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land, New Hampshire, near Plymouth, in
his seventy-sixth year. He married Hannah
Lambert, daughter of Joseph and
Margery (Clark) Lambert, who survives
him.
John W. Rogers, son of George L. and
Hannah, was born April 21, 1877, in Plymouth,
New Hampshire, and was a small
boy when his parents removed to Middletown,
where his whole business career has
been developed. Until thirteen years old
he was a diligent student in the city
schools, and has since given close atten-
tion to the business established by his
father, of which he took charge more and
more as advancing age compelled the lat-
ter to relinquish its cares. With ready
business tact, he has made friends and his
business has grown and flourished. He
gives employment to fourteen men and
several motor vehicles, and his monster
vans are much in evidence about the
streets of the city and surrounding towns.
His present handsome residence on South
Main Street was purchased in 1920, and
is the abode of hospitality and good cheer.
Mr. Rogers has always taken a lively
interest in the progress and prosperity of
Middletown, and has been called upon
by his fellows to take part in the management
of its affairs. His political affilia-
tions are with the Republican party, and
he has been chosen to fill various offices,
including those of councilman, alderman
and representative of the town in the
State Legislature. In the election of Jan-
uary, 1924, he was elected mayor of the
city by a handsome majority, and was im-
mediately installed in office by his pred-
ecessor. In all matters given into his
charge, whether public or private, Mr.
Rogers has sought to pursue the straight
and just course, and the trust reposed in
him by the public has never been be-
trayed. He is a regular attendant of the
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Baptist Church, and is affiliated with sev-
eral of the fraternal and benevolent or-
ganizations of the city, including St.
John's Lodge, No. 2, Free and Accepted
Masons ; Washington Chapter, No. 6,
Royal Arch Masons ; and Cyrene Commandery.
No. 8, Knights Templar. He
is also a member of Apollo Lodge, No. 33,
Knights of Pythias ; Middletown Lodge,
No. 771, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks ; and Arawanna Tribe, No. 17, Improved
Order of Red Men.
Mr. Rogers was married to Emma E.
Eastwood, who was born September 29,
1875, i" Middletown, daughter of John T.
and Mary S. (Taylor) Eastwood, the former
a native of England, and the latter of
Greenwich, New York. John T. Eastwood
was born, 1830, in England, son of
Benjamin and Hannah Eastwood, and
was a house painter. He died July 11,
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1883, in Middletown, as the result of a
fall. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parents
of two sons and a daughter, namely: i.
George Eastwood, born February 10,
1897. 2. Theodore Eastwood, January 28,
1901. 3. Ruby Taylor, October 11, 1906.
Theodore E. married Dora Grillam and
has a daughter, Jean, born 1925.
DICKERMAN, William Elihu,
Mannfacturer, Iiegislator.
Born of a fine old New England family,
whose generations since early Puritan
days aided in the economic, agricultural
and political development of Connecticut,
William Elihu Dickerman made for himself
an enviable place in his native com-
munity.
He was the ninth in the line of Dickermans
descending from the original Thomas
Dickerman who settled in Dorchester
Massachusetts, about 1635 and whose son,
Abraham, came to New Haven about