Rogers, Henry Huttlestone. Capitalist. Born at Fairhaven, MA, 1840. Educated at the Fairhaven high school. He began life as a newsboy, clerk, and railroad workman. In 1860 he went to Pennsylvania, where he entered the oil business, and became one of the leading men in the kerosene industry. In 1874 he was a prominent factor in the organization of the Standard Oil Company, later becoming its vice-president and the chief lieutenant of John D. Rockefeller. He amassed a great fortune, estimated at over $100,000,000, and invested heavily in various industries, including copper, steel, mining, and railways. His benefactions to his native town exceeded $3,000,000. Died 1909.

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