When William Morgan Rogers was born on 3 June 1846, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States, his father, James Gasaway Rogers, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Fields, was 33. He married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on 2 March 1871, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Kimberly, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Bangor, Blount, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1907. He died on 1 January 1911, in Blount, Alabama, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hayden, Blount, Alabama, United States.