Sarah Frances Rodgers and Elhaman W. Pollard

ELHAMAN W. POLLARD was born January 6, 1833 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia,^{2572, 456} and died March 26, 1893 in Rockingham County, Virginia.^{2175, 2572} He is buried in Dayton Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia.^{456, 2623}

He married SARAH FRANCES RODGERS on November 8, 1855 in Rockingham County, Virginia,⁸⁷⁹² daughter of MARY SCOTT and NEVILLE RODGERS. She was born in 1835, and died March 3, 1898 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia.²⁵⁷⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah F. Rodgers)

Children of SARAH FRANCES RODGERS and ELHAMAN W. POLLARD:

1. ELLA POLLARD, b. October 8, 1856, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ m. JOSEPH W. RHODES on December 22, 1881 in Rockingham County, Virginia¹⁷⁹⁹; d. February 24, 1936, Roanoke, Virginia.^{3732, 5335}
2. CHARLES HERBERT POLLARD, b. December 28, 1858, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ m. MYRTLE D. SWINK on July 27, 1893 in Mossy Creek, Augusta, Virginia¹⁷⁹⁹; d. November 10, 1898, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia.²⁶²⁵
3. ROBERT F. POLLARD, b. November 5, 1865, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ d. before March 17, 1898.²⁵⁷⁶
4. THURSTON R. POLLARD, b. July 6, 1867, Rockingham County, Virginia;²²⁸⁰ d. February 3, 1897, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia.^{2576, 2622}
5. REESE POLLARD, b. July 6, 1868, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ d. May 9, 1915, Franklin Rhodes Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia.^{2170, 5335}
6. GERTRUDE ELIZABETH POLLARD, b. September 16, 1870, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ m. WILLIAM HENRY MCLAUGHLIN on October 15, 1891 in Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia^{1799, 2171}; d. December 31, 1925, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia.^{2657, 5336}
7. JAMES OTHO POLLARD, b. June, 1872, Virginia; d. February 21, 1904, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia.²⁶²¹
8. PAULINE KENT POLLARD, b. August 19, 1877, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia;²¹⁶⁹ m. ROBERT MARION BREWER on August 8, 1914 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina⁴⁶¹⁸; d. June 12, 1925, Welch, McDowell, West Virginia.¹⁸²

Newspaper Articles

Shenandoah Herald, January 28, 1898²¹⁷²

Mrs. Reuben Maphis has gone to Dayton, Rockingham county, Va., to see her sister, Mrs. Sarah Pollard, who is ill.

Obituaries

Roanoke Times, March 28, 1893²¹⁷⁵

J. W. Rhodes, teller in the Roanoke Loan, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, left yesterday for Harrisonburg, Va., to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, E. W. Pollard, who died at his home Sunday night.

Harrisonburg Rockingham Register, March 31, 1893²⁶²³

E. W. Pollard, of Dayton, died at his home in that place last Sunday night. He was best known as "Charley" Pollard, and prior to his last illness was in Harrisonburg almost daily. He was postmaster at Dayton for a number of years. His death was due to consumption. His funeral took place at Dayton Tuesday afternoon. He was a brother of Daniel L. Pollard, of this place.

Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, March 17, 1898²⁵⁷⁶

Sallie Pollard, widow of E. W. Pol[lard, d]ied March 3rd, after a long illness, at [her resi]dence in Dayton, Rockingham coun[ty. She] leaves three sons and three daugh[ters and ]several grandchildren. She was a [daughter] of the late Nevil Rogers, of Har[risonbur]g.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 16, 1850719	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Neville Rodgers Ann Moore Sarah Frances Rodgers Mary Rodgers Nancy Bell Rodgers David Laird Rodgers Jewett G. Rodgers
July 23, 1860718	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Elhaman W. Pollard Sarah Frances Rodgers Ella Pollard Charles Herbert Pollard
October 1, 1860718	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Neville Rodgers Eliza Lewis Phoebe Ann Rodgers David Laird Rodgers Mary Rodgers Nancy Bell Rodgers Lucy Jane Rodgers Frances Jane Solomon Sarah Frances Rodgers
July 26, 1870721	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Elhaman W. Pollard Sarah Frances Rodgers Ella Pollard Charles Herbert Pollard Thurston R. Pollard Reese Pollard
June 16, 1880720	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia	Elhaman W. Pollard Sarah Frances Rodgers Ella Pollard Charles Herbert Pollard Thurston R. Pollard Reese Pollard Gertrude Elizabeth Pollard James Otho Pollard Pauline Kent Pollard