Background
He was the son of Gideon and Lucy (Ackley) Rogers, and was born in Lyme, Connecticut, April 15th, 1796.
He was the son of Gideon and Lucy (Ackley) Rogers, and was born in Lyme, Connecticut, April 15th, 1796.
He graduated from Yale College in 1815.
He was a physician and a farmer. He resided in Lyme until 1837, when he removed to Rome, Ohio, which was thereafter the place of his residence. He died in Rome, Ashtabula Company, Ohio, December
28, 1860, aged 64.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
He was to some extent in public life, having been several times a member of each house of the Legislature of Connecticut, and also, in 1840, representative in the Legislature of Ohio.