Contributed by Sheila Kell
Generation No. 3
8. FRANCIS MARION4 ROUS (PERCY3, JAMES2, RICHARD1) was born 23 Sep 1839 in Vevay, Switzerland County, IN, and died 29 Apr 1922 in Vevay, Switzerland Co. Indiana. He married AMELIA FRANCES STEWART 03 Nov 1863, daughter of JOHN STEWART and MARYETTE MUNN. She was born 01 Oct 1844 in Craig Township, Switzerland Co. Indiana, and died 04 Nov 1924 in Vevay, Switzerland Co. Indiana.Francis M. Rous, the eldest son of Captain and Mrs. Mary P. Roous, was born in Vevay on Sept. 23, 1839 and died April 29, 1922. He lacked but a few days of rounding out 83 years of life. He boyhood was spent in this city and all his life within the confines of the county.More About FRANCIS MARION ROUS:
He bacame a Mason in 1862, joining the lodge at Bennington and remained a member until his death, being one of the county's oldest Masons in point of years of service.
In early manhood he joined the Methodist Church and loyally kept the faith thence-forward
On November 3, 1862 he married Amelia F. Stewart and she with two children, Louis P. Rous, of Vevay and Mrs. India V. Hizer of Aurora survive him. Another daughter Nannie E. died some years ago.
In the presence of death words are futile things if they are used only to extol the virtues of the departed or give expression of a grief which is at once natural and universal. But if we draw a lesson for the living from the records of the dead then, and then only, do we find justification for what may be uttered here.
What makes up the sum total of true manhood?
Is it place or power? Pomp or show?
Nay, none of these. Faith, Kindliness, Forbearance, Industry, Incorruptible honesty. Devotion to vamily and friends. A willingness to share uncomplainingly all the vicissitudes of life--from the cradle to the grave--these are the things that make a man. And measured by all these tests Francis M. Rous was a man. He lived close to nature and there he learned, as it is nowhere else to be learned, fixedness of purpose, serenity of soul, and a superb and supreme confidence in the beauty and righteousness of life altogether.
He did not rail at fate, nor question that his place in life was what he chose to make it. When he came to man's estate he gladly accepted a man's duties and a man's responsibilities, completely performed a man's work and was content with its rewards. How much more can be said of any human being. True, some mens lives are cast in places where responsibility to their fellow men give varying degrees of opportunity for public service, but within the boson of his family one man may be as truly a nobleman and gentleman as another. Cast in a mold of true gentility, trained to respect the right and opinions of others, our friend was none the less tenacious of his own. He believed and lived by the docrine of the square deal. It is doubtful if he had an enemy in all the world and when we can say this with truth of a man who has lived in the full light of day for more than four score years within a circumscribed locality, what greater tribute can we pay him? Here a man's weaknesses and a man's faults, if he has any will find him out. Not only do they find him out but it is a lamentable trait of humanity to magnify and multiply them. The record of human frailities is almost always unfair to the subject.
Therefore, it is worthy of remark that it is sometimes possible, as is the case here, for a man to live fully and leave naught of bitterness behind. And when the end shall come--as it must come to each and all--no greater boon can be vouchsafed to any man that that he shall lie down and die in the bosom of his family, that his eyes shall vision for their last conscious sight the old familiar scenes, the spots which in infancy, manhood and old age, he has known and loved. When a man goes to "Join the innumerable caravan" there is no port from which he can more safely sail than from under his own roof, sheltered by the branches of his own trees and with farwells nodded to him by his own flowers.
Death under these circumstances is sublime.
