Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Granville P. Rogers

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Granville P. Rogers was born in East Tennessee in 1833, and is a son of 
John and Eliza (Deckard) Rogers, who were farmers of Tennessee. 
Granville P. was educated in his native State, and up to 1856 assisted 
his father on the farm. At that date he chose the ministry as his 
calling through life, and at once engaged in preaching the Gospel, and 
was a local minister until 1861, when he was ordained as a minister of 
the Missionary Baptist Church. He became a resident of Arkansas in 
1858, and in connection with his ministerial duties followed the 
occupation of farming on a small scale. In 1884 he began selling drugs 
at Heads Switch, Ark., and later engaged in the same business in the 
town of Garfield, and also keeps a stock of general merchandise. He 
has a good trade and is doing well financially. In 1852 he was married 
to Miss Eliza Edens, of Tennessee, and by her is the father of eight 
children: Hiram, James, Charley, Robert, Mamie A., Emeline, Vina and 
Eliza. Mr. Rogers owns 482 acres of good farming land, besides 
considerable town property in Garfield. He belongs to the Masonic 
fraternity, and he and all his family are members of the church.