Brief Life History of Lorenzo Dow
When Lorenzo Dow Rodgers was born on 4 February 1836, his father, William Rodgers, was 36 and his mother, Unity Carroll, was 44. He married Elizabeth Caroline Deal on 4 February 1858, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 850, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 4 October 1907, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in East Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States.
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- L D Rogers, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lorenzo Rogers, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Lorenzo Dow Rodgers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
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English and Irish: variant of Rogers .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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