==================================== Name : John Rosser (1032) Born : 15 Dec 1811 At : Lauren County, SC Died : 25 Apr 1881 At : Memphis, TN Age : 69 Buried : Memphis, TN Father : Isaac Rosser (0060) Mother : Elizabeth Hodge ----------------------------------- Marriage Date : 13 Aug 1833 Place : Winnsboro, SC ----------------------------------- Name : Maria Louisa Barklely Born : 1815 At : Died : At : Age : Buried : Father : James Barkley Mother : Sarah ----------------------------------- Children : Mary James Barkley Isaac Sarah Flemming Elizabeth Hodge Jane Douglas Maria Louisa Clara Barkley Margaret "Maggie" John, Jr. ---------------------------------- Comment :Joined the Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden on 3-12-1831 and was called before the Session 11-25-1833 for public drunkeness (along with others). Moved around a lot: Camden, Memphis, Germantown, back to Memphis, Oxford, Kosciusko, Memphis again. Was a cotton broker in Memphis. Contracted yellow fever in 1878. Altho sometimes called "Major" or "Colonel", he seems to have taken no part in the Civil War. ----------------------------------- Source :01000 |