Women / Persons ~ P24599
Tiana Rogers
Alternate Names:
- Tiana Rogers Houston
- Talahina Rogers Houston
- Mrs. David Gentry Jr.
- Tyania Rodgers
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 1799 - 23 December 1839
Types:
- American, Native
- widow
- Wife of notable man
Note: Born Tennessee, died Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. daughter of Chief John \"Hellfire\" Rogers (1740–1833), a Scots-Irish trader, and Jennie Due (1764–1806), a sister of Chief John Jolly, m. Sam Houston, a "son" of the Cherokees (while he hadn't yet divorced his first wife) in a ceremony according to Cherokee customs. Tiana was in her mid-30s, of mixed-race, and the widow of David Gentry, Jr. (Wikipedia source).