Brief Life History of Dolly Naomi
When Dolly Naomi Rogers was born on 29 December 1859, in Dola, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Hamilton Goss Rogers, was 27 and her mother, Mary Malvina Boggess, was 23. She married Luther Calvin Watkins in 1877, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Eagle District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1920. She died on 9 January 1935, in Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Brown, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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- Dolly N Hardesty in household of William J Barker, "United States Census, 1930"
- Rogers, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Dollie Neomi Watkins, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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