Rogers, Amos

ROGERS FRAASER, MCCOSH

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/14/2013 at 09:00:22

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

ROGERS, AMOS—Madison Twp—pg 958-9. Section 27, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in 1831 in New York, and after finishing his education, at the age of fifteen moved with his parent to Bureau county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming till 1854, when he was married to Catharine Fraser of same county, who is a native of Scotland. With his young wife he moved to where he now lives and owns one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land, having a very good orchard on the farm of some three hundred trees; also has a large number of choice hogs on the place. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have two boys and two girls, one of whom is now the wife of James B. McCosh of the same township. Mr. Rogers has had the confidence of his neighbors; since living here has been school director eight years, township trustee ten years and road supervisor six years.