Rogers, Loula Kendall, 1838-1931.
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Rogers, Loula Kendall, 1838-1931.
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Mrs. Louisa Winifred Kendall Rogers (1838-1931), better known as Loula Kendall Rogers, was born August 31, 1838 at Bellwood Plantation, the home of her parents, Dr. David Lane Kendall (1790-1860) and Mrs. Louisa Rogers Steele (1804-1881). In the 1850s, Loula Kendall drew the pastel of Bellwood Plantation contained in this collection. She was also a prolific poet and writer and was a member of the first graduating class from Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia in 1857. On January 3, 1863, Miss Kendall married James Henry Rogers, a second lieutenant of the Upson Guards. She later became a faculty member at Gordon Institute in Barnesville, Georgia in 1879. In 1896, she organized the Willie Hunt Smith Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) in Barnesville and served as its president for fifteen years. She also served as the State Recording Secretary of the UDC. In 1914, her book of poetry Golden Rod and Cypress was published. Loula Kendall Rogers died on June 14, 1931.
Loula Kendall Rogers (1838-1931), teacher and poet, of Upson County, Georgia married James Henry Rogers (1840-1875), merchant and depot agent. They met while he was serving in the 5th Georgia infantry Regiment during the Civil War and were married in 1863. After his death in 1875, she settled in Barnesville, Pike County, Georgia, and taught at the Gordon Institute for nearly twenty-five years.
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American poetry
American poetry
Commission merchants
Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862
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Cumberland Gap Campaign, 1862
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Georgia--Washington County
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Upson County (Ga.)
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Barnesville (Ga.)
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Georgia--Upson County
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Pike County (Ga.)
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Washington County (Ga.)
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Mississippi
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Georgia
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Thomaston (Ga.)
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