Hopkins Co. TX - Obit/Bio for F. M. Rogers

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F. M. Rogers - (A biographical sketch written by M. B. Shewood, Oct. 27,
1916 when the new Methodist church was being built.) F. M. Rogers was
born in Robertson County, Tennessee, May 10, 1826. He was reared in
Carroll County, Tennessee, and in Tippah County, Mississippi, moving to
Texas and locating in Sulphur Springs when but ten years of age. For many
years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1860 was elected chief
justice of this county and held this office until removed by Federal
authority in 1865 and disfranchised. His political disabilities were
removed in 1874, and in 1876 he was elected County Judge of the county,
which office he held for a number of years. He was known throughout Texas
as an able jurist. He was president of the trustees of Central College,
at this place, and was one of the most active and influential members of
the Methodist Church during his lifetime. His death occurred March 31,
1895. He was Superintendent of the Sunday School here for over thirty
years. (Sulphur Springs Gazette, Oct. 27, 1916) Later reported - He was
initiated in Masonry, passed and raised in Mississippi in 1847. He was
the first Worshipful Master of this Lodge in Sulphur Springs, and
presided over it for many years.