Leonard Dave Rogers

Male4 April 1902–5 July 1964

Brief Life History of Leonard Dave

Leonard Dave Rogers was born on 4 April 1902 as the son of Tipton Newton "Tip" Rogers and Mary Jane Johnson. He lived in Taylor District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 5 July 1964, in Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mount Carmel, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States.

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Leonard Dave Rogers
1902–1964
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Sources (3)

  • Leonard Rogers in household of Mary J Rogers, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Leonard Dave Rogers, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Leonard D Rogers, "Find A Grave Index"

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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 1

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Age 15

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 17

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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