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Born: 1889
Died: 1956 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Mother: Ivie Elvina Southwick
Father: John Clark (Johnnie) Rogers
Married: (1) Frances Dorchester
Married: (2) Myrtle Walker
Children:
- Frances May
b. 1914
m. Richard J. Graves - James Winston
b. 1917
m. Elizabeth Lewis - Margaret Miner
b. 1923
m. Joe Rex Hainline - John Southwick
b. 1927
m. Harry Post Turner
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Jim decided to prepare for medical practice after his stint at Drury. Originally he had wanted to follow a military career, but Emmet, the Navy man, dissuaded him from trying for West Point by denigrating it as a "second-rate" school. Jim studied medicine at Michigan and acquired his M.D. there after first attending the University of Oklahoma in Norman. At Oklahoma he made a name for himself as a flying tackle on the varsity team, although he weighed only 140 pounds. Sportswriters of the day referred to him as "the Little Indian" because of his dark complexion and jet black hair. Jim joined the Kappa Alpha chapter at Norman, following By’s example at Drury. He practiced medicine in Tulsa after leaving the University of Michigan. Married twice, he had four children, a son and three daughters. He died in 1956.
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