Genealogy
I was born Rose Marie HOGAN to Virginia Anne SINK (daughter of Robert Abraham SINK and Violet Virginia MIZE) and Raymond Allen HOGAN (son of Bruce n.m.i. HOGAN and Hazel Elizabeth Abigail BATTIN), on February 20, 1957 in Martinsville (Henry County), Virginia. HOGAN: Sadly, the last sibling (Ollye HOGAN Harris) of my late grandfather, Bruce HOGAN (the oldest child in his family), died in 2000, leaving my sister, Diana Leigh HOGAN DiCarlo, and myself, the last in the HOGAN line of his branch. The branch of his youngest brother, William HOGAN, survives (in the Nitro, West Virginia area) beyond my generation. To the best of my knowledge, his brother, Jake HOGAN, had no children, and his other brother, Henry HOGAN, had no sons. Ollye HOGAN Harris had two daughters. The oldest of the two sisters of my grandfather, June HOGAN Whitlock, also had two daughters. SINK: My SINK line ends, as well, as my Grandparents, Robert and Violet SINK, had six children, five of whom are daughters. Their only son passed away leaving no children.
I hope to one day include all my genealogy in these pages. For now, if you think we may be related, please email me so we can compare notes: writeme@staffnet.com.
Surnames in my Family Tree
Maternal Side of My Family	Paternal Side of My Family
SINK	HOGAN
MIZE	BATTIN/BATTEN/BATTON
KOGER	GARST/GERST
SPENCER	LAWHORN
PEFFLEY/PEFLEY	SETTLE/SETTLES
OVERFELT/OBERFELD	MITCHELL
FISHER	PLATT (?)
BOWLES	GRIFFIETH
ALTICK/ALTICE	COBOURN/COBURN
CLINGENPEEL/KLINGELBIEL	RALEY/RELY
THORP/THARP	HARGER
DAVIS
KESLER/KESSLER
ZINCKERS/ZINCK/ZINK
RYEL
OVERSTREET
DAVIS
Two surnames previously listed (FLUKE and PLATT) were removed from the above list for the following reasons: Mr. FLUKE was married to my paternal cousin, Margie SETTLES (d. abt. 1985). To my knowledge, they had no children. (Note: I have some papers of the late Mr. FLUKE in my possession of his service in the U.S. Navy which gives his personal physical description, etc., and will be happy to share a scan of them via email with any of his family members.) The name PLATT is found in the name of my paternal grandmother's brother: Edward PLATT BATTIN. It was my assumption that PLATT must have been a family name somewhere in the line. Searching as far back as 1700, the name PLATT does not reappear. However, the surnames of some of the women in that line have not yet been identified by me so the possibility exists that Uncle Ed was named for a family line of the name PLATT, a family friend, doctor or midwife. Would appreciate any information from other BATTIN/PLATT relatives. Note re: HARGER: Mr. "Hub" HARGER was married to my paternal second cousin, Zola HOGAN, daughter of Henry and Mable SHEPARD HOGAN. (Hub and Zola had one son, Jeff HARGER, lives in the southwestern Virginia area and has no children. Hub and Zola are both deceased. Aunt Mable passed away in 2002, 97 years young.) Am looking for a VALENTINE link to the HOGAN name. My late Aunt June HOGAN Whitlock told me in the mid-1970s that a family named VALENTINE in Roanoke, Virginia was working on our HOGAN genealogy. To this date, I have not been able to locate that family and Aunt June never got around to taking me to meet them as she had hoped.
So how were the names in my family tree derived? The surnames in my genealogy come from various sources including marriage, birth, death, cemetery, and other records and obituaries in my personal possession (as well as on-line); marriage, death, and census records which are maintained at the Franklin County Courthouse in Rocky Mount, Virginia and at the Franklin County Historical Society also located in Rocky Mount, Virginia (as well as on-line); interviews of family members of various branches of both sides of my family tree; records collected and archived by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) in Salt Lake City, Utah; various on-line genealogy sites including the Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com and GenForum.com; research previously done by relatives of various branches who generously shared their research with me in various forms including scans, print-outs, photocopies, microfiche films, telephone discussions, emails, and other on-line web site links.
This Small Space is to Honor Some of the Members of my Family Who Served our Country Faithfully and Loyally in the United States Military Services: ------------------- Abraham SINK, American Revolutionary War, Attaché to Gen. George Washington Stephen SINK (brother of Abraham above), American Revolutionary War Bruce (nmi) HOGAN (d. 1982), U.S. Army, World War I Charles Edward HOGAN (d. 1987), U.S. Navy, World War II Raymond Allen HOGAN (d. 1986), U.S. Air Force, Korean War Evelyn SINK Watson, U.S. Air Force (l. 2003) Robert Abraham SINK, Jr. (d. 1997) U.S. Army
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