Henry Rogers, Sr.
Henry Rogers, Sr., settled in Mill creek township in the year 1806. He was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1752, from which State he moved to Pennsylvania, and thence to Ohio. He died in Cincinnati in 1839 or 1840. During the Revolutionary war he was a soldier in the American army. By occupation he was a weaver. His wife, Phoebe Bennet, was born in 1766, and died some time during the War of 1812. Their descendants were Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah, Phoebe, Jemima, Amos, Samuel, Nancy, Henry, and Maria -- all dead except Henry, Amos and Samuel dying in infancy. Elizabeth married Thomas McFeely, of Virginia; Sarah, Michael Burge; Hannah, Zebulon Strong, of Vermont; Phoebe, Jonathan Holden, of Vermont; Jemima, Richard McFeely; Nancy, Cyrus Brown, of Ohio; Maria, Levi Pinney, of Ohio; Henry, Miss Rachel Maria , daughter of Jedediah , of New Jersey. Henry, the only survivor of this large family, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and came with his parents to Hamilton county, Ohio, the fall of the same year. When seventeen years of age, he left his home and went out, a poor boy, to fight the battle of life alone. His life has been occupied in various pursuits. He first learned the trade of cabinet making, for which he soon acquired a distaste and gave it up. For a time after this he worked out by the month whenever work could be obtained. In the year 1828 he engaged with Jedediah , who afterwards became his father-in-law, in operating his flouring mill and cultivating his farm. He married in the year 1832, September 22. To Mr. and Mrs. Rogers was born one son, Wilson T. He married, March 15, 1866, Mary Jane Chadwick, who has become the mother of two sons. Our subject now owns and occupies the old homestead. Mr. Rogers is not associated with any church organization, but his wife is a devout Christian, a member of the Baptist church, and has always been one of its best supporters.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881