Person:Lorenzo Rogers (2)

REV. L. D. ROGERS was born in Luzerne County, Penn., May 9, 1827. His parents, Almanza and Malinda (Fuller) Rogers were natives of Pennsylvania, and of English ancestry. His mother died when he was seven years of age, and in 1839 he removed with his father to Ohio, and settled near Shelby, Richland County. Mr. Rogers was the parent of ten children, of whom L. D. was one of the younger. He was born July 23, 1794, and died in 1875. Mrs. Rogers was born July 28, 1793. Mr. Rogers was a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and was prominent in the early history of Methodism in Central Ohio. Rev. L. D. Rogers, the subject of this notice, passed his early life on the farm, and acquired his education in the Seminary of Norwalk, Ohio, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, where he attended two years, and subsequently at the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Ohio. From the latter place he entered the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in August, 1851. In 1853, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Morris, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In 1855, was ordained Elder by Bishop Scott, at Sandusky City, Ohio; and served on the following charges: Galion, Plymouth, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Shannon, Forest, Little Sandusky, Bettsville and at Sylvania a second time. He was superannuated in 1867, on account of failing health, and removed to his farm in this township. September 1, 1853, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Mower, daughter of George and Mary (Crider) Mower, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German extraction. They removed and settled near Mansfield, Ohio, in 1834, and were the parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Rogers is next to the youngest. Mr. Mower departed this life April 24, 1853, at the age of sixty eight years. Mrs. Mower died January 24, 1883, aged ninety one years. Of three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, one is living, namely, Iva P. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Central Ohio Conference, although debarred by ill health from active ministerial service he takes an active interest in the success and welfare of the church.

From: The History of Wyandot County, Ohio Leggett, Canaway & Co., Chicago 1884

Rogers Marker at Shelby-Oakland Cemetery

Image:Rogers Song by Ada Blackman Calahan.pdf

Richland Twp., Wyandot Co., OH, p 953

Image:Wyandot Co - Rogers, L D.pdf

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Lorenzo Dow Rogers, in Find A Grave.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Wyandot, Ohio, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Lorenzo D. Rogers, b. May 1827 in Ohio, parents b. in Pennsylvania, married to Elizabeth for 47 years; married abt 1853, residing in Wharton Village, Wyandot County, Ohio.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Wyandot, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   L. D. Rogers, 53, b. 1827 in Pennsylvania, parents b. in Pennsylvania, head of household, married to E. M. Rogers, daughter, Iva Dell Rogers, 14, at home.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Rogers, L. D., in Wyandot, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   L. D. Rogers, 53, b. in Pennsylvania, parents b. in Pennsylvania, married to E. M. Rogers b. in Pennsylvania. Father of Iva Dell Rogers, 14, b. in Ohio. Farming.

5. ↑ Rogers, L. D., in Wyandot, Ohio, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   L. D. Rogers, 43, HOH; b. in Pennsylvania; Elisabeth Rogers, 40; Iva Rogers 4; 16y male, Andre? J. Homer.

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Rogers, D. Lorenza, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   16 Apr 1907.

   D. Lorenza Rogers, married, minister; b. 1827 in Delaware City; d. 16 Apr 1907 in Delaware City, Delaware County, Ohio, age 80.

7. ↑ Richland Township, in The History of Wyandot County, Ohio: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; general and local statistics; military records; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; miscellaneous matters, etc., etc. (Chicago: Leggett, Conaway & Co., 1884)
   p 953; Rev. L. D. Rogers, 1884.