Isaac Jasper "Jake" Rogers was born in Jefferson County Alabama in 1836. Rogers spent much time on his education, mastering the blue back speller and attending a number of schools, such at the University of Alabama. As a result, he worked as a teacher and a superintendent of education. During the Civil War, Rogers enlisted alongside other men in Company B, 27th Alabama. He served as a sergeant, lieutenant, and captain, commanding 60 skirmishers. Later in the war, Rogers received a wound that disabled him for service. Upon his settlement in Frankfort, Alabama, Rogers was a successful farmer and merchant. Isaac Rogers moved to Burleson, Franklin County in 1881 where he remained until his death in 1908.