Izard Co., AR - Biographies - Reuben Rogers

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Reuben Rogers was born in the State of Tennessee, in 1829, his parents, William
and Elizabeth (Hicks) Rogers, being natives of Alabama and Tennessee,
respectively, the former's birth occurring in 1795. He was familiar with the
duties of farm life from earliest boyhood, and in 1881 was [p.970] married to
Miss Hicks, by whom he became the father of six children: Reuben, John, Peter,
Allie, Sarah and Ada. From Tennessee Mr. Rogers removed to Independence County,
Ark., in 1843, where his death occurred the following year, he being a member
of the Baptist Church at that time. His widow married Henry Newman, of
Independence County, in 1845, and to them three children were born: Henry N.,
Matilda and Annie E., all of whom reside in Izard County. They own eighty acres
of land, and both are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Reuben
Rogers was married to Miss Nancy Newman in 1869, a daughter of Henry Newman by
his former wife, and their union resulted in the birth of two children: William
R. and Reuben F. In 1854, becoming possessed with the “gold fever,” Mr. Rogers
took the overland route to California, to seek his fortune, and like a great
many others in those days, failed to find it and returned to Arkansas in 1868.
After living on eighty acres of land in Independence County, until 1876, he
moved to Izard County, and purchased the place where he is now living,
consisting of 160 acres, a portion of which is mountainous, and is finely
adapted to grazing. The rest is in the valley and about fifty acres are under
cultivation, well watered and improved with good buildings, orchards, etc. He
and wife have been members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a number
of years, and he is one of the men who has assisted largely in making Izard
County the fine agricultural region which it now is. Mr. Rogers is a severe
sufferer from cancer of the stomach.