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Minor George Rogers

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Minor George Rogers

Birth
LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Sep 1941 (aged 78)
LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Daily Kentucky New Era obit posted 25 Sept 1941 reads as follows:

Minor G Rogers Dies in County
Funeral Rites to be Conducted Tomorrow Afternoon at Three

Minor George Rogers, 78. died at the home near LaFayette yesterday afternoon at 3:30 from a lingering illness. He was born Aug. 26, 1863, near LaFayette, and was the son of the Elizabeth Ragsdale Rogers and George Armstead Rogers. He resided his entire life in that section.

Mr. Rogers spent a life of usefulness to his family and community. His father died when he was small, and Mr. Rogers kept his brothers and sisters together and helped rear them. After his wife died, he had the responsibility of rearing six children. Mrs. Rogers died Sept. 29, 1922.

The six surviving children are George M Rogers, Hopkinsville; Mrs. Lloyd Cassels, Miami, Fla.; Miss Henrietta Rogers, LaFayette; Robert E Rogers who is in the medical corps at Fort Knox, and Miss Mary Rogers of Louisville.

He also leaves a sisters, Mrs. W.A. Lile, Church Hill; one brother, Squire L.D. Rogers, LaFayette community; he leaves one granddaughter, Peggy Lou Cassels, Miami; three nephews, two nieces, and a number of great nephews and nieces. He was a cousin of Col. R.H. Cooper, W.H. Hancock, Miss Lottie Ragsdale and Allen Ragsdale, Hopkinsville.

The funeral services will be conducted at the Powell Cemetery at LaFayette Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Iven Allen, Methodist minister, officiating.
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Minor George Rogers in the Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965

Name: Minor George Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 78
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1863
Birth Place: Christian, Kentucky, USA
Death Date: 24 Sep 1941
Death Place: Christian, Kentucky, USA
Father: George Armistead Rogers
Mother: Elizabeth F Ragsdale
COD: Peptic ulcer
Daily Kentucky New Era obit posted 25 Sept 1941 reads as follows:

Minor G Rogers Dies in County
Funeral Rites to be Conducted Tomorrow Afternoon at Three

Minor George Rogers, 78. died at the home near LaFayette yesterday afternoon at 3:30 from a lingering illness. He was born Aug. 26, 1863, near LaFayette, and was the son of the Elizabeth Ragsdale Rogers and George Armstead Rogers. He resided his entire life in that section.

Mr. Rogers spent a life of usefulness to his family and community. His father died when he was small, and Mr. Rogers kept his brothers and sisters together and helped rear them. After his wife died, he had the responsibility of rearing six children. Mrs. Rogers died Sept. 29, 1922.

The six surviving children are George M Rogers, Hopkinsville; Mrs. Lloyd Cassels, Miami, Fla.; Miss Henrietta Rogers, LaFayette; Robert E Rogers who is in the medical corps at Fort Knox, and Miss Mary Rogers of Louisville.

He also leaves a sisters, Mrs. W.A. Lile, Church Hill; one brother, Squire L.D. Rogers, LaFayette community; he leaves one granddaughter, Peggy Lou Cassels, Miami; three nephews, two nieces, and a number of great nephews and nieces. He was a cousin of Col. R.H. Cooper, W.H. Hancock, Miss Lottie Ragsdale and Allen Ragsdale, Hopkinsville.

The funeral services will be conducted at the Powell Cemetery at LaFayette Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Iven Allen, Methodist minister, officiating.
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Minor George Rogers in the Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965

Name: Minor George Rogers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 78
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1863
Birth Place: Christian, Kentucky, USA
Death Date: 24 Sep 1941
Death Place: Christian, Kentucky, USA
Father: George Armistead Rogers
Mother: Elizabeth F Ragsdale
COD: Peptic ulcer

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