Elihu H. Rogers (1913)

ANDERSON, CHRISTIANSEN, CLANTON, CLARK, MCKINNEY, ROGERS, SMITH

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/25/2008 at 17:14:49

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 12, 1913
Page 4, Column 3

ELIHU H. ROGERS, Old Resident Dies

Elihu H. Rogers, probably better known as "Skinner" Rogers, died at his home in the southwest part of town, Sunday, after an illness of several weeks. He came to Winterset at the age of eighteen and has since made this place his home. When the country was sparsely settled, he was quite a trapper, and a great lover of outdoor life. He leaves beside his wife, six children.

Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. L. F. Davis, and interment made in Rock City cemetery.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 12, 1913
Page 1

Elihu H. Rogers was born near Parkersburg, W. Va., April 13, 1844, and died at his home in Winterset March 9, 1913, aged 68 years, 10 months, and 26 days. He came with his parents to Iowa when about eight years of age, they settling in Lucas county, where he lived until 18 years of age, when he came to Winterset.

On April 14, 1872 he was married to Miss Martha O. Clark. Eight children blessed this union, two dying in infancy. Those surviving him are Leroy of near Macksburg, Albert R., Mrs. Eva Belle McKinney, Mrs. Mabel L. Smith, Ross R., and Mrs. Ruth Christiansen. These with his life companion, 1 brother, John of Sultan, Wash., and two sisters, Mrs. Lavinia Clanton of Winterset, and Mrs. Rose Anderson, of Everett, Wash., remain to mourn his death.

The deceased was a kind father, a good husband. A great home man and one for whom God’s out of doors held a special charm.

The funeral services were conducted from the home by Rev. L. F. Davis Monday at 2 p.m. and interment was made in the Rock City cemetery.

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