HENRY ROGERS
Henry Rogers was born in Johnson county, Indiana, on the 5th of December, 1834, and is the son of J. A. and Mary A. (Hammer) Roger. Henry lived on a farm until about sixteen years of age, when his parents removed to Madison county, Iowa, and there remained until 1864, when he came to Cass county, Iowa, and located on section 33, Atlantic township. He owns three hundred and twenty acres of land, two hundred and fifty acres of his farm are under cultivation, and the remainder is timber and pasture. In 1878 he built a commodious house, and has a nice stock farm. He has an interest in the National bank at Atlantic, and is a very prominent man in political affairs. Mr. Rogers was married in Madison county, in 1855, to Eunice DeBusk, a native of West Virginia. They have four children living--Mary Ann, Eliza Alice, William Lewis and Sarah L. They have two children dead--John H. and an infant.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 846.
