MARY MATILDA "MOLLIE" ROGERS 6, (NANCY ELIZABETH BAGBY 5, JOHN 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born June 20, 1836 in Barren County, Kentucky and died August 18, 1914 in Goodnight, Barren County, Kentucky. She married (1) JOHN B. WOOD. He was born Unknown and died Unknown. She married (2) ROBERT FIELD "ROBIN" WOOD.

More About MARY MATILDA "MOLLIE" ROGERS:

NAME: Some research shows her name as Mary Mollie H.M. Rogers Wood. They cite the H. is for Henry and the M. is for Matilda. Mollie is a nickname in lieu of her given name.

MARRIAGES: She married twice, first to John B. Wood and then to his brother, Robert Field "Robin" Wood. John B. Wood and Robert F. Wood were brothers of Mary H.M. Rogers (Wood's) aunt, Virginia Wood (Bagby) who married her mother's brother, Roderick Bagby. (John B. Wood, Robert Field Wood and Virginia Wood were all children of John Barrick Wood).

PERSONAL ITEM 1: She is mentioned in a letter from John A. Bagby, son of Walter Bagby, brother to her mother, dated January 24, 1859,. The letter was written while he was in Miami, Missouri and is addressed as "Dear Cousin, ...". In the letter, John writes, "I tell you cousin Mollie...". The letter was in the possession of Walter Bagby, his father and brother of Nancy Bagby (Rogers); both of whom were children of John Bagby and Matilda Davis. Walter moved from Kentucky to Carthage, Illinois.

PERSONAL ITEM 2: Mollie was plagued with poor health; asthma, particularly in her younger years. She and her first husband left Kentucky and moved west in an effort to improve her health. At some point, John died and Mollie returned to Barren County, Kentucky and married Robert who was a widower. She is in the 1870 Census Record for Barren County, Kentucky as the wife of Robert. Her name is displayed as Mary H., age 34. Robert's daughter Jane is 24 years old.

More About MARY MATILDA "MOLLIE" ROGERS and ROBERT FIELD "ROBIN" WOOD:

BURIAL:

(Tall obelisk with inscriptions on the west and north sides.)

(On the west side:)

Robert F. Wood, January 4, 1812 - December 22, 1896

(On the north side:)

Annie M., January 24, 1849 – May 9, 1864
Sallie M., March 2, 1837 – November 7, 1841
Nancy J., October 27, 1839 – November 15, 1841
William J., January 30, 1842 – November 15, 1896

(At the time of death Robert F. Wood owned several hundred acres of land surrounding this cemetery. Robert Field Wood's second wife, Mary "Mollie" Henry Rogers (June 20, 1836—August 18, 1914) and their two children, Bob (May 19, 1873—March 12, 1906) and Annie Margaret "Maggie" ) April 17, 1870—September 2, 1957) are buried in the nearby Bagby–Rogers Cemetery at Goodnight, Kentucky.)

Source: William Jones Chambliss, III

Site Owner Note:

The children on the obelisk with Robert F. Wood are four of eight children born to Robert by his first wife, Mildred Wood [Wood] who was also his first cousin.

Mollie and her first husband did not have any children. The cemetery where Mollie and her two children from her second marriage are buried in the burial place of her parents and her grandparents, John Bagby and Matilda Davis.

 

Children of MARY ROGERS and ROBERT WOOD are:

1. ANNIE MARGARET WOOD, b. April 17, 1870, Barren County, Kentucky; d. September 2, 1957, Barren County, Kentucky.
2. ROBERT FIELD "BOB" WOOD, b. May 19, 1873, Barren County, Kentucky; d. March 12, 1906, Barren County, Kentucky.

 

CHARLES BAGBY ROGERS 6, (NANCY ELIZABETH BAGBY 5, JOHN 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born May 20, 1840 in Barren County, Kentucky and died February 22, 1919 in Barren County, Kentucky. He married SARAH MOSS FORBIS, the daughter of FELIX G. FORBIS and ANN ELIZABETH WOOD. She was born November 6, 1843 in Barren County, Kentucky and died February 5, 1921 in Barren County, Kentucky.

