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Isaac Rogers came from Chester County, Pa., to Bridgeport about 1795, and erected a dwelling where John Springer’s warehouse now stands. He was a merchant, and opened a store in a frame building that stood on the lot now occupied by Joseph Rogers. About 1804 he went into business with Rees Cadwallader, in a store that stood on a lot now vacant, opposite Dr. Hubbs’ drug-store. He was also a justice of the peace for years. He had five children. His only son, Thomas, studied law in Uniontown with John Lyon, was admitted to the bar in 1822, and practiced in that town for several years. He was captain of the “Jackson Artillerists,” and was accidentally killed while on the way to take part in an encampment of troops at Pittsburgh. His sister, Affinity Rogers (second daughter of Isaac), became the wife of Samuel B. Page (a son of Jonathan Page, of Connellsville), who came to Bridgeport in 1826. Some years after the death of his wife he married Mary, another daughter of Isaac Rogers. He (Page) was by trade a shoemaker, and started a shoemaker’s shop in Bridgeport in 1827. For a few years after his coming to Bridgeport he worked at his trade and also kept a shoe-store. In 1832 he went as a clerk on one of time river steamboats. He afterwards became a builder and owner of steamboats, which ran on the Monongahela and Ohio, and by his activity and enterprise accumulated considerable property. In 1843 he purchased David Binns’ place on the hill, and lived there until 1861, when he sold to Levi Colvin. In 1856 he was elected member of Assembly. He died in July, 1878. His widow now resides in Brownsville. History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, page 466. View the image of this page online - Free Trial More Fayette County History Books Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com .
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