Beyond sublimity we may not go.
| i. | NANCY "NELLIE" E.5 ROUS, b. 1876. | |
| 14. | ii. | INDIA VIOLA ROUS, b. 1864, Indiana; d. 01 Dec 1963, Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana. |
| iii. | LOUIS PERCY ROUS, b. 20 Jun 1873; d. 29 Apr 1922,
Switzerland County,
Indiana; m. MARY
BARBARA LANHAM; b. 1882, Switzerland County, Indiana. More About LOUIS PERCY ROUS: Burial: I.O.O.F Cemetery, Vevay. Switzerland County, IN More About MARY BARBARA LANHAM: Residence: 1900, Jefferson, Switzerland, Indiana |
| i. | PEARL MINNIE5 DAVIES, b. 28 Sep 1866. | |
| ii. | MARY F. DAVIES, b. 10 Apr 1869. | |
| iii. | ALICE M. DAVIES, b. 18 Sep 1871. | |
| iv. | BENJAMIN S. "BENNIE" DAVIES, b. 24 Feb 1873; d. 06 Dec 1895. | |
| v. | BESSIE CULLA DAVIES, b. 06 Dec 1878, Switzerland
County, Indiana; d. 24
May 1955, Jefferson
County, Indiana; m. WILLIAM HARTH FULLER, 01 Apr 1904. More About WILLIAM FULLER and BESSIE DAVIES: Marriage: 01 Apr 1904 |
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| vi. | ELIZABETH B. DAVIES, b. Dec 1877. | |
| 15. | vii. | PERCY R. DAVIES, b. 15 Sep 1859. |
| viii. | ETHEL G. DAVIES, b. 23 Dec 1883. |
Mary J. Rous was born in Vevay, Indiana, August 22, 1844; was married to Nathan J. Walden, June 9, 1868; died at her home in Ashland, Kansas, January 11, 1912; aged 67yrs, 4months and 20 days.
To this union were born 4 children: John, Percy, Bettie and Effie. Mr. Walden died in May 1906, and Bettie in January, 1907. Mrs. Walden came with her family to Ashland in 1884 and has made her home here ever since. She joined the Presbyterian church several years ago and was a faithful worker until her health failed about 4 years ago. She was a perfect home worman, thinking more of the duties of the home and the comforts of her family and friends than that of society.
Besides her three children, John and Percy and Mrs. Effie Smith, she leaves a mother, Mrs. Mary Rous, and two brothers, Amie and Frank Rous and a sister, Mrs. H.N. Davis, who live in Switzerland county, Indiana; also a host of friends who mourn for her.
The funeral services were held at the family home and the remains were laid to rest in Highland cemetery Tuesday morning.
| i. | JOHN ROUS5 WALDEN, b. 21 Dec 1869, Near Mount
Sterling, Switzerland
County, IN; d. 09 Nov
1947, Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas. More About JOHN ROUS WALDEN: Burial: 12 Nov 1947, Highland Cemetery, Ashland, Clark County, KS |
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| ii. | PERCY EDWIN WALDEN, b. 29 Jun 1872, Near Mount
Sterling, Switzerland
County, IN; d. 06
Jul 1938, Little Rock, Arkansas; m. (1) LULA FISHER, 08 Jan 1901,
Comanche County, Kansas;
m. (2) BELLE GINDER, 13 Jun 1909, Fowler, Mead County, Kansas. More About PERCY EDWIN WALDEN: Burial: 10 Jul 1938, Highland Cemetery, Ashland, Clark County, KS More About PERCY WALDEN and LULA FISHER: Marriage: 08 Jan 1901, Comanche County, Kansas More About PERCY WALDEN and BELLE GINDER: Marriage: 13 Jun 1909, Fowler, Mead County, Kansas |
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| iii. | ELIZABETH BELLE WALDEN, b. 01 Apr 1875, Near
Mount Sterling,
Switzerland County, IN; d. 21 Jan 1907, Ashland Clark County, KS. More About ELIZABETH BELLE WALDEN: Burial: Highland Cemetery, Ashland, Clark County, KS |
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| 16. | iv. | EFFIE PEARL WALDEN, b. 12 Apr 1877, Mt. Sterling, Switzerland County, IN; d. 03 Mar 1967, Ashland Clark County, KS. |
Amie R. Rous dies on Sunday-Feb 7, 1943Obituary:
The many friends of Amie R. Rous, above, one of Switzerland county's oldest citizens, were grieved to learn of his death Sunday, at the home of his daughter. Mrs Scott Clements in Morenci, Michigan. He had been in ill health for some months past due to the infirmities of his advanced age of more than ninty-five years.
