Samuel N. Rogers, Sr.
Soldier of the American Revolution
Born on June 3, 1760, at Branford, Connecticut, Samuel N. Rogers, Sr., served several terms of enlistment with Captain Peck’s Company, Col. Roger Enos’ Regiment of the Connecticut Militia from 1777 to 1781. Following the war, he moved to New York State and in 1839 he moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin. In 1848, at an advanced age, he accompanied his son, Samuel N. Rogers, Jr., to Winnebago County, settling in the Township of Winchester. He died at the age of ninety-two in 1852 and is buried in this cemetery.
Three veterans of the War of 1812, John D. Clarke, Mayhew D. Mott, and Jacob A. Raught, are also buried here in the Winchester Township Cemetery.
Marker is on Grandview Road 0.4 miles west of U.S. 45, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
