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William Long Rogers

W.L. Rogers
Full Name: William Long Rogers
Birth date: November 10, 1822
Death date: December 17, 1877

Terms of Service

  • House, 15th (1) Legislature
    4/19/1876 - 12/17/1877
    Democrat
(1) Sworn 4/19/1876, p. 8. "The following members presented their credentials, and were sworn in: L.B. Hightower, of 32d district; A.F. Cone, of 23d district; W.L. Rogers, of 77th district." House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - William Rogers, Palo Alto, Nueces County, age 38, born circa 1822 in Alabama, stockraiser.
    Census of 1870 - Wm. L. Rogers, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, age 53, born circa 1817 in Louisiana, stock raiser. FamilySearch . 1860 1870
  • Wm. L. Rogers, death date 12/17/1877, burial in Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. Find a Grave .
  • William L. Rogers, birth date 11/10/1822, death date 12/17/1877, including photographs of William Long Rogers, Elizabeth Blair Long Rogers, and Rogers family Bible; oath of office; biographical information from Pathfinders of Texas, 1836-1846, by Mrs. Frank De Garmo, 1951; newspaper articles; article by Frank Wagner; and excerpt from The Story of Corpus Christi by Mary A. Sutherland. Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi 2001.
  • Death notice, "State Press," The Galveston Daily News, 12/26/1877, p.2, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "The Corpus Christi papers print eulogies on the character of the Hon. W.L. Rogers, deceased, formerly a member of the Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, Lieuen Morgan Rogers. The Timely Remarks (Refugio, Texas), 8/27/1937, p. 7, crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library. Relatives: Lieuen Morgan Rogers and William Long Rogers - brothers. "William [Rogers] recovered from his wounds and became sheriff of Nueces County and a member of the Legislature from that county, dying in 1877." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 144-145. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
  • Mentioned in historical marker, Roger's Massacre, Rio Hondo Cameron County. William Long Rogers. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .

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