My Darke Co. Ohio direct line surnames are Rogers, Rust or Rush, Paulser, Bolinger my GG-grandfather, Emsley Rogers is my brick wall. I have additional information beyond what is listed here if there is anyone with a connection. Emsley Rogers b 1804 / 1810 (location uncertain, documented as North Carolina, or South Carolina, or Virginia, or Ohio depending on the source) m. 1835 in Darke Co. Ohio to Nancy Rust / Rush d. 1889 in Darke County buried in Ithaca Cemetery. Owned and farmed several hundred acres around the Arcanum area. No information on siblings or parents Nancy Rust / Rush b. 1814 / 1819 Darke Co. Ohio d. 1893 in Darke Co. Ohio buried in Ithaca Cemetery. Parents were George and Anna (Paulser) Rust / Rush (both are listed as being born in VA) Children born to Emsley and Nancy Rogers were (from an oral history of a family member who has since passed away and given to me by another Rogers family researcher - I've verified some of this information): John Rogers who fought in the Civil War of 1861-1865 and was buried in the Winchester cemetery in Virginia. Date of birth and death unknown. Eli Rogers, born 1846, died 1861, age 15 years. Buried Ithaca , Ohio cemetery. Mary Rogers Crawford born 1839, died 1915, age 76 years. Buried in Ithaca cemetery. Eight children, 4 girls, 4 boys Sarah Rogers O'Dell born 1847, died 1923, age 76 years. Ten children, 6 boys and 4 girls. Ada Rogers Black, date of birth and death unknown. Moved to Iowa Martin Rogers born 1850, died 1936, age 86 years. Five children, 2 boys and 3 girls. He was buried in Ithaca, Ohio cemetery. He was blind for 16 years, ran a tile kiln at west edge of Arcanum, died in Arcanum. Tillman Rogers. birth date or death date unknown. He is buried in the Mausoleum in the Greenville cemetery. George Rogers, born 1853, died 1928, age 75 years. 1 son and 1 daughter. my g-grandfather - Jabis Alexander Rogers, born 1854, died 1917, age 62 years. 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. m. to Mary E. Bolinger. both are buried in the Woodlawn / Maxville Cemetery in Randolph Co. Indiana. He farmed north of Farmland Indiana. Mary Bolinger Rogers remarried and is listed as Mary Rogers Riegle at the time of her death. Her father was Michael Bolinger b 1817 d. 1900 mother was Suzanna unknown b. 1821 d. 1859 There is a Bolinger buried in Darke Co. Ohio in the St. Mathews Lutheran Church Cemetery but I could not tell with any accuracy whether it was the site of one of my ancestors or not. I believe Michael Bolinger was born in Pennsylvania. Emma Rogers Zimmers/Zimmersman b. 1865/66. m. John Zimmers/Zimmersman One child born to this couple, named John, born January 10, 1881, died 1958. Shown living with Emsley and Nancy in the 1880 census with her husband. Marsha mrmfamily@aol.com