Martha Lyle Rogers

Martha Lyle Rogers
(1825-1912)

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Martha Lyle Rogers

Born: 1 Jan 1825, Meigs, Meigs, Ohio
Marriage: Hiram Benton Anderson on 22 Sep 1853 in , , Boone, Indiana ¹
Died: 18 Feb 1912, , Madison, Iowa at age 87
Buried: Feb 1912, Stringtown Cemetery, Douglas, Madison, Iowa

bullet General Notes:

On her death bed, she raised up and said "Hiram!" and then closed her eyes. Her children took her body to Winterset, Madison, Iowa to be buried beside Hiram.

Stringtown Cemetery Douglas Township, Madison County, Iowa
Anderson, Hiram B., b. 1830, d. 5-16-1859, h/o Martha L. Anderson, Martha L., b. 1825, d. 12-4-1912, w/o Hiram B. Anderson, William, d. 2-24-1880, 61 y
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ia/madison/stringtown_cemetery.htm

bullet Birth Notes:

Martha's death certificate gives her birthdate as Jan. 1, 1825.

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1850, District 7, Boone, Indiana. ²
Isaac Bennett, 32, property $1000, farmer, born in Ohio. Mary J. Bennett, 30, born in Ohio. John Bennett, 3, born in Indiana. Mary E. Bennett, 2 mos, born in Indiana. Martha Rogers, 26, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1870, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. ³
Martha Anderson, 45, keeping house, born in Ohio. Hiram Anderson, 16, farm laborer, born in Indiana. Mary Anderson, 14, born in Indiana. Alonzo Anderson, 13, farm laborer, born in Indiana. Ida M. Anderson, 12, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1880, Clinton, Boone, Indiana. ⁴
Martha Anderson, 54, keeping house, born in Ohio. Hiram Roland Anderson, 26, farmer, born in Ohio. Mary Anderson, 24, housekeeper, born in Indiana. Alonzo Anderson, 23, laborer, born in Indiana.

• Census, 1900, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas. ⁵
Joel Signor, 50, letter carrier, born May 1850 in New York, married 15 years. mary E. Signor, 49, born Oct 1855 in Indiana, 7 children, 5 living. Ida L. Signor, 14, born Oct 1885 in Kansas. Mettie S. Signor, 12, born Aug 1887 in Kansas. Mary E. Signor, 7, born in Mar 1893 in Kansas. Bert J. Signor, 2, born Dec 1987 in Kansas. Hiram B. Graham, 22, stepson, printer, born Nov 1877 in Indiana. Martha L. Anderson, 75, mother-in-law, born Jan 1825 in Ohio, widow, 4 children, 4 living.

• Census, 1910, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas. ⁶
Joel B. Signor, 59, mail carrier, born in New York, married 26 years. Mary Signor, 55, born in in New York, married 26 years. Nellie Signor, 22, sales lady in dry goods, born in Kansas. Mary Signor, 17, works in laundry, born in Kansas. Bert Signor, 12, born in Kansas. Martha Anderson, 86, widow, mother-in-law, born in Ohio.

Martha married Hiram Benton Anderson, son of Hiram Anderson and Mary Mulford, on 22 Sep 1853 in , , Boone, Indiana.¹ (Hiram Benton Anderson was born on 7 Aug 1830 in Marion, Hancock, Ohio,⁷ died on 4 Dec 1859 in , Jefferson, Iowa ⁷ and was buried in Dec 1859 in Stringtown Cemetery, Douglas, Madison, Iowa ⁸.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Title: Index to Marriage Records 1844 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A to K InclusiveRecord Location: Boone County, Indiana W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Lebanon Compiled by Indiana Works Projects Administration 1940
Spouse 1: Hiram B Anderson
Spouse 2: Martha Rogers
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1853
County: Boone
Book: C-2
Original Source
Page: 332
Date: 22 Sep 1853 ⁹

1 United States. Works Progress Administration (Indiana), Index to marriage records, 1842-1920 (Indianapolis : Indiana State Library, 1983.), 332.

4 United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880, 1880 Federal Census (Washington : National Archives and Records Service, [19--]).

7 Iowa, Midison, Stringtown Cemetery, Headstone Inscriptions (<online> http://iowagravestones.org).

9 Indiana Works Progress Administration, Indiana Marriages, 1845 - 1920 (Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940, Ancestry.com, 2000), Hiram B. Anderson married Martha Rogers 22 Sep 1853 in Boone County, Indiana.

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