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Below is a family biography included in The History of Weakley County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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P. M. Rogers, M. D., was born in Hickman County, Tenn., September 23, 1824, son of Jubilee and Harriett W. (Davis) Rogers. He received his literary education in the schools of Dresden, and after attaining his majority began the study of medicine, his preceptors being his father and Dr. Benjamin Tolliver. In the fall of 1851 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., and graduated as an M. D. in the spring of 1852. He then returned to Weakley County and began practicing his profession. In January, 1858, he and Martha Blakemore were united in marriage. She was born in Weakley County, in 1833, and is a daughter of Wiley B. and Catherine Blakemore, and bore one child, Mattie (wife of George S. Boyd). In August of the following year Mrs. Rogers died, and in April 1867 Mattie Travis became his wife. She was born in 1844 and is a daughter of Walter and Jane (Dismukes) Travis. In 1859 Dr. Rogers located on the old home place, consisting of 246 acres, where he has since resided, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession, having been one of the leading physicians of Weakley County for the past thirty years. He is a Democrat and Mason, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 108 biographies included in The History of Weakley County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Weakley County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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