Seventh Generation

92. Allen Rogers¹⁷⁴⁶ was born on 11 Mar 1793 in Connecticut.^{1747,1748,1749,1750,1751} He appeared in the census in 1820 in Crosby Twp., Hamilton Co., Ohio.¹⁷⁵² There are six people in the household, five males and one female. He settled in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana in 1824.¹⁷⁵³ Allen and his family "settled first near the present site of Perrysville, entering a quarter section of land and buying a tract adjoining the entry. They lived on this land several years . . . " He appeared in the census in 1830 in Vermillion Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁵⁴ There are nine in the household, seven males and two females. He appeared in the census in 1840 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁵⁵ There are 10 people in the household. Three are employed in agriculture and three in manufacturing or trade. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁵⁶ His occupation is given as farmer and his real estate is valued at $4,750. He signed a will on 18 Jun 1859 in Eden Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.¹⁷⁵⁷ In the will, Allen names only his son John Rodgers. To John he bequeathed three parcels of land in Benton County totalling 200 acres and two horses. Henry Chambers and John Wilkison, both of Benton County, witnessed the will. He died on 22 Jun 1859 in Eden Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.^1758,1759 From his obituary, "Mr. Rogers was the noblest work of God, an honest man. He lived to many years a firm believer in Universalism. As he approached the dark valley of death, he met his end with resignation, cheered by the glorious hope which sustained him through life of finally rejoicing with the world redeemed by God's grace and no wanderer lost." He was buried in U.B. Prairie Cemetery, Taylor Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.¹⁷⁶⁰ Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical says "Allen Rodgers was a farmer and cooper, at which latter occupation he at one time employed several men. He removed to New Hampshire when Elisha was a child, thence to Hamilton County, Ohio, and in the fall of 1825 to Vermilion County, Ind., where they remained until Elisha came to his present place in 1836. Mr. Rodgers removed to Iowa between 1855 and 1858, where he died." Allen Rogers and Sarah Warner were married about 1810 in Connecticut.^1761,1762

93. Sarah Warner¹⁷⁶³ was born on 30 May 1792 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.^{1764,1765,1766} She appeared in the census in 1850 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁵⁶ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁶⁷ Her occupation is given as "Widow & Mot[h]er." She died on 1 Sep 1860 in Warren Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁶⁸ She was buried in Rodgers Cemetery, Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.¹⁷⁶⁹ Children were:

	i.	Elisha Rodgers1770,1771 was born on 14 Apr 1812 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Warren Co., Indiana.1779 Census return shows two males in household aged 20 to 30. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1780 His name is given as Elisha Rodgers, his occupation as farmer and his real estate is valued at $2,800. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1767 His name is given as Elisha Rodgers and his occupation as "farm." His real estate is valued at $5,250 and his personal estate at $900. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Mound & Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1781 His name is given as Elisha Rodgers, his occupation as farmer, his real estate is valued at $9,625 and his personal estate at $2,435. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1782 His name is given as Elisha Rogers and his occupation as farmer. He was living in 1888 in Mound Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1753 "He owns a fine farm of about 500 acres . . . " He died on 4 Mar 1900.1783,1784 He was buried in Rodgers Cemetery, Kent Twp., Warren Co., Indiana.1769 Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical says "Mr. Rodgers was an early settler of Vermillion and Warren Counties. He resides four miles northwest of Covington on a good farm of 393 acres, 200 of which are well cultivated, producing wheat, corn, oats and hay; he has also engaged largely in stock-raising. The site of this farm was once a flourishing city called Baltimore, at which period steamers plowed the Wabash, and railroads were almost unknown. Mr. Rodgers was Postmaster of this town for twenty-five years; he was also Trustee, Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner during the late war. In 1881, he built a fine brick residence, costing $5,000, and commanding a grand view of the Wabash River and adjoining country. Mr. Rodgers is an able and influential citizen, an advocate of temperance and education, having himself built on his premises a fine schoolhouse, a monument to him and a blessing to the township." Information about Baltimore is given on page 113: "This town was laid out in November, 1829, on the southwest fraction of the north half of Section 21, Township 20 north, Range 9 west, . . . It was situated on the bank of the Wabash in Mound Township and had a wharf where vessels landed and loaded their cargoes of freight and humanity. . . . In 1837, A. & E. Rogers engaged in the mercantile pursuit. . . . The Rogers Brothers and Taylor & Cunningham were yet in business in 1839. . . . the death of the town became a certainty. The mechanics who had ventured there in prosperous days, now quietly departed for more promising fields, and the epitaph of Carthage was written for Baltimore. The highway of water gradually ceased to be traveled as in earlier years; the business men, one by one, left; families removed, and at last after many years, the town that once gave much promise was left to the sole habitation of the batrachians [batrachians are vertebrate amphibians without tails, such as frogs and toads].
	ii.	Daniel Rogers1074 was born about 1814 in New Hampshire. He died on 4 Dec 1845.1785
	iii.	Jonathan M. Rogers1074 was born on 21 Nov 1814 in New Hampshire.1786,1787,1788,1789,1790 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1791 His occupation is given as farmer. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1792 His occupation is given as farmer, his real estate is valued at $5,000 and his personal estate at $1,000. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1793 His occupation is given as farmer, his real estate is valued at $6,000 and his personal estate at $700. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1118 His occupation is given as farmer. He died on 23 Jul 1886 in Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois.1794,1795 He was buried on 24 Jul 1886 in Atherton Cemetery, Danville Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois.1795,1796 His name is given as Miner, an old resident of the Pleasant Grove neighborhood.
46	iv.	Jabez Rogers.
	v.	John Rogers1074,1797 was born in 1820 or 1821 in Ohio.1798,1799 He appeared in the census in 1850 in District 21, Vermilion Co., Illinois.1800 His occupation is given as farmer and his real estate is valued at $800. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Newell Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois.1801 His occupation is given as farmer, his real estate is valued at $2,000 and his personal estate at $400. He died between 1888 and 1899.1802
	vi.	Hannah Rogers1074 died in 1846.1083,1803
	vii.	Samuel Rogers1074 was born after 1822 in Ohio. He died before 1883.1804
	viii.	Sarah Jane Rogers1805 was born in 1833 or 1834 in Indiana.1806 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1756 She attended school within the census year. She died before 1888.1753
	ix.	Mary J. Rogers1074,1805 was born on 18 Dec 1834 in Indiana.1807,1808,1809,1810,1811 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Highland Twp., Vermillion Co., Indiana.1756 She attended school within the census year. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Eden Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.1812 Her occupation is given as housekeeper. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa.1813 Her occupation is given as keeping house. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Eden Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.1814 Her occupation is given as keeping house. She died on 29 May 1887.1815,1816 She was buried in U.B. Prairie Cemetery, Taylor Twp., Benton Co., Iowa.1817