Best, Martha Jane 'Mattie'

1870 - 1954  (83 years)

• Name	Best, Martha Jane 'Mattie'
  Birth	31 Mar 1870	Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	BEST.M003
  _FGRAVE	13761428
  Death	23 Feb 1954	Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Brown Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Rogers, Mattie and Willard
  Person ID	I45914	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Rogers, Willard Milton,   b. 24 Jan 1869   d. 1934 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1889  [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 18 years and 9 months - He : ~ 19 years and 11 months.
  Children	1. Rogers, Finis Elsworth,   b. 1890   d. 1978 (Age 88 years)   2. Rogers, Clarence Valentine,   b. 1892   d. 1955 (Age 63 years)   3. Rogers, Alonzo,   b. 1893   d. 1974 (Age 81 years)   4. Rogers, Charles Andas,   b. 1895   d. 1982 (Age 87 years)   5. Rogers, Fred,   b. 1898   d. 1974 (Age 76 years) > 6. Rogers, Clara Elma,   b. 1900   d. 1980 (Age 80 years) > 7. Rogers, Edna Irene,   b. 1901   d. 2001 (Age 100 years)   8. Rogers, Walter Addison,   b. 1903   d. 1942 (Age 39 years) > 9. Rogers, Della E.,   b. 1906   d. 1995 (Age 89 years)   10. Rogers, Hubert Leslie,   b. 1910   d. 1994 (Age 84 years) > 11. Rogers, Emma Jane,   b. 1912   d. 2001 (Age 89 years) > 12. Rogers, Leone Marie,   b. 1914   d. 2008 (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F12832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Mar 1870 - Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois Death - 23 Feb 1954 - Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois Burial - - Brown Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  After the death of her husband from a hunting accident, Mattie moved to Geff, IL. When her health failed she moved to Fairfield, IL intothe home of her daughter, Leone. She died there on Feb 23, 1954.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9192] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Rogers, Mattie and Willard, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13761426/willard-milton-rogers), none. (Reliability: 2).