Biography:  David Rodgers of Shade Township

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DAVID RODGERS came to the township in 1820 from
Scotland and settled on a tract of land lying on the west side of
Huskin's Run, just south of its junction with Shade Creek. He took
an active interest in education and was the first man in the township
to agitate for free public schools. He did much to promote the
acceptance of the "Free School Law" passed by the General Assembly
of the commonwealth in 1834, and the establishment of free
schools in the district in 1837. He was a member of the township
board for twenty-nine years.