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Below is a family biography included in The History of Newton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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John A. Rogers, junior member of the above named firm [Van Riper & Rogers], was born in Pawtucket, R. I., March 1, 1854, and is a son of John and Jane (McPherson) Rogers, natives of Ireland. John A. is the second of their ten children, and was reared in Peoria, Ill., whither his parents had removed in 1856. While there he learned the foundry business, and has since made that his life occupation. After working in various places until 1877 he came to Southwest Missouri, and in 1879 engaged with Mr. Van Riper in the foundry business, purchasing the plant of the Neosho Foundry Company. They have since been engaged in the business with a good degree of success, and have contributed a full share to the reputation Neosho has as a manufacturing center. Mr. Rogers was married in 1878 to Agnes Van Riper, a daughter of his partner. She war born in Brooklyn, Iowa, and is the mother of three children: Charles, Frank and Ellis. [see also, biography of: Charles Van Riper]
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