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RODGERS/ROGERS GRAVEYARD

Sec. 35-5-11

Shelby Township
Jefferson County, Indiana

April 2000 Survey – done by Jackie Owen & Granddaughter Morigan Tuggle

HISTORY: By Robert W. Scott
The DAR transcription (1940s) describes this as being on the Jackson farm, south of Canaan. Jefferson Co. Road maps show a cemetery (presumably this one) in the SE1/4 of Section 35 and south of Lonis Hill Road (also known as Jackson Hill.)

People in the same families varied [the spelling of their surname]. The family for whom the cemetery is named is Rogers in William Rogers estate. In my family at Brushy Fork the husband is Rogers and the wife Rodgers.

Lonis is one of those names that's all over the lot, double n, single n, final i, final e.

KEY: SS = Same Stone, W = Wife, S = Son, D = Daughter, y = year(s), m = month(s), d = day(s)

    LAST NAME
    FIRST
    MIDDLE
    BORN
    DIED
    INSCRIPTION(S)
    COMMENTS
  
    Lonis
    Henry
    B.
    04 Jun 1870
    Age 61y 8m 13d
    
    Rodgers
    Benjmain
    08 Jul 1844
    S of Wm. & Mary Ann – Age 2y 4m 17d
    
    Rodgers
    Eliza
    Jane
    09 Feb 1841
    D of Wm. & Mary Ann – Age 4y 4m 12d
    
    Rodgers
    James
    O.
    Co. G. 12th Ind. Inf.
    
    Rodgers
    Mary
    Ann
    02 Aug 1869
    W of Wm. – Age 57y
    
    Rodgers
    William
    03 Mar 1808
    23 Feb 1891
    
    Rogers, Jr.
    William
    24 Jun 1876
    Age 26y 1m

COMMENTS: Located at 6146 E. Lonnis Hill Road, Canaan, IN on the property of Robie Jones.

One stone was found with the only thing readable of “13 days” – assume it must have been all that was left of Henry B. Lonis’ stone. Not sure if the spelling is right, the spelling of the hill is Lonnis.