Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Rodgers, George S. 1865 - 
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     GEORGE S. RODGERS, member of the Rodgers-Hart-Banks Company, one of the 
oldest insurance agencies in Portland, is recognized as a man of superior 
business ability, is enterprising in his ideas and methods, and his life work 
has been crowned with success. Born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, in 1865, 
he is a son of George and Delphine (Shaw) Rodgers. His father, who was born in 
Scotland, was a steam engineer and was a veteran of the Civil war, having 
served on Admiral Farragut's flagship. His wife was a granddaughter of 
Ebenezer Shaw, who was born in Connecticut, in which state the family had been 
established in colonial days, and from which locality he accompanied his 
parents on their migration to Pennsylvania, when Indians were still numerous 
there. Mrs. Rodgers had five brothers in the Union army during the Civil war.

     George S. Rodgers secured his elementary education in the public schools 
and graduated from the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in 1884. He taught 
school one year in Wisconsin and two years in Pennsylvania, after which he 
went to Denver, Colorado, where he spent a few years in ranching. He then went 
to San Francisco, California, and became connected with the Pacific Mutual 
Life Insurance Company, and in 1892 came to Portland, still in the interest of 
that company. He has been in the insurance business continuously to the 
present time and stands among the leaders in his line in this city. The firm 
of which he is a member has long been established and has been active and 
aggressive in its methods, while at the same time it has observed the 
strictest ethics and has been honorable in all its dealings.

     In 1887 Mr. Rodgers was united in marriage to Miss Laura A. Voogt, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and they are the parents of two children, George B., who is 
married and who is office manager for his father's company, and Fred W., who 
also is with the Rodgers-Hart-Banks Company. Mr. Rodgers is a republican in 
his political alignment, is a Scottish Rite Mason and Noble of the Mystic 
Shrine and also belongs to the Waverly Club. He has a beautiful, modern home 
at Ambleside Park, where he and three other gentlemen, Louis G. Clark, C. S. 
Russell and Dr. C. J. Smith, bought twenty-five acres of land, which they 
developed into a beautiful residence park, including an attractive lake, with 
an island. Here Mr. Rodgers has full opportunity for indulging his hobby, that 
of raising fine flowers, which affords him a pleasing diversion from the 
routine of business. He has exercised keen discrimination and sound judgment 
in all of his affairs and his business record has been such as has gained for 
him an exalted place in public regard.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 563-564

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