Obituary of Judge John H. Robers, Sebastian Co, Ar *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V.Isbell < > Date: 1 May 2011 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Rogers, John H. - New York Times, Apr. 18, 1911 - Federal Judge John H. Rogers - Little Rock, Apr. 17 - Federal Judge John H. Rogers of the Western District of Arkansas was found dead in his bed by Judges Trieber and K. M. Rose of Ft. Smith, who called to ascertain the reason for his absence from the bench, at a hotel here today. A hemorrhage of the lungs is believed to have caused his death, as he had been suffering from an attack of incipient pneumonia. John Henry Rogers had been Federal Judge of the Western District since 1896. He was born in Bertie Co., N.C., Oct. 9, 1845, and was a State Circuit Judge from 1877 to 1882, and Congressman from 1883 to 1891. He was born in N. Carolina and was a Captain of a Mississippi Co. in the Confederate Army. Extracted from: New York Times via Ancestry.com