Mrs. Martha Rogers
N 31° 29.922 W 096° 22.322
14R E 749606 N 3487864
A marker about a pioneer woman who came to Texas as a widow. This is one of five state markers at Lost Prairie Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM10E1D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2019
Views: 4
We were camping at Fort Parker State Park and traveling back to the park after visiting some friends in Jewett, so my wife graciously agreed to stop at a few cemeteries along the way. There was a thunderstorm the night before, so the cemetery was waterlogged. I was able to find a way to get to the marker without soaking my shoes too badly.
The rain was over on this day, but later that night, the area would experience a severe wind storm.
Marker Number: 3513
Marker Text:
(about 1795 to about 1865)
According to family tradition, Martha Rogers was the daughter of United States Army General James Wilkinson (1757-1825) and his wife Ann Biddle of Philadelphia. When she married Benjamin Rogers (b. 1781) in Perry County, Ala., in 1809, Martha was disinherited. She and her husband had ten children. As a widow she moved to TX in 1847 with sons Allen Jefferson, M.C. ("Lum"), and James Rogers. A true Southwestern pioneer, she lived in Lost Prairie community.
Recorded - 1978
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