[or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
Sue Steward
ssteward at ccountry.net
Sat Jan 21 16:42:36 PST 2012
That's true about the name but he spoke of seeing something in a book in
a store of a Henry Rogers died 1903 so thought possibly this might be
the one that was listed in the book.
Sue
1/21/2012 4:34 PM, Linda Wiley wrote:
> This is getting interesting. I wonder, however---his legal name was
> William Henry Rogers and this one has a middle initial after
> Henry.I've been sending Dan some information off the list on finding
> records, etc., and he asked for contacts for the Sons of Union
> Veterans which I gave him.
>
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> *From:* Sue Steward <ssteward at ccountry.net>
> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:24 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
>
>
> This is possibly the Henry Rogers you saw in the book but it
> appears he was buried in a V. A. Cemetery.
>
>
> Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903
>
> Name: Henry J Rogers
> State of Cemetery: California
> Date of Death: 9 Apr 1903
>
>
> U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
>
> Name: Henry F Rogers
> Death Date: 9 Apr 1903
> Cemetery: Los Angeles National Cemetery
> Cemetery Address: 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049
> Buried At: Section 8 Row F Site 13
>
>
> On 1/21/2012 11:05 AM, Dan-M wrote:
>> I was at the book store before it became a feed store in Stayton,
>> there was a green book about 1 inch thick and 10x12 in size with
>> regular type print.
>> It was an old soldiers book, price 95. dollars, I saw in there,
>> Henry Rogers died in an old soldiers home in CA and was moved to
>> Oregon. This is what? About 10 or so years ago, before I could find
>> the money to get that book that store had closed and those books were
>> gone. I was wondering, just where if even that was my Henry said
>> 1903, was that old soldiers home? Might just have been a residence
>> providing these old people hospice or what and where and who all
>> those w words.
>> I was also wondering, is there a guy version of DUV?
>> Dan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Linda Wiley <mailto:oregontrail1851 at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* or-roots mail list <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 11:11 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
>>
>> Dan, I belong to the daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
>> (DUV), Tent #2, South Willamette Valley. I emailed our Tent
>> President, Carolyn Hall, for some info and turns out she knows
>> you--you helped her with our webpage. I recognized our DUV
>> wreath from the picture on find-a-grave. She verified it is CO
>> F. Darleen provided good info in her post about the
>> government-provided memorial stones. Sons of Union Veterans has
>> an active project to seek out un-recognized CW vets--ones that do
>> not have a headstone. I think this national project started in
>> 1996. There might be info in his CW records about the
>> headstone. My great grandfather, a CW vet, died in 1916, buried
>> in Albany, and does not have a government marker--just GAR on the
>> stone provided by his family, so I couldn't check to see if it
>> was mentioned. Linda Wiley, Sublimity, OR
>>
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>> *From:* Darlene <darlene at thecasteels.net>
>> <mailto:darlene at thecasteels.net>
>> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 9:15 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
>>
>> Sue is correct. It is a Civil War military grave stone, and
>> reads CO. F, 44 WIS. INF
>>
>> I don't know what you have on Henry Rogers other than what is
>> posted on your web site, but here is what I have found:
>> From Ancestry.com --
>> Henry Rogers, resident of St Lawrence, Wisconsin enlisted in the
>> Union army on 15 Oct 1864. Rank at enlistment was Corporal,
>> state served Wisconsin. He enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin 44th
>> Infantry Regiment, was mustered out on 03 Jun 1865, died in Lane
>> County, OR. (Another record, not so complete, says rank in &
>> rank out were both private).
>>
>> The grave marker was (apparently) provided by the Federal
>> Government. It is the same as many in the Jacksonville Cemetery
>> that I photographed, and then researched the individuals. There
>> is a record on Ancestry that lists headsones provided for
>> deceased Union Civil War veterans, including the company that
>> made the marker, but it only includes the years 1879-1903. Since
>> your ancestor died (according to the Find A Grave record) in
>> 1904, he would have missed the years covered by the Ancestry
>> record. In your note on your web site, you state that the 1905
>> Springfield census lists Elizabeth as a widow, so death date of
>> 1904 is probably correct. The record posted on Ancestry is from
>> the National Archives, so you might be able to learn more
>> information there.
>>
>> Also from Ancestry, from the National Archives: On August 4
>> (could be 21 -- hard to read), 1890, Henry Rogers filed for
>> invalid's pension (Application No. 932645, Certiricate 673293) in
>> Minnesota. Service was F. 44. Wis. Inf. On Sep 6, 1904
>> Elizabeth M Rogers filed for widow's pension (Application No.
>> 813103, Certificate No. 583574) in Oregon.
>>
>> Hope this gives you some answers (?), and further sources to contact.
>> Darlene
>>
>> On 1/20/2012 8:47 AM, Sue Steward wrote:
>>> But the stone doesn't say O.O.F., it says CO F for Company F.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/19/2012 9:27 PM, Dan JM wrote:
>>>> I hope by now every one has seen the pic of the head stone says
>>>> O.O.F.
>>>> And its still a mystery.
>>>> ;)
>>>> Dan M
>>>>
>>
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