[p. 922] who owns and
operates the noted Highland Sales Stables,
which he built at New Castle, is a man
with progressive ideas and many business
interests in Lawrence County. Mr. Rogers
was born at New Bedford, Lawrence
County, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1852, and
is a son of John Newton Rogers.
John Newton Rogers was born at New Bedford, March 25, 1823, and is a son of Samuel Rogers, who settled in Lawrence County, on the site of New Bedford, in 1818. He engaged in a saddlery and harnessmaking business. John Newton Rogers, who resides retired at New Bedford, was one of the early stockmen of the county, and was interested in livestock during the whole of his active life.
Norman N. Rogers attended school through boyhood and youth at New Bedford, Pa., and at Poland and Salem, Ohio, after which he became interested in the stock business. For the past twenty-five years he has dealt almost exclusively in horses and mules, making a specialty of high grade stock, which he ships to eastern markets. In 1900, he built his commodious stables at New Castle, and carries on an immense business there. He owns farming and coal lands and has large investments in other enterprises.
In 1874 Mr. Rogers was married to Miss Salome V. Shaffner, who died April 14, 1904, leaving four sons and one daughter, namely: Philip S., who is interested in the Highland stables; Howard E., who is also interested in the same business; Martha R., who is the wife of William Shipe, of New Castle; Mark M., who is in the employ of the Pennsylvania and Lake Erie Railroad; and Norman N., Jr., who is a student at Culver Military Academy, in Indiana. Mr. Rogers is one of the most respected and widely known men of Lawrence County.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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