R/RFHA Newsletter-June 1992

R/RFHA Newsletter, June, 1992 P.21

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BENJAMIN F., b. March 20, 1832; m. Eveline Ross March 15, 1854; d. July 20, 1897. They had 12 children.

JULIA, b. Nov. 4, 1833; first married squire Ross March 16, 1854, second marriage was to John Brooks March 28, 1869; d. April 4, 1921. By her first husband she had one child, and by her second husband she had 2 children.

CATHARINE, b. Feb. 11, 1835; m. Richard Hulse Jan. 20, 1853; d. April 16, 1909. They had 12 children.

THOMAS J., b. Jan. 14, 1838; d. June 24, 1849.

MARY SUSAN, b. Nov. 5, 1839; m. Thomas Kennedy Ross Jan. 7, 1856; d. April 15, 1915. There were 8 children.

WILLIAM PENN, b. Oct. 22, 1841; m. Rosa Aker Aug. 25, 1866; d. May 10, 1921. They had 8 children.

SOPHIA A., b. Nov. 18, 1843; m. J.M. Heathman May 15, 1864; d. July 1, 1911. They had 7 children.

AMERICA, b. March 25, 1847; m. John W. Barnard Sept. 24, 1867; d. Sept. 27, 1887. They had 2 children.

JOSEPHINE, b. March 6, 1852; m. (1) Robert Todhunter Dec. 26, 1869; they had 2 children. Married (2) John W. Barnard, her brother-in-law. They had no children.

In 1830, LEE and Susan ROLLINS, plus the first five of their children plus his mother left Bourbon County, Kentucky, and moved to Clay County, Missouri. They located 3 1/2 miles N.E. of Smithville where LEE entered 500 acres of government land at $1.25 per acre, and also purchased 80 additional acres. Later he purchased 300 more acres, which he paid for in gold. The family survived the days of the Bushwackers who looted their home, killed their poultry and demanded they be cooked for their hungry men.

LEE suffered with extreme headaches before his death but he continued working his vast acreage by calling his slaves to his bedside for instructions. He died July 19, 1854, and Susan died September 16, 1869. They are both buried on the homestead in the ROLLINS Cemetery.

Additional note of interest: The story which has come down thru LEE's family to the present day which states that in JOSHUA's final illness in 1801, two brothers, ASHAEL/ASAHEL and NATHAN, came on a long trip on horseback to visit him. This same story is told by some descendants through Bessie (RAWLINGS) Lathrop of Detroit, Michigan (now deceased) of NATHAN (1750-1821), brother of MOSES who was killed by indians (1740-1787). This certainly gives this story some validity when you consider it came from such widely separated sources. Anyone else have this tale in their family history?