Homer Rogers

Homer Rogers (October 11, 1840 – November 10, 1907) was an American businessman and politician who served on the Boston Board of Aldermen and was the Republican nominee in the 1892 Boston mayoral election.

Early life Rogers was born on October 11, 1840, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, to Walter and Emily Rogers. His father was a direct descendant of John Rogers and his mother was a descendant of Peregrine White. He grew up on a farm and attended village school and the Wadsworth Academy. In 1875, the Rogerses, Moore, and Emery Andrews organized the Mousam Manufacturing Company to manufacture leatherboard in Kennebunk, Maine. In 1881, Mousam Manufacturing Company purchased Leatheroid and organized a separate company, the Leatheroid Manufacturing Company. In 1891, the Mousam Manufacturing Company and the Leatheroid Manufacturing Company along with Harwood Manufacturing Company of Leominster, Massachusetts, the Towne Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and the Clegg and Fisher Mill at Lawrence, Massachusetts, were merged into a new company known as the Consolidated Fibre Board and Leatheroid Company.

In 1893, Rogers and S. Herbert Howe took over ownership of the Wayside Inn made famous by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn. Rogers was the first person outside of the Howe family to own the Inn, which was built after King Philip's War. Howe and Rogers spent a considerable amount of money renovating and improving the building. In 1897 the pair sold the Inn to Boston businessman Edward Lemon.

Rogers also served as president of the National Market Bank and the Allston Co-Operative Bank and a trustee of the Home Savings Bank. In 1892, Rogers was uncontested for the Republican nomination for Mayor. He lost the general election to incumbent Democrat Nathan Matthews Jr. 60% to 40%.

Death Rogers died on November 10, 1907, at his home in Allston. His sons took over the National Fibre Board Company, which changed its name in 1918 to Rogers Fibre Company.