BIO: John E. Rogers, Bullitt Co., KY

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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Bullitt Co.

JOHN E. ROGERS is a native of Tennessee, and was born September 2, 1841; he settled in 
Bullitt County, Ky., in 1864.  His first wife was Sarah A. Johnson, a native of Bullitt 
County.  She died in 1871.  His second wife was Mrs. Caroline Shank--she having two children 
by her first husband: Clandian, born September 23, 1866, and Ambrose, born December 4, 1868.
By his present wife he has two children: Edwin L., born May 29, 1876, and Charles Emmet, 
born May 29, 1878.  John E. Rogers served all through the war as a Confederate soldier 
having enlisted in Company D, Fifth Tennessee Volunteers, and participated in the battles of 
Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Murphysborough and other important engagements.

Rogers Johnson Shank
TN