BIOGRAPHIES: Hale Robert ROGERS, Prairie Farm, Barron County, WI

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Hale Robert Rogers, business man of Prairie Farm Village, was born in a log
cabin in section 32, Dallas Township, Aug. 2, 1880, the son of Henry and
Caroline (Shotliff) Rogers. These good people were born, reared and married
in England. In 1876 they came to the United States, bringing their two
sons, James and Dickson. For several years they lived at Wilmot, Illinois.
There another son, William, was born. In 1874 they came to Barron County
and located on section 32, Dallas Township. There they erected a log cabin
and log stable and started farming with a yoke of oxen. As time passed they
became prosperous and substantial residents, and gained the respect and
esteem of their fellow men. Henry Rogers died Feb. 15, 1908, and his wife
survived him but a few weeks, passing away March 23 of the same year. Hale
R. was reared on the home place and completed the usual graded school
studies in the common schools. He left home in 1900 and after learning the
barber's trade at Prairie Farm Village, operated a shop there over thirteen
years. In 1919 he sold out and engaged in the lunch room and confectionery
business in the same village. He does a good business and is popular with
all who know him. Being a man of fraternal disposition, he has joined the
Masonic order at Barron and the Maccabees and the Woodmen at Prairie Farm.
In the Woodmen he has been especially active and has held a number of
offices. In public life he has done efficient service as a member of the
council and as a member of the school board. Mr. Rogers was married at
Prairie Farm on May 19, 1905, to Althea Reed, who was born in Dunn County,
Wis., on May 17, 1887. She was the adopted daughter of Kate E. Reed, who
died Aug. 15, 1920. This union has been blessed with two children: Horace
Juston, born Dec. 20, 1906, and Glenn Neville, born Aug. 14, 1916.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 481-482.