Rogers, Harry (1886-1961)

Name:

Rogers, Harry (1886-1961)

Title:

Graduate, Concord (NH) High School, 1904
Graduate, Dartmouth College (BA), 1908
Selectman, Pembroke, 1910-13
Legislator from Pembroke, 1913-
New Hampshire Forestry Commission, 1930
Treasurer and manager, Bachelder-Worcester Shook Mfg. Co., 1930-36
Director/president, Suncook Bank
Chairman, N.H. Forestry and Recreation Commission, 1952-
Mason, master of Jewell Lodge
Mason, high priest of Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
Member, several other fraternal organizations

Other Names:

Rogers, Harry Knox

Born:

05/11/1886

Birthplace:

Bow, NH

Died:

03/10/1961

Death Location:

Suncook, NH

Residence:

Bow, NH -- as a child
Suncook, NH (village in town of Pembroke) -- after marriage

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Collector
Lumber manufacturing business; Pettengill and Rogers (1912-50), and David and Rogers (1922-37)
Owner/operator, General Insurance Agency, Suncook (1938-)

Father:

Rogers, Charles B.

Mother:

Knox, Abbie Genie

Spouse:

Married N. Josephine Putney, 1908, Revere, MA

Children:

Rogers, Keith P. (1912-1979; res. Suncook, NH; m. Helen E. Freeman)
Rogers, Jean H. (1922-; b. Mass.; m. Vaughan Kenerson, res. Newport, NH)

Notes:

Harry K. and Josephine P. Rogers collected antique local furniture and furnishings for use in their Suncook, NH, home. Items were primarily collected at estate auctions or from antique dealers. Most of their collecting activities took place in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s.

New Hampshire Notables: Presenting Biographical Sketches of Men and Women Who Helped Shape the Character of New Hampshire and Their Communities. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Concord Press, 1955), 189.

James D. Squires, The Granite State of the United States. Volume III. (New York: American Historical Company, 1956), 378-379.