When Lilburn Cummings Rogers was born on 12 April 1840, in Jackson Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, Rowland Barrett Rogers, was 28 and his mother, Mary Cummins, was 29. He married Sarah Louisa Hutton on 28 July 1866, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Byesville, Jackson Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Ohio, United States in 1912. He died on 9 December 1912, in Byesville, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Enon, Clark, Ohio, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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