George Rogers Clark (sad)

George Rogers Clark (sad)
his grave stone

Jan 29, 2008

D. HOW DID HE/SHE MET HIS/HER DEATH?

On February 13,1818 George Rogers Clark died. He died at the age of 62. The location of his death was Louisville,KY. The thing that caused his death was stricken with a series of crippling strokes, chair-ridden for 9 years with the loss of his right leg, he was suffering from painful arthritis in his left leg, and burdened for over 30 years by a crushing debt owed by the state of Virginia for which he is none the less legally responsible. George Rogers Clark felt that he no longer had a place in the history of Kentucky or America. when he died, he was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in, Louisville, KY.

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