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Reuben Brawley Rogers

Born: 11 November 1840 in Greene County, Missouri
Died: 16 May 1934 in Happy, Swisher County, Texas
Burial: Wayside, Armstrong County, Texas

Mother: Sarah Wilson Watts
Father: William McKendree Rogers

Married (1) Martha (Mattie) Elizabeth Baker 1863 in Tarrant County, Texas

daughter of Charles Baker and Lucretia (Creasy). She was born 13 March 1846 in Tarrant County, Texas, and died 03 February 1920 in Wayside, Armstrong County, Texas.

Children:

  1. Mary Jane
    b. 13 April 1864, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    m. John Elkins
  2. William McKinley
    b. 15 January 1867, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 15 January 1937
    m. Malinda Jane Walker
  3. Charles Minter
    b. 26 February 1869, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 24 October 1932
    m. Eulula Verone Huffman, 09 July 1893
  4. Reubin Silvester (Bass)
    b. 10 May 1870, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 25 December 1960
    m. Laura Bell Jennings, 27 January 1892
  5. Jesse Greene
    b. 23 February 1879, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 14 February 1937
    m. Emma Scott
  6. Martha I.
    b. 28 January 1882, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 20 November 1883
  7. Elizabeth (Lizzie)
    b. 30 September 1884, Tarrant County, Texas
    d. 29 November 1951
    m. Embury D.P. Wesley, 09 March 1902
  8. Henry S.
    b. 27 January 1890
  9. Gertrude
    b. Unknown.

Married (2) Mary McKinzie Williams 1921.

She was born 13 April 1860, and died 16 April 1924.

Sources and Additional Information:

He served in Capt Quayle's Co, 9th Texas Cavalry, CSA during the Civil War. He and his brother were the main characters in a book about this unit’s service during that war. For more information about this book, see “All Afire to Fight” by Martha Crabb under “Recommended Reading” on this web site.

This page was last updated on: May 18 2008