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Charles William Rogers


Gender:
Male
Born:
1809
Died:
May 9, 1861
Home Town:
Savannah, GA
Later Residences:
Savannah, GA
Marriage(s):
Caroline Woodford Rogers (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Charles William Rogers was the son of Dr. Charles William Rogers and Ann West. He was born in Bryan Co., GA. After attending the Litchfield Law School, Rogers preferred theology to law and studied to become a minister. Rogers worked as a planter and minister of the Presbyterian Church in Savannah, GA. Rogers lived on his plantation in Kilkenny, GA. He was a very wealthy land owner. He died in Savannah.

He and his wife, Caroline Woodford Rogers had four children.

Education
Years at LLS:
1829
Other Education:
Graduated from Yale College in 1829 and later attended Princeton Theological Seminary.

Profession / Service
Profession:
Agriculture; Religious Calling

help The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation.

Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School (Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1848), 23.

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