Jane was born in 1810, Virginia, the daughter of Daniel LOCKHART (1785, VA - 1870, VA) and Mary Ann (WOOD) LOCKHART (1785, VA - 1825, VA). She married Riley ROGERS on May 12, 1834 in Lee County, Virginia. Lee, the son of Thomas ROGERS (1765- ?) and Elizabeth (GIPSON) ROGERS (1767- ?), was born December 25, 1805 near the Clinch River in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Riley had been married first to Ann GOLAHORNBY in 1829 and had two daughters from this marriage. After their marriage, Jane and Riley moved from Lee County, Virginia, to Hawkins County, Tennessee where they became members of the Richardson Creek Church along with Riley's parents, Thomas and Elizabeth.

Riley was a carpenter, cabinet maker and a farmer. He fell ill with "the fever" and died at the age of 44 of "the fever" on September 20, 1850, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren County, Iowa. He was interred at Bethel Cemetery, Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa.

Jane gave birth to their last child John Greenlee a month after Riley's death. She raised her eight children and Riley's daughters from his first marriage, Elizabeth (ROGERS) HICKS (1828, TN - 1900, IA) and Lorinda ROGERS (1830, TN - 1857, IA).

Jane and Riley's eight children were:

1) Mary Ann (ROGERS) IMUS, born 1835, TN; died 1898, WA
2) Juletta Esther (ROGERS) McKNIGHT, born 1837, TN; died 1905, OK
3) Hamilton ROGERS, twin, born 1839, TN; died 1862, Iuka MS in Civil War
    Interred on the battlefield
4) Houston ROGERS, twin, born 1839, TN; died 1919, KS
    Interred Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, IA
5) Anna (ROGERS) KENT, born 1842, TN; died 1909, MO
6) Burnetta (ROGERS) PARSONS, born 1845, TN; died 1901, Mount Ayr IA
7) David J. ROGERS, born 1847, TN; died 1918, NE
8)John Greenlee ROGERS, born 1850, IA; died 1886, NE

After Riley's death in 1850, Anna and the twins Hamilton and Houston worked for a family to help support the ROGERS family. Hamilton enlisted in the service during the Civil War, sending his pay back home to help his mother. Hamilton was killed at Iuka, Mississippi and was buried on the battle field. After Hamilton's death, Jane applied for and was granted a mother's pension. Jane and her younger chilren moved on to Appanoose County, Iowa. Jane later moved on to Mount Ayr, Ringgold County where she resided with her daughter Burnetta and family until her death at age 71 in 1881. Jane was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. Her gravestone is pictured at right.