CULLEN JAMES ROGERS
Cullen James Rogers, b May 29, 1921 at Mart Limestone County, Texas - was
the youngest of twelve children of John Harvey Rogers, b November 19, 1866 at
Personville, Limestone County, Texas, C December 22, 1934 at Mart, Texas, who
was married on August 5, 1894 in Limestone County to Mary Elizabeth Leach, b
March 17, 1876 at Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, d July 19,1959 at Mart - a
daughter of Hugh Archibald and Lydia Ann (Adair) Leach - natives of Tallapoosa
County, Alabama. Cullen's grandfather, Allen Jefferson Rogers, b June 18, 1831
in Perry County, Alabama, d December 14,1925 in Limestone County, Texas -
married first on May 23, 1852 to Mary Catherine Owens, b July 1, 1832 in Alabama
d November 11,1874 in Limestone County, Texas. The couple moved to Texas in
1856, and were the parents of eight children
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including
Cullen's father, John Harvey Rogers. Allen Jefferson Rogers
enlisted in the Confederate States Army, serving under Colonel Bass during the
Civil War.
Cullen James Rogers was an "All-State" High School football player in
1937, and was on the South, west Conference football and baseball teams,
receiving his degree at Texas A&M University. He served in World War II, and
played football for the Pittsburg Steelers after the war. His name has been
placed in the A&M Sports Hall of Fame.
On February 13, 1945 in Marlin, Falls County Texas, Cullen was married to
Doris Davison-Barganier, b December 26, 1922 in Reagan, Falls County Texas - a
daughter of Clinton Gordon and Eloise (Womack) Davison. Doris was an infant when
her mother died, and she was reared by
her father's sister and her husband, Verna (Davison) and James Gerden Barganier.
Doris grew up at Highlands Mansion, and was a graduate of Marlin High School and
Baylor University.
In 1849, Cullen and Doris bought the Sinclair Agency in Marlin, and later
purchased the A. H. Peterson Insurance Company, which was sold in 1981 to
Kenneth and Sharon Tomlinson. Cullen is now engaged in the Apartment and Motel
Business in Marlin. He is a Deacon in the First Baptist Church in Marlin, and he
and Doris have taught a Youth Sunday School Class for many years. Cullen is
active in the political affairs of Marlin, and they participate in many of the
civic and social affairs of their community.
Cullen James and Doris (Davison-Barganier) Rogers were the parents of
three children:
Cullen James Rogers, Jr. (called "Jimmy"), b September 17, 1947 - is a
graduate of Marlin High School and The University of Texas, Austin. He resides
in San Antonio, Texas.
John Davison Rogers, b October 3, 1949 in Marlin - attended “Ol” Miss.
University, and graduated from North Texas University in Denton, after serving
four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He married Janice Hughes, b December 11,
1949 in Santa Fe, Mexico
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a daughter of Isaac Newton and Alice (Greathouse) Hughes.
John and Janice have Cullen Greathouse Rogers, b February 4, 1977.
Elizabeth Rogers (called "Beth"), b July 9, 1952 in Marlin - was a 1974
graduate of Baylor University, Waco. She married Roger Allen Nutt, b December
11, 1954 in Plainview, Texas - a son of William Charles and Jimmie (Horton)
Nutt. Roger is a 1977 graduate of Texas A&M University, and is manager of the
Williams Feed Store in Marlin. He and Beth have two children: Davison William
Nutt, b May 15, 1983; and Elizabeth Katherine Nutt, b January 14, 1985.
One of Cullen's brothers, Owens Adair Rogers (deceased), and his wife,
Mary Lee, moved to Marlin, Texas, where she taught in the Business Department of
Marlin High School for several years. Owens was a Texas A&M University graduate
and owned the Sinclair Agency in Mart, Texas before moving to Marlin.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 395 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
