895)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Raymond Cemetery
Raymond, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: nmbo
Record added: May 06, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 69437125
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Record for Thomas Edgar Rogers
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Calvin D Rogers 1826-1907
BIRTH 23 NOV 1826 • Virgil, Cortland, New York USA
DEATH 27 DEC 1907 • Allegany, Potter, Pennsylvania USA
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Calvin D Rogers 1826-1907
BIRTH 23 NOV 1826 • Virgil, Cortland, New York USA
DEATH 27 DEC 1907 • Allegany, Potter, Pennsylvania USA
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D William Rogers in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
Name: D William Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 86
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1868
Birth Place: Gold, Penn'a
occupation: farmer
widowed
never in the armed forces
residence: Rural, RD#3
Westfield, PA
Death Date: 19 Aug 1954
Death Place: Potter County Memorial Hospital
Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania
cause of death: Cerebral Thrombosis
due to: D.S. C.V. Dis
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Father: Calvin Rogers
Mother: Persis Raymond
Certificate Number: 70675
burial: 8-23-54
Raymond Cemetery
informant: Mrs. Seth Morley
Genesee PA
Funeral Director: William M. Hamilton
Ulysses, PA
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission;
Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1966;
Certificate Number Range: 070501-073200
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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D William Rogers in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
Name: D William Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 86
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1868
Birth Place: Gold, Penn'a
occupation: farmer
widowed
never in the armed forces
residence: Rural, RD#3
Westfield, PA
Death Date: 19 Aug 1954
Death Place: Potter County Memorial… |
- [S2325] Public Member Trees 2020, Tasch Family Tree - Jennifer Westendarp / Richard David Rogers (65) facts 20201103HAv-.
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Richard David Rogers 1798-1870
BIRTH ABT 1798 • New York, USA
DEATH AFT 1870 • Alleghany, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Record for Richard David Rogers (65) facts
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Richard David Rogers 1798-1870
BIRTH ABT 1798 • New York, USA
DEATH AFT 1870 • Alleghany, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah Fuller 1829-1911
BIRTH 11 JAN 1829 • Wyoming County, New York, USA
DEATH 1911 • Saline County, Nebraska, USA
Marriage 12 Mar 1854 • Potter Co, PA, USA
Norman Henry Rogers 1822-1863
BIRTH JAN 1822 • Cortland, Cortland, New York,
DEATH JUL 1863 • Pennsylvania
Thomas Fuller 1790-1850
BIRTH 1790 • Warsaw, Genesee, New York, USA
DEATH 1850 • Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
Sally Jenks 1792-1878
BIRTH 25 MAY 1792 • New York, USA
DEATH 14 JUN 1878 • Raymond, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
- [S562] census 1910 USA PA Potter, Year: 1910; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1375428.
Record for Ray D Rogers (19) facts
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Ray D Rogers in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 15 April 1910
Leon C? Eastman
Name: Ray D Rogers
Age: 37
Birth: abt 1873
Pennsylvania
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Gold and Genesee Road
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Odd Jobs
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: N
weeks out of work: 0
Household Members:
Name Age
Gold & Genesee Rd
Smith, Delos W 57
George E. Williams 54
Sarah M. " 47
Ray D Rogers 37 Head PA NY NY wd laborer, odd jobs
Calvin L Rogers 11 son PA PA PA s
Ruth Rogers 8 dau PA PA PA s
William D Rogers 42 bro PA NY PA wd
Source Citation
Year: 1910; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1375428
William D Rogers in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 15 April 1910
Leon C? Eastman
Name: William D Rogers
Age in 1910: 42
Birth: abt 1868
Pennsylvania
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Gold and Genesee Road
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Odd Jobs
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: Y
weeks out of work: 20
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
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Ray D Rogers in the 1910 United States Federal Census
date: 15 April 1910
Leon C? Eastman
Name: Ray D Rogers
Age: 37
Birth: abt 1873
Pennsylvania
Home: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania
Street: Gold and Genesee Road
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's… |
- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 116621-120220.
