When Evander Ferdinand Rogers was born on 5 April 1846, in Harrison, Virginia, United States, his father, Ludwell Lee Rogers, was 52 and his mother, Harriet Payne Reynolds, was 41. He married Elizabeth Eleanor Coffman on 11 October 1877, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Eagle District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 12 April 1913, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lumberport, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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