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DR. A. F. ROGERS, grocer, Heyworth; is a native of Leicester, Worcester Co., Mass., and was born Oct, 11, 1812; he lived in his native town about three years, when, with his parents, he moved to Bernardston. Mass., thence to Swansea, N. H., where he lived until he was 6 years of age; he then came West to Illinois, and settled at Waterloo, Monroe Co., where he was principally engaged in farming until 1835, when he joined the Methodist Conference, and remained in active service until 1858. He attended the first conference held in this county in Bloomington, about 1842; in 1844 and 1845, he was on the Bloomington Grove Circuit, during which time he held a revival in Bloomington, some forty to fifty being converted. In 1858, he engaged in the drug business in Leroy, and in 1865 he came to Heyworth, moving his drug business here, which he continued until 1870, his store being the first in the place; he then engaged in preaching until 1877; in the spring of 1879, he engaged in his present business. In the fall of 1835, he married Miss Ann Eliza Warnock, daughter of Judge Warnock, of St. Louis, Mo.; she died in 1812; they had four children — two living, viz., Dr. L. H. and Mrs. Ann E. Howard. In 1845, he married Miss Julia A. Gibbs, of Leroy; they had eight children — five living, viz., Mrs. Lucretia Whiting, Mrs. Ellen Stretch, Flora, Austin W. and Orvill.