James M Rogers and Mary Jane Mitchell
The 1880 census of that parish, ward 5, shows James M. and Mary J Rogers, both age 30 and born in Mississippi. With them are their children Sarah 7, Alonzo 5, Richard 2 and John W age 2 months.
The household also includes Fulks cousins: John M 15, Mary O 11 and Robert S 8; and cousin William Thomason age 13.
The Rogers family was in Texas by March of 1885, when Lula was born and died on the fifth day of her life.
Mary Jane Mitchell Rogers died 6 February 1894. She was buried at the Old Rock Church in the northwest corner of Atascosa County, Texas. Her tombstone gives birth and death dates of 13 Oct 1848 - 6 February 1894. Rev. J. M. Rogers was buried beside her when he died in 1922.
Sitting Lon, James M. Rogers, Sallie
The children of Jim and Mary Jane Rogers were
| William | b about 1871 | died as an infant | |
| Sarah P "Sallie" | b 23 Oct 1872 | d 12 Sept 1965 | m James Roven Landrum 10 July 1892 |
| Henry Alonzo "Lon" | b 5 Dec 1874 | d 27 March 1936 | m Lula Maude Gholson 16 Aug 1899 |
| Richard Floyd | b 6 February 1878 | d 1 March 1947 | m Eugenia Velma Nichols 5 Sept 1900 |
| John Wright | b 15 March 1880 | d 1 Oct 1919 | m Cora Allen White 7 Dec 1905 |
| Margaret Emma | b 5 Sept 1883 | d 24 May 1929 | m Joseph Glen Stephens 21 Sept 1917 in El Paso |
| Lula | b 10 March 1885 | d 15 March 1885 | |
| Louis Calvin | b 4 June 1887 | d 1 August 1944 | m Josephine Long 4 March 1904 |
| Elnora "Nora" | b 20 Nov 1892 | d 23 April 1914 | m Earl Petty 22 Sept 1912 |
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