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Clarkson D. Rogers, proprietor of the Rogers Hotel at Bentonville, Ark., was born near Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kas., in 1859, and is a son of Zeno and Rachel (Griffin) Rogers. The former was born in North Carolina in 1836, and is of English descent. His father was Henry Rogers, who was also a native of North Carolina, and is now living at Clayton, Ind., and is nearly one hundred years of age. He is the father of nine sons and one daughter who lived to be grown, Zeno being the fourth and the only one who is dead. The latter was quite small when his parents moved to Indiana. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and was a school-teacher, book-keeper and surveyor by occupation, serving in the latter capacity for Hendricks County for a number of years. He was a fine accountant, and was endowed with more than ordinary ability. His wife was born in Hamilton County, Ind., in 1839, and is a daughter of Jacob and Rebecca (Harvey) Griffin, who were born in North Carolina and Virginia respectively. They are now residents of Lee County, Iowa. Only one child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Clarkson Davis, but after Mr. Rogers’ death the mother married again, and became the mother of a daughter, Cora. Her second husband was Josiah Bailey, and they are now residing near Lawrence, Kas. Clarkson Davis was only five years old when his father died. He was educated in the State University of Kansas, which institution he attended three years, and then Whittier College of Iowa, which he attended two years, graduating from the former institution in 1882. He then went to Old Mexico, and for eight months was engaged in merchandising; then returned to his old home, and in 1883 was married to Miss Lucy J. Herndon. In 1883 he went to Hesper, Kas., where he farmed and followed merchandising for two years, and then sold out and became a citizen of Rogers, Ark., becoming proprietor of a hotel at that place. This building and all its contents were burned in 1886, and in March, 1887, he came to Bentonville, and has since been proprietor of the Rogers Hotel. He keeps the only first-class hotel in the place. He is obliging and courteous, and fully understands his business. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the K. of P.