Harris George Rogers [SEP] conflict
Harris George Rogers
Major Harris George Rogers (August 31, 1891 – July 28, 1977) was a farmer and a soldier in both World War I and World War II and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1962.
Military career.
Rogers joined the Canadian Forces and served in World War I from 1914 - 1918 with the Overseas Expeditionary Task Force. He served in World War II with the Calgary Task Battalion.
Federal politics.
Rogers first ran for a seat in the House of
Mississippi, was a native of Georgia. He did not live in San Saba, but his daughter, Fannie, married one of Rogers' officers, George Harris, who moved there in 1880. A former county judge, Harris served as a commander of Rogers Camp, named for his father-in-law. The veterans' organization lasted until the early 1930s.
During the 1880s, a vigilante mob, organized like a fraternal lodge, killed a number of San Saba County settlers. In 1896, the Texas