Dr. John Willoughby Rogers^[1]

1861 - 1897  (35 years)

• Name	John Willoughby Rogers
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	15 Dec 1861	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Apr 1897  [3]
  Buried	Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I57890	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Andrew W. Rogers,   b. 19 Jul 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Dec 1913  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Malvina Pierce,   b. 13 May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jun 1910  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F21387	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane Thompson,   b. Abt 1863, Tennessee ,   bur. Fletcher, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Minie Rogers,   b. Abt 1879, Tennessee   2. Rogers,   b. 15 Jan 1881,   d. 17 Jan 1881  (Age 0 years)   3. William Ernest Rogers   4. Clifford Hope Rogers   5. Andrew Edwin Rogers
  Family ID	F21001	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Dec 1861 - Tennessee Buried - - Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 324.

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] History of early Sevier County Doctors , Beulah Linn, (www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/doc/doc.htm). Dr. Rogers, son of Melvina Pierce and Andrew Rogers, was born Dec.16,1851, in Sevier County, Tn. After receiving his medical training at Johns Hopkins at Nashville, he returned to Sevier County to practice. He lived in the area of Henderson Springs. In 1889 he was appointed to the new examining board in Sevierville. Dr. Rogers married Elizabeth Jane Thompson, daughter of Elbert Thompson, and had four children: William Ernest; Clifford Hope; Minnie Vistula; and Andrew Edwin. He died Apr.7, 1896 at age 45, and is buried at Shiloh. His wife later moved to Fletcher, Okla. with her daughter, and is buried there. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 369D, 1880. Census Place: Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 369D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John W. RODGERS Self M M W 28 TN Occ: Physician Fa: TN Mo: TN E. J. RODGERS Wife F M W 17 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Minie RODGERS Dau F S W 5M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S79] Sevier County Tennessee Wills. WILL OF J.W. ROGERS March 18-1896 To My wife and Children This is my desire and wish in regard to manageing your affairs. My wife must hold the farm and all its belonging to maintain the family on but in case she remarries or dies then the proceeds to go the Children. I wish to give to each of the children one thousand dollars each to be kept at interest until they are 21 years old. then to be used in the purchase of a home. The interest may be used to support or school the children. My wife will hold the remainder in trust, using the interest if needed. At her death or WILL OF J.W. ROGERS, CONTINUED. remarriage, the funds all must revert to the children, all other personal property to be managed the same way. My wife so long as she complies with my desires, will manage the business and attend to the schooling of the children without being required to give bond. The farm may be sold to one of the children but to no one elce. The proceeds going equally to the children But not to be sold until after the death or remarriage of my wife and not then until the youngest child is of age. J. W. Rogers P.S. In all trades of any magnitude I appoint P.M. Rogers to assist my wife in making them and he must concur to make them valid if from any cause she becomes in competent I appoint him to attend. This May 15-1896. J. W. Rogers Signed and seated in our presents this May 15-1896 J. P. Henderson W. M. Rogers Admitted to probate April 15-1897. John Chandler, Clerk. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 367.