Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Felix Rodgers ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, August 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Felix Rodgers, boot and shoe maker, was born in Ireland June 4, 1824; learned his trade in his native country, and came to American in 1850; settled at Dover N.J., where he resided until 1852, when he moved to Fond du Lac; in 1861, he enlisted in Co. C., 17th W.V.I.; was discharged at Corinth, Miss., on account of disability, after which he returned to Fond du Lac, and for two years and six months did nothing, on account of ruined health caused by exposure while in the army. He married Miss Catherine Durkin, of Fond du Lac, Jan. 2, 1855, who died Feb. 27, 1867, leaving two children- Ann and Felix. Nov. 15, 1875, he married Mrs. Jane Galvin, by who he has one daughter- Mary Ann. Mr. Rodgers is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, also a member of the Total Abstinence Society connected with his church; he owns some property, and his wife owned some in the city before their marriage. Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago : Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 853