Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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SYLVESTER ROGERS, 
 
one of the original settlers of Compton, is a pioneer of 1867.  He was born in 
Ashtabula County, Ohio, in January, 1823, being the son of George and Elizabeth 
(Nelson) Rogers, natives of New York, and of English origin. They were early 
pioneers of Ohio, subsequently moved to Washington County, Illinois, and still 
later to Iowa. In 1851 they again turned their faces westward, this time coming 
to the Pacific Coast and settling in the Golden State, where, in 1876, George 
Rogers died, being in his eightieth year. They reared a family of eleven 
children, Sylvester being the third. The subject of this sketch was a soldier in 
the Mexican war, enlisted in the Second Illinois Volunteers, and was mustered 
out at Alton, Illinois, in September, 1848.  He then went to Missouri where he 
was engaged in farming until 1852. At that time he married Martha A. Bice, a 
native of Tennessee, and daughter of Thomas Bice. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have 
reared a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living: Henry, 
George, Sarah, Lottie, William, Minnie, Oliver, Edith and Edwin. Both Mr. Rogers 
and his wife are active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, in which for a period of thirty-three years he has been honored with the 
office of steward. During his connection with the church he has held all the 
various offices, and is a man loved and respected by all. Politically he 
affiliates with the Republican party. He is one of the stanch farmers of this 
part of the county. Much of his attention is given to the raising of horses and 
cattle of good grades, and he also has some fine specimens of fruit, vegetables, 
etc.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 614
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler