Joseph Rogers

Joseph Rogers married Sarah Rogers, and conceived a son named Steve. Joseph fought with the 107th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during World War I, dying in a mustard gas attack before his son was born.

For his death, while serving with the United States Army, Joseph was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. After he died, Sarah had to raise Steve by herself, lamenting that Joseph left them too soon, and noting that Steve was very much like his father, wanting to follow Joseph's steps as a soldier. When his wife died in 1936, she was buried next to him.