Nebraska State Historical Society
Title
E. H. Rogers
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
January 1887
Among the pioneers of this state entitled to honorable recognition,
who assisted in the formation of its laws and the founding of its institutions,
was E. H. Rogers. The subject of this sketch was the second
son of a Methodist minister, and was born at Litchfield, Herkimer
county, New York, January 12, 1830.
We have but few incidents of his early life. The meager compensation
accorded to ministers generally seems to have taught him the
necessity of care in the expenditure of money, and also that true happiness
does not depend upon the possession of wealth. It is worthy
of note that the most successful business men, and those who feel most
keenly the misfortunes of others, and extend a helping hand, are those
who themselves, in boyhood or youth, have felt the pinchings of poverty.
In the year 1851 Mr. Rogers married Miss Lucy Goff, and
soon thereafter removed to Wisconsin. In 1856 he moved to this
state, and settled at Fremont. No person who has not himself suffered
the inconveniences and privations of pioneer life in a new state
can fully appreciate its hardships. The open houses through which
the wintry winds penetrate; the want of adequate facilities for heating,
and consequent inability to render them comfortable; the want of
variety in food, and in some cases, the insufficient supply; the coarse
and rude furniture and utensils of those accustomed to better things,
would discourage any but the bravest. Even those with sufficient
means to purchase articles deemed to be necessary, suffer; while the very
poor are frequently compelled to submit to the most severe hardships.
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Published in TRANSACTIONS AND REPORTS OF THE NEBRASKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, vol. 2 (Lincoln, NE, 1887).