Louis Calvin Rogers was born 4 June 1887, the eighth child of James M. Rogers, Jr. and Mary Jane Mitchell.
Louis and Josephine were married 4 March 1904, in Atascosa County, Texas. Louis' father, Jim Rogers, was a preacher at the Old Rock Baptist church in Atascosa County. The Longs lived on the road from Poteet to Rossville.
| Alton | m Stella Kosub |
| Alma | m James Frederick Hearn |
| Cleo | m Elizabeth "Bessie" Mangum |
| Marilee | m Everett Critchfield |
| Ozell | m Elmer Saunders |
On August 17, 1998, Paul Williams of Atascosa County wrote
"To the descendants of Lewis C. Rogers:Louis was called "Papose" by his grandchildren. He died 1 August 1944 at the age of 57. His first name was spelled "Lewis" by some people, but the concensus in the family is that he preferred "Louis". However, his tombstone has "Lewis". His son, Cleo Louis, used the "ou" spelling, and believed that was as his Dad had done. It is that way on the 1904 marriage record.
Lewis was a preacher, and a preacher's son. He was the son of Uncle Jimmie Rogers and his mother's name was Mitchell. His wife was Josephine Long and her mother's family name was Collins. Lewis was a farmer, a livestock producer, a road maintenance operator, and a preacher. All of them were beneficial to his fellow man. You can truthfully say that he caused flowers to bloom along the way. I want to tell you my experiences with him as a preacher. He preached at the old Baptist Church in Poteet. It was a half time church in the worst time of the Depression. I believe he was einlisted in the absence of the Pastor. The pulpit and the choir loft were partitioned off with a curtain that looked like grass feed sack to give privacy to the Sunday school class. There was a wire from wall to wall that the curtain was receded on. The curtain was receded to the wall and Lewis stepped on the rostrum. When he did the rostrum trembled and quivered. He held his Bible up and gave his topic. He said ths is what my Bible tells me and he proceeded to tell us. He strode from one wall to the other, roaring like a lion, and when he went by the pulpit it got the beating of its life. When he got through preaching we knew what his Bible told him. When he stepped off the rostrum he was sweating like he'd been chopping wood. We all shook hands and went home. More than apt he didn't get a penny. I wish I could hear him again."
Josephine was more reserved than her husband. She was known as "Aunt Jo" by nieces and nephews and was called "Mamose" by her grandchildren. Her youngest child was born four months before her first grandchild. She lived long enough to babysit with great grandchildren. One even started housekeeping with the furniture left in her house when she died. She and Louis were buried at Rutledge Cemetery at Poteet, near her parents and her grandmother.
