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Biographies
JAMES
THOMAS ROGERS
It is a subject of much
gratification to know that the men of highest intellectuality, moral worth and
prominent social position have been enlisted as active supporters of our great
con-fraternal societies. The subject of this sketch has given a great deal of
efficient labor and valuable time in fraternal societies. He has a noted
ancestry. The Logan family who settled in Virginia and Pennylvania
(sic) over 200 years ago were political refugees from
Ireland, and were his paternal ancestors. His mother is a sister of F. M.
Cockrell, U. S. Senator from Missouri. He came near being a Native Son, he
being but four years of age when he landed in California. His collegiate
education was obtained at the Pacific Methodist College at Vacaville and the
Santa Clara College at Santa Clara. In 1870 he commenced the study of law with
Governor Haight and the late Chief Justice Temple,
and after reading law two years was compelled to desist on account of
disability of his eyes. He afterwards attended the law school at Harvard
University. He was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court in 1878, located
at Ukiah, and moved to San Francisco in 1886. As an attorney-at-law he ranks
with the leading members of the bar, and has a lucrative practice. He is a
member of the F. and A. M., and also of the I. O. O. F., passed through the
chairs, and has been elected Grand Representative. In the K. of H. he holds the
title of Past Dictator, and has been very prominent with the A. O.U.W. He was
elected Grand Overseer in 1881, Grand Foremen in 1882, and Grand Master Workman
in 1883, and Representative to the Supreme Lodge in 1888. He is a forcible
speaker, logical debater, has a fine address, and his administration was a very
successful one. His characteristics are strict integrity, open, honest dealing
with a purpose of following principle rather than policy. He is married to Miss
S. C. Hunt, a beautiful and accomplished lady, and this happy union has been
blessed with two boys.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Illustrated Fraternal Directory Including
Educational Institutions on the Pacific Coast, Page 194, Publ. Bancroft
Co., San Francisco. Cal. 1889.
© 2012 Cecelia
M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies