Jack County, TX - Obituaries - J.N. Rogers ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, January 13, 1910 In memoriam - J.N. Rogers A watchman on the tower of Zion has fallen. Such was the thought that arose in the mind of the writer when he first learned of the death of Mr. J.N. Rogers. Mr. Rogers was born in Butler County, Kentucky on 4 December 1832 and was converted and joined the Baptist church when he was 10 years of age; and from that time on he was not only loyal to the church of his choice, but true to every interest. In 1853, he was married to Miss Martha Layton, a most estimable lady, who it will be remembered departed this life on 14 May 1908. She was a very intelligent lady of a strong mind and pleasant demeanor. Very few couples have lived so long together and whose joint efforts have been so useful in this life. Shortly after their marriage, some time in 1855, the father of Mr. Rogers moved to Texas, and he and his young wife followed them and located near Grapevine Prairie in Tarrant County. They lived there until the war broke out. Shortly after its commencement Mr. Rogers entered the Confederate Army and was a private soldier, fought through it in the defense of what he had assured himself were the rights of the South. At the close of the war he returned to Texas and in 1874 located in Jack county on the old Rogers homestead eight or nine miles south of Jacksboro. In 1880, he began the publication of a paper the predecessor of the present Jacksboro Gazette. Mr. Rogers was a success. He had accomplished what he had undertaken, and when he died he left behind him a record of which anyone could and should be proud. He also left an up-to-date, first-class printing office, thoroughly equipped with up-to-date machinery. This paper was the apple of his eye. He was constantly planning for the future, and just a short while before his death, he ordered and installed the very latest improved Mergenthaler Junior linotype. It was his often expressed desire that he wanted to die in the harness Ð die working. His desire was fulfilled. He left the work of his office in the evening and before the sun rose again he had taken his work in the other world.