Conversion of Enoch Milton Rogers and Margaret Jemima Reese

I know this blog is suppose to be used to keep in contact with descendants of Arthur and Mary Rogers, but I thought it would also be a good way to share some family history. I hope that is okay. I found this story of the conversion of Enoch Milton Rogers and his family, the first to immigrate to Manassa. I wanted to share in case some of you don't know it. If anyone has other information about this, please comment on the post and let me know.

Enoch Milton Rogers and Margaret Jemima Reese Rogers lived on a 120 acre farm near Dealville Post Office in Alexander County, North Carolina. They farmed two thirds of the land and left the other third in pasture and trees. On the property, they lived in a log house, eighteen by twenty-four feet, with a lean-to kitchen, with beds upstairs in the loft. Here there were born three sons: Wayne, Clay and Carr; and three daughters: May, Pearl and Texy. More children were born to them after they moved to Colorado. They were members of the Lutheran Church and were well-read in the scriptures. Their Bible was liberally marked to note the passages they studied. Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to their humble home to teach them the Gospel. These missionaries were Elders Henry Eddington and Stephen Beard. The parents, Enoch and Margaret, were baptized on May 22, 1887. Immediately, the family was persecuted by the neighbors and by former friends. The boys, Wayne, Clay and Carr, were taunted at school where many unkind things were said to them. To escape persecution, the family sold its property at sacrifice prices and left North Carolina on April 1, 1888, arriving in Manassa, Colorado, on April 6, 1888. When the train arrived at the station in Romeo, the engineer blew the train whistle as a signal for the people of Manassa to come to Romeo to pick up the 200 immigrants who had just arrived from the South. When he arrived in Manassa with his family, Enoch rogers had only $100 with which to start a new life.
The Rogers family members were versatile people, mild-tempered, forgiving and talented, and able to do many things. Enoch was a framer, horticulturist, miller (ground flour on stone burs), blacksmith and carpenter.

Front Row: Jess, Mae, Pearl, Texie, Jake Rogers

Back: Gervacius Wayne, Erasmus Clay, Doctor Carr (not sure of the order)

Excerpt from a speech given by Winfred S. Haynie at the funeral of Milton Andrew Rogers on 20 June 1967.

Boyle Family 2008

I am Robyn Rogers Boyle--daughter of Karl--son of Mary and Arthur. My husband, Cary, and I live in Vancouver, Washington. We have been here since December 31, 1999. We have 5 children. Kris, Cami, and Jordan live in Omaha, Nebraska where Kris teaches news writing classes at Creighton University after getting his doctorate this past summer from Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Needless to say--we don't get to see them very often, but are looking forward to a trip to Omaha when their 2nd little boy is born in about a month. Nick is currently living in Farmington, Utah. He is a graduate of BYU-Idaho with a degree in health science. He spends his summers in California selling pest-control--and is now trying to decide what to do next. Cameron also has a bachelor degree from BYU-Idaho and is currently living in Teton, Idaho. He spends his summers working for the Playmill Theatre in West Yellowstone, Montana as an actor/singer and box office manager. Ashley married Jonny Johnson in April. She is a graduate of Utah College of Dental Hygiene and loves being a hygienist and being married. They spent the last summer in San Diego and Chicago selling security systems for Pinnacle Security, but have just bought a home in South Jordan, Utah and hope to settle down there for a while. Our youngest, Chase, is living in his own apartment in Vancouver and works as the paint manager at Home Depot and is working on an associates degree part time at Clark College. He just proposed to his girlfriend, Shyla and they plan a wedding in July.

We are happy to be a part of this great family and would like to get to know all of our cousins better. Sometimes we wish we were a little closer to Colorado so we could get to those family reunions once in awhile. Maybe next year.

This Blog is dedicated to Arthur and Mary Rogers of Manassa Colorado. We are their family members. We invite all cousins, aunts, uncles, grandchildren and beyond to help keep this blog active and updated with family information. It is an avenue for us to stay connected with each other and with past and future generations.

The sons of Arthur and Mary Rogers are: William Rogers, Albert Clay Rogers, Frank Lynn Rogers, Richard Rogers, Karl Wyman Rogers, and Alexis Christensen Rogers.

I am Rochele Rogers Dunford, the fourth child of six, daughter of Karl Wyman Rogers, who died in 1992. My goal for this Rogers Family Blog is to have a child or grandchild of each of the sons of Arthur and Mary Rogers, contribute information concerning their branch of the family.