NATHANIEL FRANKLIN ROGERS

 

 

     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 there - was the eldest child of Larkin R. and Mary A. (Aycock) Rogers who came to Texas in 1845 with their children, settling in East Falls County "on Blue Ridge (which is present-day Stranger). In 1849, Nathaniel F. moved to Reagan, Texas, and on January 31, 1850; in Falls County, he married Tennessee Huff- man, b April 29, 1835, d February 9, 1920 and buried by her husband - a daughter of Solomon and Sarah Huffman - natives of Tennessee, and where Tennessee was born.

     Nathaniel was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a farmer by occupation. Al- though his educational advantages were limited, he was a great reader, a close observer, and interested in all current events. He was a Mason, and described as a "genial, whole-souled gentlemen - respected by all classes of people."

     Nathaniel Franklin and Tennessee (Huffman)

Rogers had sixteen children - six dying in infancy.

The ten children known to have lived past infancy were:

     Henry Thomas Rogers, b July 9,1853, d October 17, 1927 - married in Falls County, Texas on December 14, 1875 to Mary Elizabeth Marlin, b March 8, 1856, d March 9, 1922 - a daughter of Rufus Anderson and Martha Louise (Gentry) Marlin, and a grand- daughter of John and Mary Celia (Menefee) Marlin.

     William C. Rogers, b November 26, 1855, d February 22, 1933 - married Mary Floyd Phillips, b August 21, 1862, d March 5, 1930.

     Rosa Estelle Rogers, b November 28, 1857 - married J. W. Wells - a farmer of Erath County, Texas. No further information.

     Paulina Rogers, b February 20, 1860 - married J. W. Stewart - a merchant in Limestone County, Texas. No further information.

     Tishua A. Rogers, b November 8, 1863, d September 9, 1883 - married in 1879 to David L. Wardlaw, b 1857 in Arkansas - a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Crawford) Wardlaw.

     Alpheus L. Rogers, b July 7, 1870 - no further information.

     John E. Rogers, b January 7, 1874  -no further information.

     Wilburn Rogers - a twin to Frank - was born September 10,1876. No further information.

     Frank Rogers - a twin to Wilburn - was born September 10, 1876. No further information.

     Nathie F. Rogers - a daughter, b April 11, 1878, d February 22, 1885 and buried in the Rogers Cemetery at Reagan, Falls County, Texas by her parents.

     Nathaniel Franklin Rogers laid out the new town of Reagan in 1871 after William R. Reagan donated land for the new townsite, which was named for him. The present building of the First Methodist Church in Reagan was erected in 1893 after fire had destroyed the earlier church on September 27, 1892, and the new site was donated by Tennessee (Huffman) Rogers - by then the widow of Nathaniel Franklin Rogers.

 

 

 

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 398 column 1 and 2.  
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.