The Rollison family moved from
Indiana to Arkansas in 1879. They lived in DeWitt and Almyra, Arkansas County,
Arkansas. Thaddeus Warsaw Rollison (1858 November 10-1953 August 29) was the
son of Charles Perry (1827-1895) and Matilda Runser Rollison (1823-1898).
Thaddeus W. married Rosa Etta
Coffey, age seventeen, the daughter of Shelton and Dicy Sanders Coffey, in
Arkansas County on October 26, 1879. To this union were born Eva A. (1880),
Alma Kate (1882), Nathan Jersey (1884), Cora May (1886), Ina Belle (1888), Charles
Shelton (1890), Pearl (1892), Ralph Thaddeus (1894), Nora (1897), Estelle
(1899), and Mable (1901).
Thaddeus told the story of his
family's move to Arkansas from Indiana on a flatboat when he was a teen in the
series "From Indiana to Arkansas," Arkansas Democrat Magazine
section, July 11, 18, 25, and August 1, 1937.
This collection contains
correspondence and papers related to education and genealogy and images related
to the Rollison family of Dewitt and Almyra, Arkansas County, Arkansas.
·
Correspondence
o Coffey
family, 1874-1877 (Reel MG00184)
o Rosa
Coffey and T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison, 1878-1879
o Rollison
family
§ 1880-1899
§ 1901-1906
§ 1907
August-September
§ 1907
October
§ 1907
November-December
§ 1908
January-April
§ 1908
May
§ 1908
June-August
§ 1908
September-December
§ 1909
January-April
§ 1909
May-September
§ 1910
January-September
§ 1910
October
§ 1910
November-December
§ 1911
February-March
§ 1911
April-August
§ 1912-1914
§ 1915
§ 1916-1917
§ 1918
§ 1919
§ 1920-1927
§ 1930-1938
§ 1941-1943
§ Rollison
family: James (Jimmie) Perry
§ 1944
§ 1945
o Rollison/Scott/Vos,
1945 (Reel MG00185)
o Rollison
family
§ 1946
§ 1947-1948
§ 1950-1959
§ 1961-1963
§ 1974-1986
§ Undated
o Postcards
§ 1907-1917
§ 1918-1974
§ Undated
·
Rollison family material: a story by T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison titled, “A Flat Boat Trip from Indiana to Arkansas”
·
Rollison family history
o “Family
of T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison”
o Rollison
Ancestors
o “Thomas
Coffey and His Descendants”
·
Educational papers
o DeWitt
High School
o N.J.
Rollison's teacher papers
o Miscellaneous
school papers
o Miscellaneous
family papers
·
Albums
o Rollison
family
o T.R.
Rollison
o Coffey/Eller
family
·
Loose photographs
o Individuals
§ 1. Mary
Rusher Johnson Baker
§ 2. Mary
Dicy Bandy
§ 3.
Polly Dowell Coffey
§ 4.
Shelton Coffey, father of Rosa Etta Coffey Rollison. Photo by A.W. Judd,
Chattanooga.
§ 5. Kate
Rollison Layman France
§ 6. Nora
Rollison Garrison
§ 7.
Jimmie Perry
§ 8.
Johnie H.Perry
§ 9.
Raymon Perry
§ 10.
Charley Rollison
§ 11.
Estelle Rollison
§ 12. Ina
Rollison
§ 13.
Mable Rollison
§ 14.
N.J. [Nathan Jersey] Rollison
§ 15.
Ralph T. Rollison
§ 16.
Rosa Etta Coffey Rollison
§ 17.
Sarah Cox Rollison, wife of Charles Rollison, grandmother of T.W. Rollison
§ 18.
Catherine Runser
§ 19.
Uncle John Rusher, T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison's half-brother, 1917
§ 20.
Unidentified
o Groups
§ 1.
Baker
§ 2.
Coffey
§ 3.
Warner and Kate Rollison France
§ 4. Sam
and Kate Layman
§ 5.
Rollison
§ a. Ina,
Eva, and Kate Rollison
§ b.
Jersey (23), Ina (19) and Pearl (15) Rollison driving Black Bess (5 years),
1907 August 9. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ c.
Kate, Pearl, Ina, and Nora Rollison
§ d.
