John Arnold Rogers
Birth: 10 March 1828
Tyrone, Steuben (now Schuyler) County, New York
Death: 9 April 1906
Michigan
John A. Rogers, a pioneer of Allegan county ... 10 March 1828 - 9 April 1906
Added by yorkies2006 on 30 Apr 2009
John A. Rogers, a pioneer of Allegan county, was born in Steuben county, in the Empire State, March 10,1828. His parents, Jonathan F. and Martha Rogers, were of New England nativity and Puritan ancestry. His paternal grandsire was an early settler in the city of New York. In 1832 the family removed to" Seneca Co., Ohio, in Reed tp., where they were among the first settlers. Mr. Rogers passed his early life in " pioneerdom" in the Buckeye State, and attended the schools held in the log school-houses, which were furnished with slab benches, fire-place, etc. In 1853 he bought 160 acres of land in Allegan county, which he has since increased by purchase to 320 acres, of which 215 are in a state of advanced improvement and valued at $16,000. When Mr. Rogers made his first purchase he borrowed $10 in order to complete it. He traded in cattle for a time, in addition to clearing and improving his farm. In November, 1879, he removed his family to Caledonia. He was married to Sallie A., daughter of John and Maria (Speers) Hoover, born Feb. 13,1839, in Seneca Co., O. Of six children three are living - Ladie M. (Mrs. John Cassell), Herman and Hudson. Mr. Rogers adheres to the Republican party and is Vice-Grand of the I. O. of O. F. His father was a soldier of 1812 and died in March, 1853; Mrs. R., his wife, died in March, 1879, aged 74 years.
History of Kent County, Michigan
By Chas. C. Chapman & Co, Chas. C. Chapman & co
Published by C. C. Chapman & co., 1881
John Arnold Rogers
Birth: 10 March 1828
Tyrone, Steuben (now Schuyler) County, New York
Death: 9 April 1906
Michigan
John A. Rogers, a pioneer of Allegan county ... 10 March 1828 - 9 April 1906
Added by yorkies2006 on 30 Apr 2009
John A. Rogers, a pioneer of Allegan county, was born in Steuben county, in the Empire State, March 10,1828. His parents, Jonathan F. and Martha Rogers, were of New England nativity and Puritan ancestry. His paternal grandsire was an early settler in the city of New York. In 1832 the family removed to" Seneca Co., Ohio, in Reed tp., where they were among the first settlers. Mr. Rogers passed his early life in " pioneerdom" in the Buckeye State, and attended the schools held in the log school-houses, which were furnished with slab benches, fire-place, etc. In 1853 he bought 160 acres of land in Allegan county, which he has since increased by purchase to 320 acres, of which 215 are in a state of advanced improvement and valued at $16,000. When Mr. Rogers made his first purchase he borrowed $10 in order to complete it. He traded in cattle for a time, in addition to clearing and improving his farm. In November, 1879, he removed his family to Caledonia. He was married to Sallie A., daughter of John and Maria (Speers) Hoover, born Feb. 13,1839, in Seneca Co., O. Of six children three are living - Ladie M. (Mrs. John Cassell), Herman and Hudson. Mr. Rogers adheres to the Republican party and is Vice-Grand of the I. O. of O. F. His father was a soldier of 1812 and died in March, 1853; Mrs. R., his wife, died in March, 1879, aged 74 years.
History of Kent County, Michigan
By Chas. C. Chapman & Co, Chas. C. Chapman & co
Published by C. C. Chapman & co., 1881
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