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Henry Rogers

Manager, Seamen’s Mission

Centurion, 1881–1904

Born 13 August 1826 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 23 June 1904 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Cypress Cemetery, Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Proposed by Henry C. Dorr, Henry R. Winthrop, and William W. Parkin

Elected 5 February 1881 at age fifty-four

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Henry Rogers was born of New England colonial ancestry in this city in 1820 [sic]. He was for many years active in the work of the Episcopal Church, being at the time of his death Manager of the Seaman’s Mission and the New York Bible and Prayer-book Association, and a member of the Trinity Church Association.

Edward Cary
1905 Century Association Yearbook