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B.L. Rogers

Bird Louis Rogers

Full Name: Bird Louis Rogers
Date of birth: June 29, 1878
Date of death: April 7, 1975

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 124 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Farmsworth / Ochiltree   Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman
H 124 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Farnsworth / Ochiltree   Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Ex-merchant and farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
44th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Farmsworth / Ochiltree
Counties in district:
Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman

Legislatures:
43rd (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Farnsworth / Ochiltree
Counties in district:
Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman

Terms of service notes


(1) Ex-merchant and farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch and photo with Spanish-American War veterans, "Senior Citizens Day . . . VA Center to Honor Four Veterans," 5/21/1969, p. 1. Bonham Daily Favorite.
  • Biographical sketch and photo, "VA Center's Oldest: Patriotism's Roots Deep in Bird Rogers," by David Adams, 2/4/1973, p. 1. State representative for two terms during the 1930s. Oldest resident of the Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center and veteran of the Spanish-American War. Bonham Daily Favorite.
  • 19th U.S. Infantry, Company M, Spanish-American War. Bird L. Rogers, birth date 6/29/1878, death date 4/7/1975, burial in Ochiltree Cemetery, Perryton, Ochiltree County. Find a Grave.

  • Bird Louis Rogers, birth date 6/29/1878 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri; death date 4/7/1975 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. Evergreen Cemetery Families Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
  • Census of 1930 - Bert L. Rogers, Ochiltree County, merchant and farmer, age 51, born in Missouri, wife Adalaide Rogers. FamilySearch.
  • Bird L. Rogers, birth date 6/29/1878 in Missouri; death date 4/7/1975 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas; grocery salesman; removal to Ochiltree Cemetery, Ochiltree County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • B.L. (Bird) Rogers, age 54 in 1933, merchant and farmer, born in Missouri. Legislative Reference Library Card File.

  • Photograph. B.L. Rogers, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. B.L. Rogers, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

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