Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Rogers, S M 1823 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

S. M. Rogers, hardware, Gardner. Mr. Rogers was born January 27, 1823, in 
Rensselaer County, N. Y. His parents, S. G. and Tenny A. (Armstrong) Rogers, 
were natives of the same State, and came from Wayne, N. Y., to Illinois in 
1845. Here the mother died, and the father died in California. They were 
blessed with ten children - Mary, S. M., William A., Phoebe K., Isaac P., 
Daniel, Martha, John H., George M. and Eugene. Mr. R. had some good school 
advantages and applied himself at rural labors in his younger days. He began 
for himself at the age of thirty running a farm, which he continued until 
1875, when he began the sale and repairing of wagons at Gardner, which he 
still continues, together with a general stock of hardware. His partner is 
George Smith. He was married, November 9, 1847, to M. L. POND, who died soon 
after, and he was again married, in 1852, to Lucy M. Powers, of this county, 
the result of which was four children - Ida, wife of J. H. Wheeler; Effie, 
wife of A. Spalding; Edith M. and one deceased when an infant. He has held 
office in Livingston County; was Deputy Sheriff in this and LaSalle Counties. 
In 1880, was a candidate for Sheriff of this county. Mr. Rogers possesses some 
excellent property in this county, the result of his own energy. He has seen 
some of the hardships that make up the life of the pioneer, such as hauling 
grain from here to Chicago, and plowing the soil with the ancient plows and ox 
teams. Votes on the Greenback ticket.



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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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