| Home | Heritage
| Fam Histories - Mom's | Surnames
| Other Stuff | What's
New | E Mail |
|
Notable Rogers
Descendants of James Rogers
of Rhode Island
|
Horatio Rogers (1836-1904), of Providence,
Rhode Island
-
James Rogers descendant
-
Brown University graduate - 1855
-
Admitted to Rhode Island bar in 1858
-
Served in Union Army in Civil War from Lt to Colonel 1861-1864
-
Later breveted brigadier general and known as "General"
-
Attorney General of Rhode Island - 1864-1868, 1888
-
Elected to General Assembly of Rhode Island - 1868, 1874, 1875
-
Businessman - Cotton goods manufacturing
-
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island - 1891-1903
-
Author of several books
The above information is a summary of a much more detailed biography
of him, with a photograph, in "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode
Island, J. H. Beers & Co, 1908
Related Links:
Return to the Rogers Index at this site.
| Top of Page | Home
| Heritage | Fam
Histories - Mom's | Surnames
| Other Stuff | What's
New | E Mail |
Copyright 1998, 1999 Norris Taylor