Affidavit
[Pablo Rogers]

Affidavit
[Pablo Rogers]

Corporal; Born in St. Augustine, Fla. Enlisted June 16, 1863; Discharged on May 12, 1866, at Morris Island, SC; Incurred frostbite of the left foot; Occupation, Fisherman. Married to Dolly Rogers; Died age 85; Cause of Death, Senility. Fernandina, Fla; December 5, 1910

“Soon after the war. I lived at Stark and I was present when my brother married her. They were married at my Mother’s house, and they went thru a regular ceremony. They had a preacher marry them I think Parson Dupree married them…They were not divorced that I know of” - Ellen Curtsey

Offended that she must defend the legitimacy of her testimony, "I am sure my brother was married to Dolly by regular ceremony…if they had been divorced, I would have heard of it" -Ellen Curtsey

Common-law marriage of Dolly Rogers

Ellen Curtsey (Sister of Claimant’s ex-husband, Philip McCann)

University of North Florida Special Collections, Jacksonville, FL

Flagler College

December 16, 1911

Charles McCrea (Friend of Soldier), Ellen Curtsey (Sister to Philip McCann Dolly Rogers ex-husband), Stephen McCann (Brother to Philip McCann), Walter H. Glover (Dolly Rogers Half-brother)

Box 2, folders 1-4