LARKIN R. ROGERS
Larkin R. Rogers, b ca 1807 in Tennessee, d 1882 at Stranger, Falls
County, Texas - married February 14, 1825 in Morgan County, Alabama to Mary A.
Aycock, b ca 1809 in Wilkes County, Georgia, d October 9, 1875 at Stranger - a
daughter of Henry Aycock and Mildred (Stovall) Aycock. Henry Aycock was born
January 1773 in North Carolina, d 1826 in Morgan County, Alabama -
married December 1797 to Mildred Stovall, b ca 1780 in Virginia - a daughter of
Drury Stovall who had relocated in Wilkes County, Georgia.
Larkin and Mary (Aycock) Rogers had seven children born in Alabama before
the family relocated in 1845 in east Falls County, Texas on Blue Ridge
(present-day Stranger). Larkin purchased land in the Alexander Whitaker Survey,
located at the present intersection of State Highway 7 and Farm to Market Road #
1771 to Stranger, Texas.
The Rogers were of the Presbyterian faith, and it was in their that
the first church meetings were held. Although no records have been found, he
probably was a charter member of the Blue Ridge Union Church, established in
August 1848 by Reverend Reuben Sanders while Blue Ridge (now Stranger) was still
part of Limestone County, Texas. The Blue Ridge Union Church was a Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, built on land owned by Thomas McKissick Garrett by 1851,
which permitted services of other church denominations.
When Falls County was organized in 1850, Larkin Rogers of Blue Ridge (and
later called Stranger) was selected to choose a site in Marlin, the county seat
of the new county, for a Presbyterian Church. In addition, Larkin, and later his
descendants, were active participants in the early development of Falls County's
government, roads, schools, and churches. Some of his descendants have placed
grave markers in the Stranger Cemetery where the graves of Larkin and Mary were
known to be located, and identified by other early settlers.
The children of Larkin R. and Mary A. (Aycock) Rogers were:
Nathaniel Franklin Rogers, b August 9, 1827 in Morgan County, Alabama, d
January 16, 1878 at Reagan, Falls County, Texas and buried in the Rogers
Cemetery at Reagan - married January 31,1850 to Tennessee Huffman, b April 29,
1835, d February 9, 1920 - a daughter of Solomon and Sarah Huffman.
Henry Aycock Rogers, b 1830 in Morgan County, Alabama, died in late 1861
or early 1862 while in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War -
married ca 1860 to Elizabeth Jane Cornelison (called "Eliza Jane"), and had one
son.
Martha J. Rogers, b 1832 in Alabama, date of death unknown - a daughter
of Larkin and Mary (Ay- cock) Rogers, who were pioneer settlers in what be- came
Stranger, Falls County, Texas. She married Gabriel S. Springfield, b 1816 in
South Carolina, dafter 1870 in Limestone County, Texas.
Charles Aaron Rogers, b 1833 in Morgan County, Alabama, married his first
cousin, Sarah A. Rogers - daughter of Joseph Byrd and Tabitha (Massengale)
Rogers, and had one son.
Sarah Ann Rogers, b 1835 in Morgan County, Alabama - married ca 1850 in
Limestone County, Texas to William M. Newton.
Lucy Frances Rogers, b ca 1837 in Morgan County, Alabama - married first
to Joshua A. Saxon, and had three daughters; married second to William F.
Brooks.
John Larkin Rogers, b 1841 in Morgan County, Alabama - no further
information.
Mary Elizabeth Rogers, b 1844 in Morgan County, Alabama - was married to
Berry Vernon Sowders - son of Andrew Jackson Sowders and his first wife, Mary
Jane (Dearing) Sowders.
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 397 column 2 and page 398 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.