Brief Life History of Clarence Augustus
When Dr. Clarence Augustus Rogers was born on 14 November 1878, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Jasper Clinton Rogers, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Yates, was 35. He married Bessie Reaves on 14 October 1908, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. He lived in Shelby, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 October 1916, in Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Cordova Community Cemetery, Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.
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- Clarence A Roggers in household of Jas* C Roggers, "United States Census, 1900"
- Clarence A Rogers, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Clarence A. Rogers, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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