Record for Calvin Rogers (11) facts
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Calvin Rogers in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Calvin Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81y 1m 4d
married
occ: farmer
Birth: 23 Nov 1826
Cortland County, New York
Death: 27 Dec 1907 10:00h
Ulysses twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Senile Debility / 400
signed: Nathan W? Church MD
Ulysses
Father: Richard Rogers
born: NY
Mother: Mercy Jones
born: NY
inform: Mrs. Calvin Rogers
Gold, PA
burial: Dec 29, 1907
Raymond, PA
Certificate Number: 117634
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 116621-120220
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Calvin Rogers in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Calvin Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81y 1m 4d
married
occ: farmer
Birth: 23 Nov 1826
Cortland County, New York
Death: 27 Dec 1907 10:00h
Ulysses twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Senile Debility / 400
signed: Nathan W? Church MD
Ulysses
Father: Richard… |
- [S959] census 1900 USA NY, Year: 1900; Census Place: Elmira Ward 5, Chemung, New York; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241016.
Record for William D Rogers (20) facts
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William D Rogers in the 1900 United States Federal Census
date: 1st June 1900
Thomas H. French
Name: William D Rogers
Age: 32
Birth: Mar 1868
Pennsylvania
Home: Elmira Ward 5, Chemung, New York
Ward: 5th
Street: West Seventh Street
House Number: 322
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 7
Family Number: 7
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Georgie A Rogers
Marriage Year: 1894
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Day Laborer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: F
Household Members:
Name Age
322 West Seventh ST
William D Rogers 32 Head PA PA PA M6 Mar 1868 day laborer
Georgie A Rogers 23 wife PA PA PA M6 1/1 Jul 1876
Mildred Rogers 4 dau NY PA PA s Apr 1896
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Elmira Ward 5, Chemung, New York; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241016
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
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William D Rogers in the 1900 United States Federal Census
date: 1st June 1900
Thomas H. French
Name: William D Rogers
Age: 32
Birth: Mar 1868
Pennsylvania
Home: Elmira Ward 5, Chemung, New York
Ward: 5th
Street: West Seventh Street
House Number: 322
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 7
Family… |
- [S1134] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Wm D. Rogers & Georgiana A. Nickerson.
Record for Georgiana A Nickerson (12) facts
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Georgiana A Nickerson in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Name: Georgiana A Nickerson
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birth: abt 1877
her res: Wellsboro
her occ: living at home
marr lic: 28 Apr 1894
Marriage: 29 Apr 1894
Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Daniel H Nickerson
Mother: Carrie D Nickerson
Spouse: William D Rogers
Film Number: 001287356
by: J. L. Williams,
Minister of the Gospel
Record for William D Rogers (12) facts
William D Rogers in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Name: William D Rogers
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth: abt 1868
his res: Gold, Potter Co, PA
his occ: laborer & clerk
Marriage: 29 Apr 1894
Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Calvin Rogers
Mother: Persis L Rogers
Spouse: Georgiana A Nickerson
Film Number: 001287356
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. Pennsylvania Marriages. Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania.
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Georgiana A Nickerson in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Name: Georgiana A Nickerson
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birth: abt 1877
her res: Wellsboro
her occ: living at home
marr lic: 28 Apr 1894
Marriage: 29 Apr 1894
Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Daniel H Nickerson
Mother: Carrie D Nickerson
Spouse: William D… |
- [S986] This Week, by J.M.Buck, Persis Raymond Rogers.
Subject: This Week
She was a pretty girl! No doubt about it. The earliest picture I have of my Great-great Grandmother, Persis Rogers was probably taken for her wedding. She is looking solemnly into the camera, as everyone seemed to do in those days. However, her sober expression can not hide her beauty. Not at all.
Persis Lovinna Raymond was born on May 1, 1836 in Richford, NY, the daughter of Daniel and Amanda Freeland Raymond. She was the baby whose impending arrival kept them from joining her oldest brother Amos in the wilds of Potter County during the long winter of 1835-1836. When she was no more than three weeks old, so the story goes, her family finally made the long journey to their new home, not knowing if Amos would still be alive or not. He was, and at last the then fourteen year old boy understood why he had been left alone for so long. As many times as I heard the story, I never once was given any hint that he ever held it against her.
I have no way of knowing what it was like for her as she grew up in the growing community that eventually became known as Raymond?s Corners. I have no idea how much education she received. However, she was her parents? ninth child, having three older sisters and five older brothers. No matter the time period, older siblings are what they are. I?m sure they saw to it that Persis, and the two that came after her, were well educated in what was necessary for the times.
When she was nineteen, Persis married Calvin Rogers, who was nearly 10 years older than she. The son of another early settler in the area; Calvin, it would appear from a couple of diaries he kept, was a man with a sense of humor and with great love for his wife and family.