Including N.J. [Nathan Jersey] Rollison (Reel MG00186)
§ e. T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison family
§ f. Ina
Rollison Vos and Kate Rollison France
§ g. Rosa
Rollison, Eva Rollison (Perry) and T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison at the old
prairie house, 1908 July
§ h.
Estelle Rollison and Mary Coffey
§ i.
Warner Krand, T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison, unidentified, Marion Rollison,
N.J. [Nathan Jersey] Rollison, and Add Rollison
§ j.
Pearl Rollison Smith and T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw] Rollison
§ k. N.J.
[Nathan Jersey] Rollison, Homer Vos, Charley Vos, T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw]
Rollison, Glenn Vos,1942 April 1
§ l.
Mable and Estelle Rollison, 1907 November 26
§ m. Nora
Rollison and N.J. [Nathan Jersey] Rollison
§ 6.
Turner
o Arkansas
County, Arkansas, schools
§ 1.-2.
Almyra School, 1913 February 5. Includes N.J. [Nathan Jersey] Rollison,
teacher.
§ 3.
Group with Pearl Rollison, teacher
§ 4. Back
row: Peyton Moncrief, Glen Alter, [Marion Derrick], Jess Walker, [Mr. Ra]y. 2nd
row: Gilbert Bowers, Willie Menard, Ralph Rollison, Roy Bowers, Ray Pearman.
3rd row: May (Fox) Pearman, Tea (Derrick) Fox, Lena (Gibson) Phillips, Sallie
Holbert. Front row: Winnie Spratlin, Grace Cullipher, Effie Parker, Grace
Cunningham McKay, Hazel (Gibson) Moncrief, Pearl Morrison, Mabel Purdy.
o Alva E.
and Pearl Rollison Smith family
§ 1. Alva
and Pearl on their wedding day, 1917 June 17
§ 2.
Pearl Rollison, age 16, 1909 May 5. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ 3.
Pearl Rollison, 1910 December 28. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ 4.
Pearl Rollison Smith
§ 5. Alva
and Pearl Smith, 1944
§ 6.
Alva, Pearl, and R.T. [Robert Thaddeus] Smith
§ 7. R.T.
[Robert Thaddeus] and Pearl Smith, 1971
§ 8. R.T.
[Robert Thaddeus] Smith
§ 9.
Charles Perry Rollison and Matilda Runser Rusher Rollison, T.W. Rollison's
father and mother. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas.
§ 10. [?]
Pearman, age 3 years 9 months, 1919 October 13
o Charles
Perry Rollison's children
§ 1.
Marion, Bennie, Ree, and T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw]
§ 2.
Marion and T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw]
§ 3.
Marion, Add [Addison], and Thaddeus W. [Thaddeus Warsaw]
§ 4. M.
[Marion] (73, June 24, 1938), A.S. [Addison S.] (74, 1937 October 16), and T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw] (79, 1937 November 10) Worthington, Indiana, 1938 April 22
§ 5. T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw], Marion, Add, and Ada
§ 6. M.
[Marion], A.S. [Addison S.], Roy and Harley; J.M. Garrison, son of Maletha and
Gilbert Maners. Worthington, Indiana, April 22, 1938.
§ 7. T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw] and Marion, 1917 July 4
§ 8.
[Dacia], Marion, T.W. [Thaddeus Warsaw], Ada, and Add
§ 9. T.W.
[Thaddeus Warsaw], [Uncle Henry Rusher], Add, and Marion
§ 10.
Edgar and Alma, 1963 December 31
§ 11.
Owen, Jesse, and Ollie
§ 12.
Ree, Edgar, Walter, and Esther
§ 13.
Benny, Walter, Roy, Ree, Edgar, and Henry R's wife
§ 14.
Gilbert, Owen, Jesse, Walter, Edgar, Ollie, and Ree
§ 15.
From left (standing): Jesse, Walter, Owen, Ree and granddaughter, Gilbert,
Edgar, and Ollie
§ 16.
Left to right: Ollie, Jesse, Benny, Walter, Owen, Edgar, Roy, Ree, and Henry
(brother of Tom)
§ 17.
Unidentified man in car
§ 18.
Unidentified church
o Other
§ 1.
Baring Cross School
§ 2.
Unidentified group by water. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ 3.
Unidentified group. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ 4.
School group including Nora Rollison
§ 5.
Unidentified group outside building. Photo by Dayton Bowers, DeWitt, Arkansas
§ 6.
Hanging bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado, 1927
