His mother, Elizabeth Rogers is not clearly known, as several women are proposed in different Ancestry trees, but not to my satisfaction at this time.
Larkin served in the War of 1812, as a private in the 2 regiment (Pillow's) of West Tennessee Volunteers.
By 1816 his name appears in Madison County, Alabama Territory, in the Census and Census Substitutes Index.
On March 18, 1817 he married Hannah Holland, also in Madison County, Alabama. Their first of 13 children was born in that county, but the next were born in Pickens County, Alabama. They lived there, except for one son possibly born in South Carolina, named after his grandfather, James M. Rogers, born in 1840.
But also in 1840, Larkin and Hannah Rogers appeared in a Census in Regiment 39, Morgan County Alabama.
Apparently the child born in 1840 had not yet been born, because the youngest male is age 5-9. However, Ancestry is saying there were also boys 1 yo and one 3 yo in 1840. They aren't listed. There is a female under 5 on the census, so that's little Rebecca Jane who had been born in 1835. Charles S. had been born in 1833, so he is probably the one son that is listed as 5-9 years old. The boy listed as 10-14 would have been Jacob M, born in 1829, so he was 11 in 1840.
The male age 30-39 would be Larkin probably, though having been born in 1794 he would actually have been 46 that year.
Two females age 5-9 would have been Hannah Matilda, born in 1831 (thus 9 years old) and Elizabeth Ann, born in 1824, so she was 16 actually. That would have been hard to hide as a 9 year old. They had lost Mary P. who lived from 1822-36, and Ludisa who lived from 1826-27 (see info below, on 1950 Census where her short life is contradicted by her marriage and motherhood!)
And last but not least, Hannah was counted as being between 30-39, though born in 1799 would make her 41. It is possible/probable that their oldest daughter, Sarah Louisa, born in 1818, had already left their home, as well as James Barba, born in 1820.
So the census gives them 5 children living with them, and their oldest 2 aren't mentioned, while the youngest 2 are also missing on this table.
In the 1850 Census, Larkin's family were living in Itawamba, District 6, Mississippi. Larkin and two older sons were farming, and he had 9 of his children living with them, as well a a 2 year old grandson. All the children were listed as having been born in Alabama. I also discovered that my Ancestry tree was incorrect in saying Ludisa died in 1827, at age one. She is the daughter who had married a Mr. Richardson and has a 2 year old son living with them, James A. Richardson. She is included in the 1860 census as well, by then living with her second husband and 2 more children.
In the 1860 Census for Itawamba County, MS, Larkin and Hannah are in their 60s, and they have several adult children also farming with them, and 2 grandchildren, sons of their deceased daughter Elizabeth Rogers Gandy.
Having such a unique name, Larkin appears even on the 1870 Census for Lee County, District 4, MS. He stated by then that he was 68 (note his giving different ages may have caught up with him, but in reality he was 76.) It is quite possible that he never knew exactly when he was born. Hannah was then listed as also 68, and James is 30, Isabella is 26, and Becky J. is 35 (Rebecca).
Larkin Rogers died 1 July 1878, and Hannah died 2 February 1892, both in Plantersville, Lee County MS. He is buried in Union Cemetery where he (or a descendent) placed a memorial stone in honor of his father James Rogers (1760-1842).
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