Son of Josiah and Anna Burk Rogers.
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Kirksville, Missouri
May 15, 1908
W. B. Rogers, who died in this city April 30, was a Confederate soldier and served under Gen. Porter. He and his brother-in-law, John Kent, were in the fight at Kirksville, and both were taken prisoners. The Confederate soldiers were stationed in the houses, and a ball struck the building in which Rogers and Kent were located, filling Roger's eyes with mortar, rendering him almost blind for a time. When the retreat of the Confederates began Kent would not desert Rogers and both were captured. Kent was ordered shot by McNeal for violating his parole and was executed a day or two after his capture.
William Burke Rogers married Elizabeth B. Hibbard on October 24, 1855 in Adair County, Missouri and they had nine children:
1) Eliza Jane Rogers Miller
---m. James E. Miller
2) James Robert Rogers
---m. Christena Smith
3) William Thomas Rogers
---m. Emma Custain
4) Hulda Anna Rogers Smith
---m. James William Anderson
5) Annie Elizabeth Rogers Sears
---m. William F. Sears
6) Mary Ellen Rogers Shanks
---m. Daniel Edgar Shanks
7) George Henry Rogers
---m. Louisa May Smith
8) Samuel A. Rogers
---m. Sarah Kent
9) Ida M. Rogers
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
May 15, 1908
W. B. Rogers, who died in this city April 30, was a Confederate soldier and served under Gen. Porter. He and his brother-in-law, John Kent, were in the fight at Kirksville, and both were taken prisoners. The Confederate soldiers were stationed in the houses, and a ball struck the building in which Rogers and Kent were located, filling Roger's eyes with mortar, rendering him almost blind for a time. When the retreat of the Confederates began Kent would not desert Rogers and both were captured. Kent was ordered shot by McNeal for violating his parole and was executed a day or two after his capture.
William Burke Rogers married Elizabeth B. Hibbard on October 24, 1855 in Adair County, Missouri and they had nine children:
1) Eliza Jane Rogers Miller
---m. James E. Miller
2) James Robert Rogers
---m. Christena Smith
3) William Thomas Rogers
---m. Emma Custain
4) Hulda Anna Rogers Smith
---m. James William Anderson
5) Annie Elizabeth Rogers Sears
---m. William F. Sears
6) Mary Ellen Rogers Shanks
---m. Daniel Edgar Shanks
7) George Henry Rogers
---m. Louisa May Smith
8) Samuel A. Rogers
---m. Sarah Kent
9) Ida M. Rogers
Son of Josiah and Anna Burk Rogers.
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
May 15, 1908
W. B. Rogers, who died in this city April 30, was a Confederate soldier and served under Gen. Porter. He and his brother-in-law, John Kent, were in the fight at Kirksville, and both were taken prisoners. The Confederate soldiers were stationed in the houses, and a ball struck the building in which Rogers and Kent were located, filling Roger's eyes with mortar, rendering him almost blind for a time. When the retreat of the Confederates began Kent would not desert Rogers and both were captured. Kent was ordered shot by McNeal for violating his parole and was executed a day or two after his capture.
William Burke Rogers married Elizabeth B. Hibbard on October 24, 1855 in Adair County, Missouri and they had nine children:
1) Eliza Jane Rogers Miller
---m. James E. Miller
2) James Robert Rogers
---m. Christena Smith
3) William Thomas Rogers
---m. Emma Custain
4) Hulda Anna Rogers Smith
---m. James William Anderson
5) Annie Elizabeth Rogers Sears
---m. William F. Sears
6) Mary Ellen Rogers Shanks
---m. Daniel Edgar Shanks
7) George Henry Rogers
---m. Louisa May Smith
8) Samuel A. Rogers
---m. Sarah Kent
9) Ida M. Rogers
Weekly Graphic
Kirksville, Missouri
May 15, 1908
W. B. Rogers, who died in this city April 30, was a Confederate soldier and served under Gen. Porter. He and his brother-in-law, John Kent, were in the fight at Kirksville, and both were taken prisoners. The Confederate soldiers were stationed in the houses, and a ball struck the building in which Rogers and Kent were located, filling Roger's eyes with mortar, rendering him almost blind for a time. When the retreat of the Confederates began Kent would not desert Rogers and both were captured. Kent was ordered shot by McNeal for violating his parole and was executed a day or two after his capture.
William Burke Rogers married Elizabeth B. Hibbard on October 24, 1855 in Adair County, Missouri and they had nine children:
1) Eliza Jane Rogers Miller
---m. James E. Miller
2) James Robert Rogers
---m. Christena Smith
3) William Thomas Rogers
---m. Emma Custain
4) Hulda Anna Rogers Smith
---m. James William Anderson
5) Annie Elizabeth Rogers Sears
---m. William F. Sears
6) Mary Ellen Rogers Shanks
---m. Daniel Edgar Shanks
7) George Henry Rogers
---m. Louisa May Smith
8) Samuel A. Rogers
---m. Sarah Kent
9) Ida M. Rogers
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