Santa Barbara County Biographies

A. C. ROGERS

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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A. C. ROGERS, President of the Rogers Brothers Produce Company, and also of the Rogers Land 
Company, was born in Vermont in 1855, and is a lineal descendant of Daniel Webster. Mr. Rogers 
prepared himself for college at the academy at Montpelier, but commenced business for himself 
at the age of fifteen years. In 1875 he came to Santa Barbara and established himself in business 
with his brother. By dint of economy and perseverance they were successful, and when the 
Southern Pacific Railroad was being opened through Arizona they established a general merchandise 
store there. This proved a successful business venture. They afterward disposed of the store and 
engaged in stock-raising and Government contracting. 

In 1888 Mr. Rogers was married to Miss J. A. Norcross, and has since made his home in Santa 
Barbara. In 1890 the Produce Company was incorporated, and the subject of this sketch was elected
 president. The firm is doing a large produce business, shipping for the season of 1890 over $1,000,000 
worth of beans. They have established branch houses at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and expect 
soon to open one at Chicago. Mr. Rogers is a self-made man, one who has earned his prosperity 
through hard work and close application to economic business principles. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.