He was a son of Capt. Percy and Mary Cole Rous and was born in Vevay April 2, 1847. On November 10, 1870 he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Etherington of the Bennington community and this union continued until her heath on August 12, 1918. Since that time he had resided with his daughters, Mrs. Clements and Mrs. Uly Gray. He also leaves another daughter, Mrs. Harriet Muret of Indianapolis, a son, Philip Rous of Farmers City, Illinois. eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Mr. Rous was a fine old gentleman. He was a member of the Methodist church and during his near century of life in the county, he acquired the friendship and respect of a great number of friends.
The funeral services, with Rev. B. J. Renner officiating, were held at the Haskell & Morrison Mortuary here at two oclock Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Vevay.
Amie Rudolph Rous was born April 2, 1847 in Vevay, Indiana and passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs Scottt Clements near Morenci, Michigan on February 7, 1943: age 95 years 10 months and 5 days
On November 10, 1870 he was married to Clara Etherington of Bennington, Indiana. They spent the most of their life on a farm near Mr. Sterling, where they reared a family of four children. Mrs. Rous passed away on August 13, 1898.
He was charitable, kindly, hospitable, and generous, looking on the bright side of every question. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Church. As long as health permitted he was always in attendance in Church and Sunday School.
He leaves to mourn his departure four children; Lillian Clements of Monenci, Michigan, Mary Grey of Vevay, Indiana, Philip Rous of Farmers City, Illinois, Harriet Muret of Indianapolis, Indiana, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grand children.
| i. | LILLIAN BERTHA5 ROUS. | |
| 17. | ii. | MARY C. ROUS, b. Dec 1875, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana; d. 24 May 1958, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| iii. | JAMES PHILIP ROUS. | |
| iv. | HARRIET B. ROUS. | |
| v. | LEWIS RODOLPH ROUS. | |
| vi. | ANNIE ROUS. |
| i. | ARMAND5 ROUS. | |
| ii. | FEMALE ROUS. |
| i. | ELIZABETH5 GLEN. |
Generation No. 4
14. INDIA VIOLA5 ROUS (FRANCIS MARION4, PERCY3, JAMES2, RICHARD1) was born 1864 in Indiana, and died 01 Dec 1963 in Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana. She married JEFFERSON CORNELIUS HIZER 16 Apr 1885 in Switzerland County, Indiana, son of CORNELIUS HIZER and MARIA DUNNING. He was born 15 Sep 1861 in Indiana, and died 18 Oct 1931.| 18. | i. | EDGAR ADELMORE6 HIZER, b. Apr 1887; d. 26 Jan 1978, Rising Sun, Indiana, USA. |
| ii. | ALDINE HIZER, b. Jan 1894; d. May 1980, Indiana. More About ALDINE HIZER: Residence: 1910, Aurora Ward 4, Dearborn, Indiana SSN issued: Indiana |
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| iii. | DAMON HIZER, b. Apr 1897; d. Apr 1982, San
Antonio, Bexar, Texas,
United States of America. More About DAMON HIZER: Military: 06 Nov 1945, Berwick, Pennsylvania Residence: 1910, Aurora Ward 4, Dearborn, Indiana SSN issued: California |
| i. | MARY E.6 DAVIES, b. 1914. | |
| ii. | EDNA N. DAVIES, b. 1916. |
| i. | MARY ELLEN6 SMITH, b. 05 Jul 1911, Ashland Clark
County, KS; d. 28 May
1992, Tuson, Pima
County, AZ; m. SIDNEY BRYAN DORSEY, 25 Dec 1936, Ashland, Clark County,
KS. More About MARY ELLEN SMITH: Burial: 03 Jun 1992, Highland Cemetery, Ashland, Clark County, KS More About SIDNEY DORSEY and MARY SMITH: Marriage: 25 Dec 1936, Ashland, Clark County, KS |
| i. | WILLARD R.6 GRAY, b. 1905. | |
| ii. | LUCILLE C. GRAY, b. 1916. | |
| iii. | LOUISE M. GRAY, b. 1916. |
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ELBERT SCHULTZ7 HIZER, b. 28 Aug 1915; d. 27 Apr 1996, Cincinnati,
Hamilton, Ohio, United
States of America.
More About ELBERT SCHULTZ HIZER: Residence: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio SSN issued: Ohio |