When Enos Ralph Rogers was born on 28 February 1900, in Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey, Indiana, United States, his father, Weldon Clyde Rogers, was 21 and his mother, Estella Grace "Stella" Knowles, was 22. He married Nettie Mildred Heiser on 10 March 1925. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States for about 50 years. He died on 5 January 1988, in Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey, Indiana, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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