1 Born at Parowan, Iron County, Utah Territory; daughter of Jane Benson and John Perkins. 2 Married John Edward Rogerson, 1878; five children. 3 Settled at Monticello, San Juan County, Utah Territory, 1888. 4 Worked as the first schoolteacher in Monticello. 5 Served as San Juan County clerk for fifteen years and as secretary to the Monticello town board for eighteen years. 6 Served as the secretary of the San Juan Stake Relief Society, 1888–1892. 7 Served as the president of the Monticello Primary and secretary of the Monticello Relief Society for approximately twenty years. 8 Died at Monticello. 9 (See Document 4.21)
Sarah Jane Perkins Rogerson
17 January 1861 — 3 May 1936
Footnotes
Footnotes
[1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 7/262 (1936), Sarah Jane Perkins Rogerson. “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” San Juan Record (Monticello, UT), May 7, 1936, 1.
[2] Utah death certificate, file no. 7/262. “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. Toni Richard Turk, Rooted in San Juan: A Genealogical Study of Burials in San Juan County, Utah, 1879–1995 (Publishers Press, 1995), 433.
[3] “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. “Monticello News,” Times-Independent (Moab, UT), May 7, 1936, 4. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Sarah Jane Perkins KWC2-5NH and John Edward Rogerson KWC2-5N7 .
[4] “Monticello News,” 4.
[5] “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. “Monticello News,” 4.
[6] “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. “Monticello News,” 4.
[7] San Juan Stake Relief Society scrapbook, 1885–1968, n.p., CHL. “R.S., Y.L.M.I.A. & P.A. Reports,” Woman’s Exponent 17, no. 17 (Feb. 1, 1889): 134–135.
[8] “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. “Monticello News,” 4.
[9] Utah death certificate, file no. 7/262. “Prominent Lady is Called by Death,” 1. “Monticello News,” 4.