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- [S118] History of early Sevier County Doctors , Beulah Linn, (www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/doc/doc.htm).
Dr. James Rogers, known by the familiar name of Dr. Jim, was born in Sevier County Apr. 13, 1870, the son of Andrew and Melvina Pierce Rogers. He was educated at Harrison Chilhowee Academy and Knoxville Medical College. For a time he was a teacher in the Wartburg, Tn. schools.
On Aug.19,1896, Dr. Rogers married Porter Blake, daughter of William and Adeline Cobb Blake. Their children were (1) Lucy Marion m. Edward C. Baker; (2) Anna Mae m Arlie Cutshaw; (3) William Blake m. Zelma Cutshaw; (4) C. Glen m. Edra Mayes.
Dr. Rogers practiced medicine in the Sevier and Blount County areas, riding horseback, around the turn of the century. Many people still remember the dedicated "Dr. Jim". He died Sept. 3,1940.
- [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 445C, 1880.
- [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 597.
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