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Note: </head><body> <center><table BORDER WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" ><tr><td> <center><b><font size=+1>George Washington Rogers</font></b> <b><font size=+1>(1829-1912)</font></b></center> According to his father's will, George was to remain under his brother Elijah's care until age 21. They came from Ripley Co., IN to Rock Island Co., IL soon after their father's death in about 1840. In 1850 George Rogers, age 23 from IN, was a laborer in Union Township, Jackson Co., IA (census page 344) on the farm of Joseph Chittenden and family; Jackson Co. in Iowa is across the river from IL. Note: George's first child William Monroe Rogers was born in 1853 before he married Mahala Hammond in 1854. William's death record reports his mother as Hail Daniels. In 1860 George, 31 from IN, was a farm laborer in Edgington Township, Rock Island Co., IL (page 341); the value of his personal property was $200. At home were Mahala, 27 from IN, Wm., 5 from IL, Andrew, 3 from IL, George W. Jr., 2 from IL, and Delos, a boy 6/12 from IL. They lived next door to Mahala's Father. George joined the 126th Illinois Infantry, Company B, on 11 Aug 1862 at Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island Co. He was mustered in on 4 Sept 1862. He attained the rank of Sergeant. He was mustered out on 12 July 1865. 126th Regiment Infantry - Organized at Alton, I11., and mustered in September 4. 1862. Moved to Columbus. Ky., thence to Bolivar and LaGrange. Tenn., November 20-28, 1862. Attached to District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Kimball's Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of the Arkansas, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Unattached, 7th Army Corps, mouth of White River, Ark., to July, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty at LaGrange, Tenn., until January, 1863. (6 Companies moved to Jackson, Tenn., December 19, 1862; thence moved to Humboldt, Tenn. R.R. crossing at Fork Deer River December 20. Action at Humboldt December 21.) 4 Companies on duty at Jackson, Tenn., and 6 Companies at Humboldt, Tenn., January to March 25; then at Jackson until May 25, 1863. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 25-28. Siege of Vicksburg May 28-July 4. Moved to Helena. Ark., July 24. Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., August 1-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Moved to Duvall's Bluff October 24, and duty there until August 19, 1864. Action at Clinton June 25-26. Moved to Pine Bluff, Ark., August 19, and duty there until February 12, 1865. Scouts from Pine Bluff toward Camden and Monticello January 26-31. At mouth of White River, Ark., until June 12, and at Pine Bluff until July 12. Mustered out July 12, 1865. Regiment lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 202. On 31 Oct 1866 George purchased 40 acres at $11.50/acre, lot 2SESE of Section 27, township 16N, range 4W of meridian 4 in Rock Island Co., IL. George, his wife and 8 children left Illinois in 1870 and travelled to Kansas in two covered wagons drawn by ox teams. They first settled in Washington Co., moving to Smith Co. in 1875. They moved to Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS in 1878. George and his wife Mahalla were two of the thirteen founding member of the Ash Rock Church in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS on 25 Mar 1878, George becoming a Trustee of the church. On 20 Sept 1878 he purchased the NW 1/4 of 3-6-16 in Ash Rock Township. On 31 Oct 1882 he purchased the NE 1/4 of 3-6-16. In 1900 George farmed in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS (page 161) with his wife Mahala and son Leander; he reported that he could not read or write. George lived the last two years of his life in Colorado, having returned to Kansas for a visit when he died. <center><table WIDTH="100%" ><tr><td> <center><img SRC="http://www.doig.net/GeorgeWashingtonRodgers2.jpg" BORDER=0 height=400 width=344></center></td><td> <center><img SRC="http://www.doig.net/GeorgeWashingtonRodgers.jpg" BORDER=0 height=400 width=298></center></td></tr></table></center></td></tr></table></center></body></html>
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