Rogers Cemetery (also called Antioch Cemetery), Duette, Manatee County, Florida Copyright 2002 Melissa Brewer, http://www.MyakkaBones.com, contributed for use in the USGENWEB Archives _____________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. Rogers Cemetery is a private family cemetery among citrus groves in Duette, east of Parrish and north of Myakka City. (It is not open to the public.) >From SR 62, it's 1.4 miles north on Saffold Road to Rogers Road, then eastward from Rogers Road -- a winding shell road. At the end, the citrus groves give way to an untouched paradise of huge, old sand pines and scrub oaks. The cemetery is in a clearing of pure white sugar sand. A sign "Antioch Cemetery" is mounted on a covered shelter nearby. The cemetery is approx. 108' x 108' and surrounded by field fencing with metal posts. Some grave sites are marked with metal posts, or pieces of stone, or illegible markers. Each has a carefully-sculpted mound of white sand. The legible markers are listed below: Addie 11/10/1875 - 9/5/1904 "In Memory of Addie" Babington, Hazel J. 4/9/1938/7/6/1979 Babington, John W. 8/18/1937 - 4/9/1996 Groston, David B. 8/27/1972 - 8/30/1971 Harrell, Green B. 2/2/1819 - 12/21/1888 "He is not dead, but sleepeth" Harrell, Mary 12/3/1827 - 10/5/1902 Matilda 2/19/1845 - 4/19/1906 "wife of --" Muterspaugh, Myrtle 1914 - 1990 Muterspaugh, Tony 1912 - 1973 Peters, James 3/24/1888 - 11/4/1894 Peters, Leroy 1/8/1892 - 10/28/1892 Rogers, "Infants of Mrs. & Mrs. J.M. Rogers" Rogers, Alison 6/9/1924 - 5/16/1925 Rogers, Benjamin Franklin "Red" 7/7/1928 - 11/25/1995 Rogers, Charles Mandus 10/27/1881 - 6/28/1958 Rogers, Charles Murry 1913 - 1935 Rogers, Ella Lee 2/5/1898 - 11/11/1940 Rogers, Ethel 10/9/1903 - June, 1901 Rogers, James Harris 8/4/1921 - 5/10/2001 "Pvt. US Army WWII" Rogers, James Henry 10/16/1905 - 4/6/1975 Rogers, James M. 5/8/1825 - 10/3/1900 "Pvt. Co. K, 10 Fla. Infantry, Confederate States Army" Rogers, John K. 8/19/1907 - 10/5/1908 Rogers, John M. 2/18/1875 - 6/17/1941 Rogers, Josiah H. 10/8/1868 - 8/20/1939 Rogers, Kyleen Mary Clyatt 1/26/1933 - 12/10/1998 Rogers, Mary 8/25/1877 - 5/29/1909 Rogers, Nanama 2/26/1908 - 9/28/1924 Rogers, Nancy 7/10/1837 - 11/15/1920 "A Tender Mother and Faithful Friend" Rogers, R.A. 10/5/1877 - 10/27/1918 Rogers, Randolph A. 1950 - 1996 Rogers, Sarah Jane 6/11/1859 - 10/26/1900 "Wife of E.G. Rogers: Eli Greenberry Rogers 10/1/1855 - 9/18/1915, Husband of Sarah Jane Keen Rogers at Rest in the New Zion Cemetery, Ona, Florida" Rogers, Wash Anna 11/13/1887 - 3/25/1935 Shaw, Charley Paul 7/27/1925 - 2/14/1926 Thomas, F. Christine 10/28/1941 - 11/11/1941 Thomas, Frank R. 1/28/1900 - 9/11/1958 Thomas, Vera C. 6/13/1920 - 3/23/1998 ----------------------