William Edward Rosser, age 70, died Thursday, May 14, 1914 at Fayetteville, Arkansas.
He was born October 7, 1843 in Campbell County, Virginia, the son of John and Martha Melvina (Johnson) Rosser.
He was a Veteran of the War of Northern Aggression.
He and Virginia Frances Hudson were married January 27, 1866 in Anderson County, Texas..
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Malcomb Edward Rosser and John Thomas Rosser; four daughters, Mary Isola Moore, Obeira Dearing, Florence Pigg and Anna Cubage.; and a sister, Sarah Florence Henderson.
Burial is in the Evergreen Cemetery at Fayetteville.
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His wife, Virginia's maiden name, Hudson is listed on son, James Thomas Rosser's DC.
William E. Rosser, was a native of Campbell county, Virginia, while Virginia Frances (Hudson) was born in the state of Mississippi and yet makes her home in Washington county, Arkansas.
William E. Rosser was a representative of one of the old families of Virginia, being a son of Colonel Rosser, who owned and cultivated a large plantation in Virginia, serving also at one time as an officer in the state militia and as high sheriff of his county. About the year 1850 he removed with his family to Texas and following the Civil war became a resident of Washington county, Arkansas, there spending his remaining days.
William E. Rosser was largely reared and educated in Texas, being quite young when he accompanied his parents to that state. He joined the Confederate army at the outbreak of the Civil war and loyally defended the principles in which he believed until the close of hostilities, participating in numerous engagements in Missouri and Arkansas, of which he sustained several wounds. While recovering from his injuries he was located in Washington County, Arkansas, and it was largely his influence that induced his parents to become residents of that county after the close of hostilities.
William E. Rosser turned his attention to farming and stock raising in Washington County but devoted much of his life to the profession of teaching and was widely recognized as one of the able educators of that state. For more than forty years he was thus actively engaged in the work of the schoolroom and did much to further the development of the public school system of the state. He also gave personal supervision to his farm during this period.
He passed away at his old home in Washington county in 1914, when seventy years of age.
William Edward Rosser, age 70, died Thursday, May 14, 1914 at Fayetteville, Arkansas.
He was born October 7, 1843 in Campbell County, Virginia, the son of John and Martha Melvina (Johnson) Rosser.
He was a Veteran of the War of Northern Aggression.
He and Virginia Frances Hudson were married January 27, 1866 in Anderson County, Texas..
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Malcomb Edward Rosser and John Thomas Rosser; four daughters, Mary Isola Moore, Obeira Dearing, Florence Pigg and Anna Cubage.; and a sister, Sarah Florence Henderson.
Burial is in the Evergreen Cemetery at Fayetteville.
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His wife, Virginia's maiden name, Hudson is listed on son, James Thomas Rosser's DC.
William E. Rosser, was a native of Campbell county, Virginia, while Virginia Frances (Hudson) was born in the state of Mississippi and yet makes her home in Washington county, Arkansas.
William E. Rosser was a representative of one of the old families of Virginia, being a son of Colonel Rosser, who owned and cultivated a large plantation in Virginia, serving also at one time as an officer in the state militia and as high sheriff of his county. About the year 1850 he removed with his family to Texas and following the Civil war became a resident of Washington county, Arkansas, there spending his remaining days.
William E. Rosser was largely reared and educated in Texas, being quite young when he accompanied his parents to that state. He joined the Confederate army at the outbreak of the Civil war and loyally defended the principles in which he believed until the close of hostilities, participating in numerous engagements in Missouri and Arkansas, of which he sustained several wounds. While recovering from his injuries he was located in Washington County, Arkansas, and it was largely his influence that induced his parents to become residents of that county after the close of hostilities.
William E. Rosser turned his attention to farming and stock raising in Washington County but devoted much of his life to the profession of teaching and was widely recognized as one of the able educators of that state. For more than forty years he was thus actively engaged in the work of the schoolroom and did much to further the development of the public school system of the state. He also gave personal supervision to his farm during this period.
He passed away at his old home in Washington county in 1914, when seventy years of age.
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