JOHN ROGERS
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 16-W: 25
Department: Anderson County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: September 29, 1883
Cause: SHOT
Age: 57
Years of Service: 27
Description: Deputy Rogers and two other deputies surrounded a house where an escaped convict was hiding. The convict tried to flee through the front door and shot Deputy Rogers once in the chest, killing him. The convict was fatally shot by a citizen who was attempting to turn him in.
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