Benjamin C. Rogers was born in Portage Co., Ohio.

The evidence

• “BENJAMIN C. ROGERS, Police Justice ; born in Portage Co., Ohio, 1824 ; came to Beloit about 1848 ; he was employed by a Cincinnati (Ohio) publishing house for four years, as a traveling salesman ; discontinued that, and commenced business at Clinton Junction, Rock Co., as a grain buyer ;. he taught school when he first came here, about one year, and then entered into mercantile business ; h& opened a general store, and carried a large and assorted stock of goods ; continued in business for twenty years, and then sold out and retired, October, 1876. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871, also.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 758 / book p. 762

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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