William b.c. 1832, d. 2July 1898, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of William andJane Rogerson, 1st. m. 8 Apr 1857 Phoebe Simmons, b.c. 1834, d. 12 May 1867, bur. Westmoreland Bapt. Cem., daughter of Philip and Mary Simmons; 2nd. m. 24 Dec 1867 Catherine MacDonald.

William lived and farmed in Crapaud.

William Rogerson and Phoebe Simmons had 3 children:

Phillip b. 27 June 1860, m. Cora Plautte, lived in USA and had children.

Hezekiah b.c. 1865, a bachelor. He lived in USA.

Infant son bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..

William Rogerson and his 2nd wife, Catherine MacDonald, had 5

children: +Josepl1 b. 30 Sept 1869. Sarah Belle b. 1878, m. Joseph Thomson. See Thomson history.

+Reuben F. b. 21 Apr 1880.

+John Albert b. 1883, bap. 7 Feb 1884.

Jemima b.c. 1885, d. 1905, in childbirth, m. Stet Mullins. They lived in Tryon where Howatt’s Fruit Farm is in 1992. They had 1 son.

Joseph b. 30 Sept 1869, d. 1951, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of William Rogerson and Catherine MacDonald, m. Margaret Crue Francis, b. 5 Oct 1877, d. 1942, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of William Francis and Eliza Roblee.

Joseph and Margaret lived and farmed on the Reuben Rogerson homestead in North Tryon.

Joseph Rogerson and Margaret Francis had 3 children:

+Lloyd Howard b. 6 Dec 1902. +Leah Belle b. 6 Apr 1905. +William Francis b. 20 May 1907.

Lloyd Howard b. 6 Dec 1902, d. 9 Oct 1979, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of Joseph Rogerson and Margaret Francis, m. Vera

Eleanor Wood, b. 4 Feb 1906, d. 9 Aug 1989, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of George Wood and Martha Hatley. See Wood history.

Lloyd managed the Crapaud Creamery and Vera had a hairdressing business. They attended the Tryon Baptist Church where Vera was organist. They lived in Crapaud.

Lloyd Rogerson and Vera Wood had 4 children: Greta Floyd b. 19 Aug 1929, m. 17July 1954 Andre Durand, b. 13 Feb 1920. They live in Montreal and had 2 children: Patricia Lynn b. 2

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