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Cyrus Edward Lee Rogers

Birth
Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Dec 1908 (aged 39)
Burial
Tupelo, Coal County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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EDWARD LEE ROGERS WAS KILLED DURING A "COUNTY SEAT RAID". IN THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, PEOPLE IN A TOWN THAT THOUGHT IT OUGHT TO BE THE COUNTY SEAT WOULD RAID THE EXISTING COUNTY SEAT AND STEAL ALL THE RECORDS AND COURT INFORMATION. THIS HAPPENED TO GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL TERRITORIAL CAPITOL - THE OKLAHOMA CITY PEOPLE SOLE THE CAPITOL.

HE WAS A BYSTANDER AND GOT SHOT.
EDWARD LEE ROGERS WAS KILLED DURING A "COUNTY SEAT RAID". IN THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, PEOPLE IN A TOWN THAT THOUGHT IT OUGHT TO BE THE COUNTY SEAT WOULD RAID THE EXISTING COUNTY SEAT AND STEAL ALL THE RECORDS AND COURT INFORMATION. THIS HAPPENED TO GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL TERRITORIAL CAPITOL - THE OKLAHOMA CITY PEOPLE SOLE THE CAPITOL.

HE WAS A BYSTANDER AND GOT SHOT.


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