The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
CAPT. JAMES ROGERS ANSWERS
"LAST ROLL CALL"

In the fullness Of a life replete
with distinguished service and of
high honors worthily bestowed, end
secure in the esteem and high re-
gard of his fellow-men, Capt. James
Richard Rogers, gallant soldier and
Christian gentleman, passed into the
other world Friday afternoon at Two
O'Clock. The end came, at the Massie
Memorial Hospital, in this city, to
which Capt. Rogers, who had been
i'll for some time of u.aemic poison
ing, had been removed from his home
near Cane Ridge With that fine
courage which had characterized his
life during the four years of the Civil
War, he met the Death Angel, and
passed away unafraid Into that
borne from which no traveller e'er
returns
Capt Rogers was born on May IS,
1910, in log cabin on a part of the
farm where his old home now stands.
the estate being known as Glen
wood" He was tie son of Warren
Brown Rogers ard Mary Louise
Lindsay Rogers, his mother being a
daughter of Col. Nimrod Lindsay, a
native of Culpepper county, Virginia.
who came to Bourbon county in
1909 and settled near North Middle
town. Capt Rogers father died on
October %, 1864, and his mother
died on April 20, 1906. Hewas
the last of his family. one sis
| ter, Alice NJ, who married
| Col. Robert G. Stoner, dying in 1898,
and another sister, Lou Rogers. wife
of former Circuit Clerk Joseph M.
Jones. dying in 1880. His early ed
ucation was acquired in the schools
of his day, and he added to his store
Of knowledge by an earnest study at
all times when not otherwise occu-
pied. With the exception Of the
| four years he was in the Confederate
army his life was spent on the farm,
TO which he brought a native intelll-
gence inherited from long line OF
ancestors.
When the call to arms came in the
war between the States in 1851 he
enlisted in the Confederate army IS
private in Company c., First
Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles.
He was afterward promoted to the
adiutancy of the Third Battalion,
Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by
Col. F.. F. Clay. of Bourbon county,
and served throughout the war, be-
ing promoted to captaincy. His
whole heart was in the cause OF the
Confederacy, and no more devo'ed
follower of that cause ever wore
Confederate uniform. He was brave,
gallant and interrid, fine example
of the man and soldier. such as made
the South famous, both In peace aHo
in war.
Capt. Rogers was devoted mem
lber of the Masonic order. dc t.-s
a member CT the Blue Lodge, the
CHAPTER, and was formerly member
of the X T. Commandery, Past Mas
ter. Past High Priest, and for TWEEN
ty years was Grand Marshal NJ the
State Grand Lodge of Masons. He
was a man of fine intelligence, anc
besides being a frequent and well
come contributor to Masonic jour-
nails and to the local press, was the
iauthor of a notable work, History
'iof Old Cane Ridge Church., whlcn
went into several editions. He was
\ a worthy and Representative citizen
of fire ancestry, one whose loeais
and achievements were Of the SaIih'
high order as those of the me hen
who have gone before HIM
! Capt. Rogers is survived by one
niece. Mrs. May Stoner Clay, OF Bour-
hon county, one nephew, Warren w
I Stoner. Of Montgomery county, ili1o
one great-niece, Mrs. Hiram Rose
berry, of near Paris.
The funeral was held at twe
o'clock Saturday afternoon, win ser
vices conducted at the family hom'
, by Rev. Ward Russell, pastor OF .ht
) Little Rock Christian churcn. me
burial followed on the, family iot II
, tbe Paris Cemetery. At the grave
) the commitment services were II
charge of the Masonic bodies and the
, Confederate Veterans. The honorar!
; nall-bearers we're members OF tht
local camp Confederate veterans
The active pall-bearers were: Klch
ard p HOPKINS, Charles r. vans
Rem F. Hopkins, ]. Elmer Boardman
Edsell Clark, C. E. Rails, G.. Alllsol