Rogers, John (1829-1904)
- Name:
- Rogers, John (1829-1904)
- Born:
- 10/30/1829
- Birthplace:
- Salem, MA
- Died:
- 07/26/1904
- Death Location:
- New Canaan, CT
- Residence:
- Salem, MA 1829-
Boston, MA
Manchester, NH 1848-1856
Hannibal, MO 1856-1858
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Chicago, IL 1859-
New York, NY 1865-1878
New Canaan, CT 1878-1904 - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Machinist
Draftsman
Mechanic
Sculptor - Father:
- Rogers, John (1800-1884)
- Mother:
- Derby, Sarah Ellen (1805-1877)
- Relations:
- Draftsman, Amoskeag Locomotive Works, Manchester
- Spouse:
- Harriet Moore (1841-1927), 1865
- Children:
- John, born 1866
Catherine Rebecca, born 1868
Charles Francis, born 1870; died 1947
Derby, born 1871
Alexander Parker, born 1876
David Francis, born 1877
Laura, born 1879; died 1897 - Notes:
- Produced 78 different plaster sculptural groups from 1859 to 1893.
David H. Wallace. John Rogers, The Peoples Sculptor. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967.
David H. Wallace, "The Art of John Rogers: 'So Real and So True'", American Art Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture (Nov., 1972), 59-70.
Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
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