Rogan K. Dubose was born in Wainwright, Alabama, in 1900, to Sam Dubose and Adeline Knight Dubose. He received a bachelor’s degree from Knoxville College in 1926. After graduating, he lived briefly in Newark, New Jersey, then came to New Haven. He attended Yale Divinity School from 1926 to 1929. Little has yet been found on Dubose’s later life, but he may have lived in Detroit.