- A. B. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Clinton; born in Cortland
Co.. N.Y., June 27, 1837; son
- of Hiram R. ROGERS, who was a carpenter by trade, and afterward
engaged in farming; the family was originally from Connecticut,
and his father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; Mr. Hiram
ROGERS died Feb. 16, 1852, at the age of 46; about 1854, the
family went to Beloit; was in that vicinity three months; then
went to Delavan, Wis.; was there about two years; came back to
Rock Co., and settled on ninety-three acres on Jefferson Prairie;
sold out and went into general merchandise business in Clinton,
was successful, sold out and bought 200 acres in Clinton; have
a fine farm under good cultivation. Married, July 3, 1863, Ludina
JONES, daughter of Mr. Loren JONES, a farmer in Walworth Co.;
have had six children - Minnie, born Sept. 28, 1863; Frank, Oct.
6, 1864; Mary, March 5, 1866; Fred, March 11, 1867, and died
Dec. 27, 1870; Hermie, born Jan. 30,1870; Nettie, June 30, 1872.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 783.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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