Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-27
COL. L. ROGERS
DIES AT HIS
HOME AT KANE.
He Passed Away Suddenly at
9:20 Tuesday Morning. May 18.

From lfcKean County Miner, May goth, 1909.
The people of this community were
greatly shocked Tuesday morning
when teleghone message from Kane
Lucius Rogers, postmaster at Kane,
and one of the best known citizens of
the county hpd passed away suddenly
at $50 that morning at his home, in
the eightieth year of most useful life.
The immediate cause of his death
was heart failure, brought about by
general decline in health which has
been going on for the past two or three
years. During the past winter he has
been in poor health a greater part of
the time although he had only been
confined to the house a small portion
of the time for short periods. The
writer called on Mr.. Rogers on Tues
day of last week at the Kane postoffice
and although he had lost considerable
flesh and was somewhat weakened
from his previous illness, he appeared
to be feeling quite well and the an
nouncement of his death was a great
surprise to the writer.
When we last saw him he was full of
life and energy and as much interested
in the affairs of Smethport as he ever
was, and his long life has been full of
activity energy.
Monday he was taken with a sinking
spell while walking from his home to
the postoffice (his first attempt since
his recent illness) and had to be taken
home in a carriage. He recovered
quite readily and Tuesday morning
felt quite well, but while dressing he
suffered another attack from which he
never revived-dying in short time.
Lucius Rogers was born in Genesee,
Livingston county, N. Y, December
18, 1929. When he was about year
old his father moved his family to
Jamestown, N. Y, where they lived
until two years after his fathers death,
which occurred in August, 1s47.
He received limited education in
at the age of 16 years entered the Jour
nal Office to learn the printing business.
After serving three years he went to
Warren, Pa, where for a year he
worked as a compositor. Then he
went to Syracuse, N, Y, where he re-
mained for about six months. From
Syracuse he moved to New York,
where he was employed in a job office
in the old Tribune building as
printer. Subsequently he worked in
number of New England cities and at
Dansville, n. Y.
In 1851 Mr.. Rogers returned to War
rem and formed a partnership with the
Hon. E. Cowan in the publication of
the Warren Mail. In 1854 he was
nominated by the Wings as a candi-
date for county treasurer of Warren
county and at the October election was
elected by a majority of 159. At the
session of the legislature in 1857, he
was selected as transcribing clerk
or the Senate of Pennsylvania, posi-
tion he retained only one session.
On February 2s, 1865, Mr.. Rogers
purchased the Smethport Citizen from
Prof. F. A. Allen. In 1850 the county
of Cameron was formed partly from
Mexican county, and in the fall of that
year he moved the Citizen office to EN-
porium, believing the Philadelphia &
Erie railroad company would locate its
shops there after the road had been
completed to that point. The first
number of the paper was issued Decem-
ber %, 1860, and was the first paper
ever published within the limits of
that county. In few months the
Civil War began. The editor closed
his Office and enlisted. Under a COM
mission issued by Governor Curtin,
Mr.. Rogers recruited Co. F of the 5Sth
regiment in July, 1851, and was made
its Captain and was afterwards pro-
NOTED to Colonel. He served with this
regiment until the spring of1853, when
he returned the county and purchased
the Mexican Miner, which had been
moved from Bradford to the county
seat year or two before In 1870 he
sold the paper and in January, 1884,
repurchased it and returned to it's pnb-
lication.
In 1869 he was elected prothonotary
and in 1871 was chosen to represent in
the assembly the district composed of
Mexican and Potter counties, defeating
F. w. Knox, of Potter. Mr.. Rogers
was the secretary of the State Consti-
tutional convention of 1878 and for sew
eral years was secretary of the Repub-
lican State committee. For four years
from 1879 to 1883, he was deputy secre-
tary of internal affairs, during which
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