The picture of them that I remember the best hung on my Great-Grandma Williams? bedroom wall. It is not the early one taken when they were young and handsome. Rather, the wear of time and living shows on their faces. ?Who are they?? I would ask Gramma Williams now and then, repeating just because I liked to hear her tell about them.
?My Papa and Mother,? she would say, and she would look at the picture for a moment with a soft expression that, back then, I failed to understand.
The Rogers built a house and a farm out of an area that was labeled ?over back? when I was a kid. Nothing was left of it by my time, other than the well. I never saw it, because we were always warned to stay a good distance away from it.
There they raised their six children. Their first born, apparently never named, died at birth. Thomas was born in 1859, Mary, 1862, Eliza, 1865, David William (Will) was born in 1868 and Betsy, our Gram, was born in 1870. Their little brother Ray came along in 1873. I grew up knowing that Gram loved them all; every one.
Persis was the hard working woman of her day, cleaning house, keeping her children clean and in line and making sure that everyone had enough to eat.
Thomas married and lived near by. Mary, the ?Aunt Mate? whom I have written about so many times, married a wandering Westerner and broke her parents hearts when she went with him to live in Wyoming, of all places. Eliza settled down close to home, as did Betsy. Both Will and Ray married but suffered losses; Will apparently by separation and Ray became a widower. Persis and Calvin, of course, fussed over their grown children, just as all parents do.
By 1896, 40 years after their marriage, Persis? and Calvin?s family were each one on their own. Calvin kept a diary from July of that year until the end of March, 1897. It was handed to me one day, the lined sheets tied together with a frayed ribbon. There are a good many intriguing, amusing and interesting entries. The ones I enjoy most, however, take place in November of 1896, when the baby girl who would someday be my grandmother, was born.
Amid the day to day entries: Sunday, Nov. 1 ?went to meetin in the afternoon and evening? ? . Nov. 2, ? Ray has got home. He has been with his best gal.?
And then, on Nov. 4 ? ?Pirt? (Calvin?s nickname for Persis) has gone to Betsy?s. She is sick. I am alone tonight.? And again, on Nov. 5. ?Pirt went to Edsils (Betsy?s husband) Betsy is sick.?
Then, at last: Nov. 6, ?Helped D. W. Green butcher his pig. Betsy had a girl baby this morning. Wife got home.?
Two days later the grandparents went back to Edsils and Betsys to see the ?Baby?, who would be named Mary.
Persis lived to see that baby grow up to become a mother, herself. She died on February 24th, 1915, just six months after my father was born to Betsy?s daughter, Mary Williams Morley and her husband, Seth. . Persis held him at least once, I was told.
And , through him, I was touched by her.
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What a wonderful compliment, John. Thank you so much.
From: john christy wetzel
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 7:06 PM
To: Kimber Hershberger ; Christy Kiely Esq. ; Wetzel ; Markster Wetzel ; Jeannette Buck ; Brenton Mitchell
Subject: FW: This Week: Persis Lovina Raymond Rogers
Jeannette Morley Buck, the writer of this awesome insight into times past, is my 3rd cousin 1x removed, which would make her your 3rd cousin 2x removed. Persis, her great-great-grandmother about whom she writes, was the mother-in-law of your 4th great uncle, Charles Edsil Williams and this piece goes back into history of the very early days of Potter County (where your mom and I grew up.)
I am sharing, as before, in the hope that you will take a little time-out and imagine a time long ago when things were very different, ways of life long gone, but which nonetheless still helped form you, and me.
Here is another picture of Calvin & Persis that Jeannette had shared with me earlier.
I don’t seem to have a photo of Amos, that 14 year old boy who had been left in the wilderness on his own for the winter, not knowing if he would ever be rejoined by his family or not. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around that.
Love,
Dad
PS- Thank you, Jeannette for an awesome story wonderfully told!
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From: Jeannette Buck
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 4:07 PM
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Subject: This Week
She was a pretty girl! No doubt about it. The earliest picture I have of my Great-great Grandmother, Persis Rogers was probably taken for her wedding. She is looking solemnly into the camera, as everyone seemed to do in those days. However, her sober expression can not hide her beauty. Not at all.
