John Rogers
Wife #2

     John Rogers married Jennie Due (Dew) who was Tiana’s mother. Jennie Due’s father was Robert Due (Dew).

Robert Due’s (Dew) children:
1. Jeannie Due
2. Chief John Jolly (Ol-loo-teek-ka)
3. Chief Tah-llhon-tusky
*Jeannie Due was part Cherokee, her father being English.

Rogers #1 Wife #2
John Rogers and Jeannie Due’s (Dew) children:
1. Annie Rogers – m. (1) John Flawey (b. ca. 1793) (2) Thomas Irons
2. Joseph Rogers – no children, no marriage
3. William Rogers – m. Nellie May (b. ca. 1795)
4. Tiana Rogers – m. (1) David Gentry (b. ca. 1796) (2) Sam Houston (3) Samuel McGrady.
5. Susannah Rogers – m. Nicholas Miller (b.ca. 1797).

#1 (Rogers #1 Wife #2)
Annie Roger’s and John Flawey’s children:
1. Elmira Flawey – m. ? Farrington
2. Elsie Flawey – no marriage, no children

#3 (Rogers #1 Wife #2)
William Rogers and Nellie May’s children:
1. Robert Due Rogers – no marriage, no children
2. Jennie Rogers – m. John D. Alberty
3. Mary Ann Rogers – m. (1) Josiah Knight (2) Valentine Gray
4. Minerva Rogers – m. James Augustus Chouteau
5. Musidora Rogers – m. William West Alberty
6. Caroline Rogers – m. John Rufus Wyatt

#5 (Rogers #1 Wife #2)
Susannah Rogers and Nicholas Miller’s children:
1. Melzie Miller – no marriage, no children
Susannah Rogers married a white man. She attended Mr. Washburn’s school at Dwight. Her classroom record terminates with this notation:

“In the summer of 1824 (Leap Year) it seems that she had imbibed a strong attachment to a young native . . . she tried by indirect means . . . to excite a reciprocal regard . . . She . . . proposed to abscond with him . . .This proposition was rejected but in a way not to expose her folly and indelicacy. She however was so much disappointed . . .that she left the school, and married a white man of considerable enterprise and intelligence.”

Tiana Roger’s sisters and nieces married wealthy Cherokee merchants such as John Drew, Ignatius Chisholm, and Peter Harper, who married Martha, James Roger’s daughter. One of Tiana’s sisters lived at Wilson’s Rock.

Betsy Rogers: “Was an inattentive scholar and excited more mischief than all the other pupils. At the age of fifteen she was married to a profligate and abandoned white man who came to the Nation as a merchant . . .Peace and tranquility have long ago been banished from their dwelling.”

This information is taken from family records, research material sent to me by several historical societies, articles, and books. I’m not sure all the information is correct, but I believe it to be as close to correct as we can come. If you have any different information, please e-mail or visit the Forum and share.

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