Samuel Rohrer ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Not found in the 1880 census.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1830 US Census in , Jessamine County, KY on June 1830. ³

1830 US Census
Page 218, Roll 38
, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
"Samuel Rohrer"
1 Male 30-40..Samuel Rohrer (age 31)

(Living with wife and 1 son.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 2, Jessamine County, KY on 14 August 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 46A, Family 118, Roll 208
District 2, Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States
Sam'l Rohrer..51..Kentucky..Farmer
James Rohrer..21..Kentucky..Cooper
Levi Rohrer..19..Kentucky..Farmer
H .Rohrer..17..Kentucky..Cooper
Hulda Rohrer..15..Kentucky
Jeff Rohrer..12..Kentucky

(Samuel was divorced and living with 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in , Jessamine County, KY on 27 July 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 109, Family 765, Roll 378
, Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States
Samuel Rohrer..61..Kentucky
Jefferson Rohrer..21..Kentucky..Farmer
Huldah Easley..27..Kentucky
Thomas Easley..2..Kentucky
George W. Easley..26..Kentucky

(Samuel was divorced and living with 1 son and 1 married daughter with her family.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 5, Jessamine, KY on 7 September 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 20, Family 148
District 5, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
Samuel Rhorer..70..Kentucky..Farmer
James Rhorer..40..Kentucky..Farmer
Eliza Rhorer..30..Kentucky..Keeping House

(Samuel was divorced and living with his married son, James, and his wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 8 Jan 1799, then his age should have been 71 instead of 70.
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• He was buried after 16 March 1881 in the Rhorer Cemetery in Wilmore, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States.

Samuel married Sarah Frances Arnspiger, daughter of Christopher Arnsparger and Elizabeth Sageser, on 5 January 1828 in , Jessamine County, KY.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Sarah Frances Arnspiger was born on 12 September 1810 in Kentucky ⁸ and died after July 1863.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1830 US Census in , Jessamine County, KY on June 1830. ³

1830 US Census
Page 218, Roll 38
, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
"Samuel Rohrer"
1 Male 30-40..Samuel Rohrer (age 31)
..1 Female 15-20..(Sarah Frances Arnspiger, wife, age 19)
..1 Male under 5..(James H. Rohrer, age about 1)
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• Divorced: 1840. ⁸

  Marriage Notes:

Family Archive #229, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850, "CD-ROM," The marriage index lists their names as Samuel Rohrer and Sally Arnsparger.
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After their divorce which occurred in about 1840, Sarah was remarried in 1846 to Samuel Kettron. According to the 1850 US Census, all 5 of the their children were living with Samuel. The 1850 Slave Schedule for Jessamine County, Kentucky also showed one 55 year old black female slave in the household who probably helped care for the children and household while Samuel worked in the fields.
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