Samuel Craig Rodgers

Samuel Craig Rodgers

1836-1915

Samuel Craig Rodgers was born in York, South Carolina on August 9, 1836, the son of Adam and Nancy Lathan Rodgers. He married Susan Winifred Pool on October 12, 1858. He enlisted as a private along with his brothers (Adam, James, and William) on May 12, 1862. The roll for February 1864, the last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. After the war the Rodgers family farmed in Muscogee County. Samuel
Rodgers died in Columbus on January 15, 1915. He is buried in the Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church cemetery in Muscogee County.

Samuel Craig Rodgers and Susan Winifred Pool

Children:

Oscar Pinkney Rodgers  1860-1933

Exa Craig Rodgers   1862-1914

Seranus Morgan Rodgers  1816-1919

Carrie Lexora Rodgers 1869-1951

Olen L. Rodgers 1876-1960

Herman Pool Rodgers 1889-1977

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  Home of Samuel and Susan Pool Rodgers

  Rodgers Drive

  Columbus, GA

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Obituaries

S. C. RODGERS, aged 78 years, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock at his home in Gentian, after a three weeks' illness of general debility. He came to Georgia in 1839 from South Carolina and spent the remainder of his life near Columbus. He was highly esteemed and numbered his friends by his acquaintances. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served the Confederacy in the Fifty-fourth Georgia regiment. // He is survived by his wife and five children, S.M. and O.  L. RODGERS, of Gentian; H. P. RODGERS, of Manchester, Ga.; O. P. RODGERS, of Fitzgerald, Ga., and Miss Ora RODGERS, of Gentian. Another daughter, Mrs. E. C. LAND, preceded him to the grave on December 20 last. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Double Churches, and the interment will be in the burying ground there.                                                     [Columbus (GA) Enqurier-Sun newspaper, Friday, 15 JAN 1915, p. 6.]

S. C. RODGERS Passes Away  Mr. S. C. RODGERS, aged 78 years, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock at his home near Gentian, Ga., after an illness of about five weeks with general debility. Mr. RODGERS was well known throughout the county and has a large number of friends who will deeply regret to learn of his demise. // The deceased came to Georgia from South Carolina in 1839 and spent the remainder of his life near Columbus. He was a prosperous farmer for a number of years and was highly esteemed by all those who knew him. He was a veteran of the civil war having served in the fifty-fourth Georgia regiment. He is survived by his wife and five children, S. M. and O. L. RODGERS, of Gentian, H. P. RODGERS of Manchester, Ga., O. P. RODGERS of Fitzgerald, Ga., and Miss Ora RODGERS of Gentian. Another daughter, Mrs. R.L. LAND, preceded him to the grave on December 30, last. 
 The funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Double Churches. Elder HARWICK conducted the services and the interment was in the church burying grounds. There were a large number of friends and relatives of the deceased present at the services who had come to pay their last tribute to Mr. RODGERS and a number of beautiful floral designs were sent to the home.
The following acted as pallbearers: John A. DAVID, J. D. DAVID, J. E. JOHNSON, R. A. HICKS, W.J. HAMER, H. P. FORT, D. W. DORTCH, Dr. W. T. POOL.                                                             [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Friday, 15 JAN 1916, p. 2.]

Mt. Moriah Cemetery

Double Churches Road

Columbus, GA

Mt. Moriah Cemetery

Double Churches Road

Columbus, GA

You can read more about my connection to Samuel Craig Rodgers in my blog Intertwined.