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ROGERS, MILWARD H., far., Sec. 15; P. O. Wever; born in London, England, in 1819, and christened in St. Paul’s Church in that city; when an infant, his parents moved to Montgomeryshire, Wales; when he was 12 years of age, they emigrated from Wales to the United States, and settled in Delaware Co., Ohio; in 1840, he came to Lee Co., and, in 1842, married Susan, daughter of Shepherd Johnson, deceased; she was born at Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1819; for the first few years after his marriage, Mr. Rogers engaged in farming as a renter, and cutting wood for steamboats on Big Island, which he had purchased; in 1852, he purchased and occupied the land on which they now live, the farm including 848 acres, which he values at $20 per acre. They have had five children, four now living — James M., born January, 1845, and died Aug. 2, 1870; Milward H., Jr., July, 1847; Johnson, Nov. 21, 1849; George E., Oct. 7, 1858, and Arthur, Sept. 9, 1861. In the spring of 1873, Mr. Rogers visited his mother at Napa, Cal., and his brother at Cone Valley; on that trip, he also visited Portland, Or., and various other points on the Pacific Coast. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Christian Church, in which he is an Elder of long standing and usefulness; he is a Democrat. Has served on the County Board of Supervisors three terms, and as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years.