About John Sill Rogers
Lived 1796 – 1860 (aged 64). John Sill Rogers was an American politician.
John Sill Rogers (April 15, 1796 – December 28, 1860) was an American politician.
Rogers was born in Lyme, Connecticut on April 15, 1796, to Gideon and Lucy Rogers . After attending Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut, he would study medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. He was a medical doctor and a farmer until 1837. He represented the town in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1821, 1822 and 1832, as well as being a member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1835. Following his removal to Rome, Ohio in 1837, he would represent Ashtabula County in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1839. He also had two half brothers, Deacon Chester Andrews and Reverend Wells Andrews.
He died in Rome, Ohio on December 28, 1860, aged 64.
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