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ARTHUR W. ROGERS, general agent of the German Insurance Company, of Freeport, Illinois, was born in Knox county, Illinois, in 1848. His father, Sanford, was a native of Connecticut and his mother, whose maiden name was Betsey Mather, was a native of Summit county, Ohio. Mr. Rogers was reared and educated in Knox county, Illinois. He learned the drug business in his boyhood, and took a course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating in the department of chemistry, after which he resumed the drug business, continuing it until 1874. In 1865 he removed to Macon, Missouri, where he lived until he came to Carthage. In 1874 he began the insurance business at Macon, and was appointed district agent soon after coming to Carthage, in 1876. In 1879 he was appointed state agent for Missouri, general agent for Arkansas in 1880, and general agent for Kentucky in connection with his brother, Talcott A. Rogers. The Rogers Bros. control a general agency business of Missouri, Kentucky, and Arkansas, which, to say the least, is extensive in proportions and great in responsibility. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Knights of Pythias, also a state officer, a member of the A. O. U. W., and presiding officer in the Knights of Honor. Mr. Rogers was married in 1871, in December, to Mary A. Mason, of Macon, Missouri, daughter of Joseph C. Mason, one of the early settlers of that town. In these days insurance has come to be recognized as one of the grandest institutions of our times, and it has grown to such proportions that the men who operate it are counted by thousands. Mr. Rogers is justly worthy of much credit for his business sagacity and sterling integrity in the business of this and other large companies.