BIO: Enos O. ROGERS, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 336-337.
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  ENOS O. ROGERS, Orbisonia, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born on the 
old Rogers homestead in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, September 
20, 1841. He is the son of John and Matilda (Gorsuch) Rogers. The 
Rogers family is of Irish descent, and the ancestry of Miss Gorsuch was 
Scotch. John Rogers was born within the limits of Huntingdon county, 
while it was still included in Bedford county. He settled in Cromwell 
township, and died at the home of his son, Enos, in July, 1887. The 
children of Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers are: James M., was for six months 
in the Union army during the war of the Rebellion, with the rank of 
private, and died in Rockhill, Huntingdon county; Isaac G., enlisted in 
October, 1861, as first lieutenant, Company B, was promoted to captain, 
major (December 21, 1862), lieutenant colonel (December, 1863), and 
colonel (April 23, 1864), of the One Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness and at 
Spottsylvania Court House, Va., and died from the effects of the latter 
wound, May 28, 1864; Angeline (Mrs. Joseph Detwiler), Rockhill, Pa.; 
Jemima (Mrs. William H. Wilson), Rockhill, Pa.; Enos O.; Catherine, 
married first to William Carrothers, who died, and later to George 
Bard, after which she died in Cromwell township; and John A., farmer, 
Cromwell township.
  Enos O. Rogers was brought up on the farm, and received his education 
in the common schools of his native township. His opportunities for 
education were limited, the schools being at a considerable distance 
from their home, and the rather straitened circumstances of the family 
making it necessary for the father to look to his boys for help in 
cultivating his farm. Mr. Rogers remained at home until August 2, 1861, 
when he enlisted in Company A, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He 
was mustered into service at Harrisburg, Pa., September 2, 1861, and 
immediately sent to the front. His first battles were those of 
Winchester, and Middletown, Va., Winchester, second, and Cedar 
Mountain; here he was wounded in the left leg by a minie ball and 
buckshot, but remained in the ranks, and performed his duty. His next 
battle, August 27, 1862, was at Sulphur Springs, Va.; then successively 
the Second Bull Run, South Mountain, September 14, and Antietam, 
September 17, 1862; then Chancellorsville, May 1, 2, and 3, and 
Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3, 1863; then Resaca, Ga., May 15, 
Cassville, Ga., May 19, Dallas, Ga., May 25, and Pine Knob, Ga., June 
9, 1864. In the last named engagement Mr. Rogers was wounded in the 
head. Then followed the engagements at Culp's Farm, Ga., and Peach Tree 
Creek, Ga., where he was wounded in the left foot, and had to be 
conveyed to the hospital. Mr. Rogers' next and last battle was that of 
Bentonville, Ga., after which his regiment marched to Raleigh, N.C., 
and thence to Washington, D.C. His well-earned promotions were: to 
corporal, September 18, 1862; to sergeant, April 1, 1863; to first 
sergeant, December 25, 1863; to first lieutenant, February 9, 1865. On 
July 16, 1865, Mr. Rogers was discharged, and returned to his home; 
thus closed a chapter of faithful and gallant service, written among 
the records cherished by a grateful country.
  After his return from the war, Mr. Rogers studied photography, and 
continued for about a year in that business. He was then in the lumber 
and contracting business for twelve or fifteen years, and afterwards 
turned his attention to farming, at which he has ever since continued. 
In 1887, he was elected county treasurer for a term of three years. He 
was justice of the peace in Cromwell township for ten years, has served 
in nearly all township offices, and has declined others. He is a 
Republican, "dyed in the wool." He is a member of the Grange; of Col. 
Isaac Rogers Post, No. 252, G.A.R., Orbisonia; of the Union Veteran 
Legion of Huntingdon, Pa., and of the A.P.A., of Orbisonia.
  Enos O. Rogers was married, June 11, 1866, at Orbisonia, Pa., by 
Justice Robert Garrett, to Annie E., daughter of John and Jane (Snyder) 
McKelvy. Their children are: Ulysses J., born August 12, 1868, died 
October 8, 1869; Roland J., born February 12, 1870, taught school for 
two terms, is a farmer with his father, is married to Rose Barron; 
Edith (Mrs. R. Milton Heck), Woodvale, Pa., born February 9, 1872; 
Jackson D., born February 22, 1874, farmer in Cromwell township, 
married Lillian Conner; Matilda J. (Mrs. William Miller), Orbisonia, 
Pa., born July 4, 1876; Joseph Ira, born September 26, 1878; Lemuel 
Beers, born January 21, 1881; Vivian Victor, born May 25, 1883; Jesse 
O., born July 26, 1885, died October 5, 1890; and Viola, born February 
11, 1888, died September 24, 1890. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the 
United Brethren church.