When Dora Elizabeth Thompson was born on 30 May 1884, in Ouachita City, Union, Louisiana, United States, her father, John Henry Thompson, was 26 and her mother, Dollie Ann Griffin, was 26. She married Paul Wilburn Rogers on 4 July 1904, in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Ward Five, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 18 August 1960, in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States.