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Note: Concerning different spellings of Rowlan Rouse's first name: Rowlan - Rolen - Roland -Rowlan Rouse signed his name as Rowlan Rouse on the marriage bond of h daughter Margaret Rouse to William Henry Tanner on 12th day of March 1855. (I have copy of this marriage certificate #59 from the Boone County Courthouse, Ky.) -Inscription on headstone at Hopeful Lutheran Church Cemetery, Florence, Boone County, Ky. is " Rolen Rouse Died Jan 19, 1875 Aged 69 yrs. & 9 ds." However, next to his headstone is that of his wife Ellen Rouse. The inscription on Ellen's headstone is "At Rest, Ellen, Wife of Roland Rause, born July 4, 1804, Died Feb 6, 1892, Aged 87 yrs. 7 Mo. & 2 D. Asleep in Jesus Blessed Sleep" I have pictures of their headstones.
************************************************************************************* Per Paul Tanner's "Some of My Kentucky Ancestors" booklet: -Roland Rouse did not leave Boone County, Ky. to go to Missouri with his father George Rouse and some siblings and for having done so became my great-great-grandfather. -Roland was born in Boone County, KY.January 10, 1807; the sixth of George Rouse's 10 children and the first born in Kentucky. -He married his 1st cousin Ellen Rouse December 20, 1827. -Ellen had been born in Madison County, VA in 1804, to Ephraim Rouse and wife Barbara Deer. It is said that Ellen came to Boone County in October 1827. If so, she had a whirlwind courtship with her first cousin Roland. A child, Elizabeth, was born October 4, 1828. There is no further mention of Elizabeth---she may have died young. Mary was born in 1830 and a third daughter, Margaret, was born February 14, 1832. -There is some question as to the spelling of Roland's name in the early years. His father conveyed property to "Roley" Rouse in deeds in 1828 and 1829. In 1834 and 1835 deeds, he is listed as "Rolla". In some deeds it was "Rolen". Finally, he seems to have settled on "Roland". -Roland's first real estate was the 50 acres his father deeded to him just after his marriage. In March 1829, George sold him another 14-3/4 acres. In 1835, he paid $75 for the interests of George (then in Missouri) and Elisha, Julius and Simeon Rouse in 20-1/2 acres. This is apparently the 84 acres he listed on the 1844 tax roll. -The 1850 Census lists: Rolin Rouse44 -$2800 in real estate Ellen44born in VA Mary 20 Margaret 18 Paulina15 Ellen13 Henry O.10 Ephraim L. 7 John T. 3 Roland is listed as owning 134 acres on tax rolls in 1851 and 1857.
Roland had relatively few grandchildren. -Five or six of his children never married. Two daughters married. -Daughter, Ellen married Noah Barlow. They had a son named George Clay Barlow. -Daughter, Margaret married a neighbor boy, William Henry Tanner, March 15, 1856. As noted under William Henry Tanner, the marriage was a disaster. -Son, Ephraim Leonard had a daughter name Minnie who was the first wife of William Harrison Rouse. Minnie in 1905 and her two children were reared by a second wife - Ethel Tanner (daughter of Henry Louis and Carrie Tanner).
Many of Roland's children left the state and little legacy of the Rouse name remained in Boone County.
In the 1870 census, Roland (63) is listed as a farmer with $9600 in real estate (a substantial holding for the area). Others in the household were Eleanor 65, Mary 38, Paulina 32, Henry O. 30. Margaret was listed with he husband, William H. Tanner, and Ellen with her husband Noah Barlow.
Margaret's troubles with William Henry are recounted in his history. It appears that he abandoned her in 1870. In 1871 he deeded the 20 acres back his father, Llewellyn Tanner. She most likely had taken he children and returned to Roland's household. Roland died January 19, 1875. Daughter, Margaret filed for divorce February 26, to prevent William Henry from getting any of Roland's property she might inherit. The divorce was granted April 21. Divorce was rare in those days---only two or three a year in Boone County. Margaret would have the distinction of stigma of being a divorcee for over a quarter century.
Wife, Ellen Rouse, continued as the matriarch of Roland's clan, operating the farm with the help of unmarried son, Henry Orin. Her household in 1880 included the following: Ellen Rouse75 Mary50daughter Paulina45daughter Henry40son-farmer Cordie 9granddaughter Margaret48daughter Frances Tanner17granddaughter Cordie was the only child of John Lewis Rouse's first marriage. Her mother died when she was two weeks old. John Lewis remarried and moved to Georgia.
Margaret's son, Henry Louis Tanner, had married Carrie Naomi Vaughn February 22, 1877. They were my grandparents. One wonders if, at 19, if Henry Louis was anxious to start out on his own; or to escape a household containing his grandmother, his mother and two maiden aunts.
Margaret's daughter, Elizabeth Frances, married James William Utz in 1887. they had one child, Eva Ora, who died of an accident when she fell off a horse in 1904 at age 15.
Apparently Margaret continued to live with her mother and siblings.
Wife, Ellen Rouse died February 6, 1892. March 10, a division was made of her land (Roland's). Margaret received Lot #3 containing 26 acres. On the same day Margaret sold Lot #3 to her brother, Henry O. Rouse. In return he sold her 40.08 acres for $1950. This land joined her son, Henry Louis Tanner, and John G Vaughn.
The Rouse household broke up with Ellen's death. Of those in it in 1880, Mary was dead, Frances Tanner was married; and Pauline, Henry O. and Cordie (married Alonzo Whitson) would soon move to Georgia.
Margaret need a place to stay. Her daughter was living with her in-laws. Henry Louis, with six children already, was the only place.
My father has told me that, at least part of the time, Margaret had her own living quarters. He was born in 1889. But I do not know how close it was to the main residence. My father and his brothers would torment her---in his young eyes, she was mean.
Margaret may have never learned to write her name. As late as 1897, she signed a deed for a small tract with "her mark". She was then 65 and claimed to be a "widow".
Margaret retained title to her 40 acres. In 1896, it was assessed to her for $800. The same year, Henry Louis listed 57 acres--his original 54 plus 4 the Carrie Naomi had bought from her father, John G. Vaughn, in 1893. I would think that Henry Louis and his boys farmed Margaret's adjoining acreage along with his own.
Margaret died February 24, 1902. April 11, 1902, Lizzie Frances Utz sold her half of Margaret's 40 acres to Henry Louis for $950. He retained that acreage until his death in 1931. *************************************************************************************
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