Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff James Rogers drowned in Hardy Creek, approximately one-half mile west of the county courthouse, while returning to Henderson during the search for a wanted subject.
The creek had swollen due to heavy rainfall and he was swept into the water as he tried to cross the creek on his horse. A search was launched in the evening after his horse was found by a citizen. His body was located at about 2:00 am the following morning.
Sheriff Rogers had served as the sheriff of Rusk County for 5-1/2 yeas. He was survived by his wife and six children. He was predeceased by one daughter.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children.
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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sheriff Rogers gave the Rusk County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Henderson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff James Thomas Rogers is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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