City: Memphis
ROGERS, William Boddie, physician and surgeon; born Brownsville, Tenn., Nov. 22, 1856; Irish-Welsh descent; son of William E. and Elizabeth (Battle) ROGERS; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents John and Margaret (Sheppard) ROGERS, maternal grandparents William and Flora (Boddie) BATTLE; educated in Memphis, Tenn., graduated in Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, M. D., 1878; married Kate Henderson CHALMERS, Feb. 23, 1884; member of DeSoto Lodge F. & A. M. and 32d degree Scottish Rite; Democrat; president board of Health, Memphis, Tenn., 1894-1895, also 1905-1906; member of Bluff City Grays, Volunteer Co., 1878-1879-1880 (surgeon to Bluff City Grays); member of Episcopal church; has served as dean of Memphis Medical College and professor of surgery for 26 years.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
