B. C. Death Registration #1911-09-234373, microfilm B13114, name listed as Samuel Augustus Rogers, date of death June 4, 1911, Barkerville District, age 71. From the Barkerville History booklet say: Samuel was born in Northern Ireland and came to Canada with his parents to settle in Ontario in 1844. He was educated in the county of Prince Edward. He was a member of one of the famed Overland Parties of 1862, and was sheriff of the Cariboo-Lillooet district for 4 years and also Director of the Royal Cariboo Hospital. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of BC., as a Conservative in 1890, was returned at the general election in 1900, to be defeated again in 1903.Sam was a general merchant whose store was the former Hudson's Bay Co., establishment in Barkerville. 1901 & 1911 Census says he was Single.
B. C. Death Registration #1911-09-234373, microfilm B13114, name listed as Samuel Augustus Rogers, date of death June 4, 1911, Barkerville District, age 71. From the Barkerville History booklet say: Samuel was born in Northern Ireland and came to Canada with his parents to settle in Ontario in 1844. He was educated in the county of Prince Edward. He was a member of one of the famed Overland Parties of 1862, and was sheriff of the Cariboo-Lillooet district for 4 years and also Director of the Royal Cariboo Hospital. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of BC., as a Conservative in 1890, was returned at the general election in 1900, to be defeated again in 1903.Sam was a general merchant whose store was the former Hudson's Bay Co., establishment in Barkerville. 1901 & 1911 Census says he was Single.
Inscription
In Memory of
S. A. ROGERS
OUR FRIEND
GOD TOUCHED HIM
AND HE SLEPT
JUNE 4, 1911.
''UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE
SHADOWS FLEE AWAY''
SONG OF SONGS IV 6
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