Persis Lovinna Raymond was born on May 1, 1836 in Richford, NY, the daughter of Daniel and Amanda Freeland Raymond. She was the baby whose impending arrival kept them from joining her oldest brother Amos in the wilds of Potter County during the long winter of 1835-1836. When she was no more than three weeks old, so the story goes, her family finally made the long journey to their new home, not knowing if Amos would still be alive or not. He was, and at last the then fourteen year old boy understood why he had been left alone for so long. As many times as I heard the story, I never once was given any hint that he ever held it against her.
I have no way of knowing what it was like for her as she grew up in the growing community that eventually became known as Raymond?s Corners. I have no idea how much education she received. However, she was her parents? ninth child, having three older sisters and five older brothers. No matter the time period, older siblings are what they are. I?m sure they saw to it that Persis, and the two that came after her, were well educated in what was necessary for the times.
When she was nineteen, Persis married Calvin Rogers, who was nearly 10 years older than she. The son of another early settler in the area; Calvin, it would appear from a couple of diaries he kept, was a man with a sense of humor and with great love for his wife and family.
The picture of them that I remember the best hung on my Great-Grandma Williams? bedroom wall. It is not the early one taken when they were young and handsome. Rather, the wear of time and living shows on their faces. ?Who are they?? I would ask Gramma Williams now and then, repeating just because I liked to hear her tell about them.
?My Papa and Mother,? she would say, and she would look at the picture for a moment with a soft expression that, back then, I failed to understand.
The Rogers built a house and a farm out of an area that was labeled ?over back? when I was a kid. Nothing was left of it by my time, other than the well. I never saw it, because we were always warned to stay a good distance away from it.
There they raised their six children. Their first born, apparently never named, died at birth. Thomas was born in 1859, Mary, 1862, Eliza, 1865, David William (Will) was born in 1868 and Betsy, our Gram, was born in 1870. Their little brother Ray came along in 1873. I grew up knowing that Gram loved them all; every one.
Persis was the hard working woman of her day, cleaning house, keeping her children clean and in line and making sure that everyone had enough to eat.
Thomas married and lived near by. Mary, the ?Aunt Mate? whom I have written about so many times, married a wandering Westerner and broke her parents hearts when she went with him to live in Wyoming, of all places. Eliza settled down close to home, as did Betsy. Both Will and Ray married but suffered losses; Will apparently by separation and Ray became a widower. Persis and Calvin, of course, fussed over their grown children, just as all parents do.
By 1896, 40 years after their marriage, Persis? and Calvin?s family were each one on their own. Calvin kept a diary from July of that year until the end of March, 1897. It was handed to me one day, the lined sheets tied together with a frayed ribbon. There are a good many intriguing, amusing and interesting entries. The ones I enjoy most, however, take place in November of 1896, when the baby girl who would someday be my grandmother, was born.
Amid the day to day entries: Sunday, Nov. 1 ?went to meetin in the afternoon and evening? ? . Nov. 2, ? Ray has got home. He has been with his best gal.?
And then, on Nov. 4 ? ?Pirt? (Calvin?s nickname for Persis) has gone to Betsy?s. She is sick. I am alone tonight.? And again, on Nov. 5. ?Pirt went to Edsils (Betsy?s husband) Betsy is sick.?
Then, at last: Nov. 6, ?Helped D. W. Green butcher his pig. Betsy had a girl baby this morning. Wife got home.?
Two days later the grandparents went back to Edsils and Betsys to see the ?Baby?, who would be named Mary.
Persis lived to see that baby grow up to become a mother, herself. She died on February 24th, 1915, just six months after my father was born to Betsy?s daughter, Mary Williams Morley and her husband, Seth. . Persis held him at least once, I was told.
And , through him, I was touched by her.
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Calvin and Persis Raymond Rogers married Feb. 17, 1856
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Thank you, Jeannette.
Your branch/line is better documented and ‘pictured’ than any other in my tree.
I really appreciate all you have and continue to share.
Thank you so much!
Also for these amazing ‘The Week’s. I’ve had enough contact in my youth that I can admittedly barely relate, but I’m afraid my kids won’t get… |
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What a wonderful compliment, John. Thank you so much.
From: john christy wetzel
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 7:06 PM
To: Kimber Hershberger ; Christy Kiely Esq. ; Wetzel ; Markster Wetzel ; Jeannette Buck ; Brenton Mitchell
Subject: FW: This Week: Persis Lovina Raymond Rogers
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What a wonderful compliment, John. … |
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