Today in Wheeling History: March 17--George Jackson Rogers, prominent Wheeling attorney who later faced legal controversy, is born to James Patterson and Martha Jackson Rogers (1876).
George Jackson Rogers (March 17, 1876 - October 16, 1957) was a distinguished Wheeling attorney and member of a prominent Wheeling family. Born to James Patterson Rogers (1838-1904) and Martha Joanna Jackson Rogers (1850-1928), he grew up in Wheeling where his grandfather Alexander Rogers had settled after emigrating from County Armagh, Ireland around 1830. George received his early education at Linsly Military Institute in Wheeling, graduating in 1894 where he served as major of a battalion of cadets. He went on to earn his A.B. from the University of Virginia in 1897 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1901.
As manager of the Rogers estate, he oversaw the construction of the Rogers Hotel, which opened August 18, 1915. The six-story fireproof structure, designed by architect Edward Bates Franzheim, featured 75 rooms with private baths and was located on Fourteenth Street between Market and Chapline streets. Rogers practiced civil law in Wheeling for over 20 years, maintaining offices in the Wheeling Steel Corporation Building and serving as a vestryman at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. In 1912, he married Clara E. West of Bellefontaine, Ohio, a Wooster University graduate. They had five children: Elizabeth Johnston (1913-2001), John West (1914-2006), Lt. James Patterson (1916-1944, killed in WWII), Eleanor Johnson DeBolt (1920-2003), and Joanna Rogers Retzler (1923-2013). His legal career ended in controversy in the 1930s when he was disbarred for embezzling client funds and declared bankruptcy. He later worked as a household paper products salesman. Rogers died at Ohio Valley General Hospital and is buried in Wheeling's Greenwood Cemetery.
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George Jackson Rogers (March 17, 1876 - October 16, 1957) was a distinguished Wheeling attorney and member of a prominent Wheeling family. Born to James Patterson Rogers (1838-1904) and Martha Joanna Jackson Rogers (1850-1928), he grew up in Wheeling where his grandfather Alexander Rogers had settled after emigrating from County Armagh, Ireland around 1830. George received his early education at Linsly Military Institute in Wheeling, graduating in 1894 where he served as major of a battalion of cadets. He went on to earn his A.B. from the University of Virginia in 1897 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1901.
As manager of the Rogers estate, he oversaw the construction of the Rogers Hotel, which opened August 18, 1915. The six-story fireproof structure, designed by architect Edward Bates Franzheim, featured 75 rooms with private baths and was located on Fourteenth Street between Market and Chapline streets. Rogers practiced civil law in Wheeling for over 20 years, maintaining offices in the Wheeling Steel Corporation Building and serving as a vestryman at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. In 1912, he married Clara E. West of Bellefontaine, Ohio, a Wooster University graduate. They had five children: Elizabeth Johnston (1913-2001), John West (1914-2006), Lt. James Patterson (1916-1944, killed in WWII), Eleanor Johnson DeBolt (1920-2003), and Joanna Rogers Retzler (1923-2013). His legal career ended in controversy in the 1930s when he was disbarred for embezzling client funds and declared bankruptcy. He later worked as a household paper products salesman. Rogers died at Ohio Valley General Hospital and is buried in Wheeling's Greenwood Cemetery.
To learn more: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV (https://shorturl.at/g8EEC) (https://shorturl.at/Yp6Gk) (https://shorturl.at/Fdprd) (https://shorturl.at/HtiHJ); Wheeling Intelligencer (https://shorturl.at/36g3o) (https://shorturl.at/PsRje), casetext (https://tinyurl.com/yc2wnbbt), edithlakewilkinson.com (https://tinyurl.com/4n8cvds7), Find a Grave (https://tinyurl.com/yf3e623e), Wikipedia (https://tinyurl.com/yrmfvswe)
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