Note: In letters written by his siblings, he is always referred to as CHARLIE BAGBY.

More About CHARLES BAGBY "CHARLIE" ROGERS:

Like three of his brothers, he served in the Confederate States Army. He was in Company C, Second Regiment Cavalry under the command of Colonel John Hunt Morgan. He was dressed in his Confederate uniform at the time of his burial.

Source: William Jones Chambliss, III

More About SARAH MOSS FORBIS: Sarah's mother was Ann Elizabeth Wood (Forbis), a younger sister of Virginia Wood (Bagby) who married Roderick Bagby, son of John Bagby and Matilda Davis (Bagby). This also makes Ann Elizabeth Wood (Forbis) a sister of Robert Field "Robin" Wood and John B. Wood, husbands of her sister–in–law, Mary Matilda "Mollie" Rogers (Wood). Burial: The grave marker where CHARLES BAGBY is buried has SARAH'S name inscribed on it also, but she is not buried in the same cemetery.

Source: William Jones Chambliss, III

 

Children of CHARLES ROGERS and SARAH FORBIS are:

1. INFANT SON ROGERS, b. October 10, 1864, Barren County, Kentucky; d. October 12, 1864, Barren County, Kentucky.
2. JANIE TERRY ROGERS, b. October 7, 1869, Barren County, Kentucky; d. August 21, 1960, Gallatin, Tennessee.
3. JOHN BYRD ROGERS, b. July 31, 1872, Barren County, Kentucky; d. April 6, 1948, Barren County, Kentucky.
4. INFANT SON ROGERS, b. October 12, 1877, Barren County, Kentucky; d. October 12, 1877, Barren County, Kentucky.

 

HENRY LANDON ROGERS 6, (NANCY ELIZABETH BAGBY 5, JOHN 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born October 7, 1847 in Barren County, Kentucky and died July 16, 1923 in Barren County, Kentucky. He married PHOEBE ANNE CALDWELL, the daughter of JAMES SHIPP CALDWELL and AMERICA WOOD GARNETT. She was born March 5, 1852 in Barren County, Kentucky and died April 3, 1918 in Barren County, Kentucky.

Children of HENRY ROGERS and PHOEBE CALDWELL are:

1. WILLIAM SHIPP ROGERS, b. About 1869, Barren County, Kentucky; d. About 1946, Hart County, Kentucky.
2. GEORGE WALTER ROGERS, b. January 21, 1871, Barren County, Kentucky; d. December 10, 1939, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri.
3. ANN EARLE "ANNIE" ROGERS, b. September 18, 1875, Barren County, Kentucky; d. April 3, 1956, Barren County, Kentucky.
4. ELIZABETH GARNETT "LIZZIE" ROGERS, b. August 11, 1878, Barren County, Kentucky; d. July 3, 1952, Barren County, Kentucky.
5. CETTIE C. ROGERS, b. December 10, 1880, Barren County, Kentucky; d. February 28, 1954, Barren County, Kentucky.

 

RICHARD W. BAGBY 6, (CHARLES DAVIS 5, JOHN 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born April 11, 1856 in Buchanan County, Missouri and died February 1, 1929 in Buchanan County, Missouri. He married JOSEPHINE CORA MANN, the daughter of CHARLES MANN and UNKNOWN. She was born December 24, 1861 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois and died May 25, 1943 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

Children of RICHARD BAGBY and JOSEPHINE MANN are:

1. CORA BAGBY, b. February 1883, Saxton, Buchanan County, Missouri; d. February 5, 1966, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; m. JOHN C. "JULE JAY" FORMAN. He was b. About 1887, Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia; d. October 30, 1967, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
2. ADELIA MAE BAGBY, b. May 14, 1884, Buchanan County, Missouri; d. February 13, 1942, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; m. ROSS PERCY PIERCE, son of DANIEL PIERCE and UNKNOWN. He was b. December 21, 1873, Illinois; d. March 21, 1938, Buchanan County, Missouri.

 

 

 

 

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