Brief Life History of Amos Philemon
When Amos Philemon Rogers was born on 27 September 1820, in Edinburg, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Chandler Rogers, was 25 and his mother, Amanda Hollister, was 23. He married Anna Matilda Doolittle on 12 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 25 June 1846, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.
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- Amos Philemon Rogers, "Find a Grave Index"
- Amos P Rogers in entry for Amanda Jane Ward, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- Amos Philemon Rogers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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ANNA MATILDA DOOLITTLE
'Anna Matilda Doolittle was born December 24, 1820 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Her father, John Doolittle was a mechanic and cabinet maker- Her mother, Ruth Davis was a small woman, …
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