General Notes

 ROGERS, HENRY, P.O. Clayton; Farmer, son of Henry and Nancy Critchfield-Rogers,
natives of Chatham Co., N.C., former born in 1772, died in 1835; the latter born in 1774,
died in 1858.  The subject of this sketch was born in Chatham Co., N.C., 11 17, 1808.
Settled on Sec. 29, in this township, 10 6, 1830.  Was first married in Chatham Co., N.C.,
10 4, 1829, to Mary Hadley, by whom he had nine children; she died 12 16, 1850; 3 23,
1852, he married Eleanor Lindley, at "White Lick" Meeting House, Morgan Co., Ind.;
three children by this marriage; her father, James Lindley, born 4 19, 1774, died 1854;
her mother, Eleanor Thompson-Lindley born 2 1779, died 1851; they were married 11
1796.  Names of children as follows: Cyrus, born 11 12, 1830; George F., born 12 29,
1831; Zeno, born 1 24, 1834, died 11 8, 1864; Thomas, born 11 29, 1835; Job, born 10
17, 1838; William, born 9 13, 1840, died 7 4, 1842; Solon R., b. 6 2, 1843; Addison E., b.
3 5, 1846; Moses E., b. 6 18, 1848; Mary E., b. 6 8, 1851; Nancy J., b. 2 16, 1856, died 4
13 1856; James H., b. 1 20, 1860. Mr. Rogers, also raised two children belonging to a
sister--Winship G. Cloud, born 12 29, 1822, died 3 10, 1841, and Sarah Cloud, born 7 16
1827, died 11 7, 1877.

Submitted by Meredith Thompson (Scotlass94@aol.com)
Biographies of Liberty Township from "Atlas of Hendricks Co Indiana"
(1878: J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago)