George Henry Rogers

George Henry Rogers - was born in Virginia, Southampton county, March 13, 1824. His first marriage was July 3, 1856, in DeKalb county, Indiana, to Julia A., daughter of Samuel and Christina Loomis. The children by this union are: Arvia Almon, born April 29, 1857; George A., March 6, 1859; Minnie L., July 9, 1861. Mrs. Rogers was born in DeKalb county, Indiana, in 1835. Mr. Roger’s second wife is Celia A. Beal, who was born in North Carolina, October 25, 1835. Her first husband was Andrew B. Hagan, to whom she was married October 30, 1851. His birth occurred January 16, 1831. The children by this marriage are: Patrick, born April 17, 1853, died September 13, 1855; Mary Catherine, February 23, 1855, died November 8, 1875; Bianca Edora, March 5, 1857; William Henry, January 28, 1859; Annetta Jane, March 7, 1861; Robert Andrew, March 28, 1863. Mr. Hagan died in Hillsboro, Tennessee, of typhoid fever. Her marriage to Mr. Rogers took place in Carryall township, October 17, 1866, and their children are: Leslie Wayne, born January 27, 1867; Suvilla A., born November 27, 1868; John Henry, June 1, 1870; Anna Orintha, August 9, 1872; Thomas Adrian, November 26, 1875; Maggie Penina, January 27, 1877. Mr. Rogers was a member of Company C, 68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served two years and eight months; was in the battles of Chattanooga, Kenesaw Mountain, Kingston, and several others. His brother, Uriah W., served three years in the 100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and his brother, Robert G., served the same period in an Indiana regiment. Mrs. Rogers had three brothers in the army: Benjamin B., Robert L., and William Henry Beal. The first was killed at the battle of Franklin; the second died of vaccination, and the last named served four years in the 68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, returning home all sound. Mr. Rogers is a farmer and stock raiser of Carryall township, settling here in 1852 with his parents, Robert A. and Lucy G. (Whitfield) Rogers. The parents of Mrs. Rogers are Henry and Lucy Whittaker (Traves) Beal, settlers of this county in 1855. Address Mr. Rogers at Antwerp, Paulding county, Ohio.