Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 648-9.

WHARTON W. ROGERS. Wells County, Indiana, figures as one of the most attractive, progressive and prosperous divisions of the state, justly claiming a high order of citizenship and a spirit of enterprise which is certain to conserve consecutive development and marked advancement in the material upbuilding of this section. The county has been and is signally favored in the class of men who have contributed to its development along industrial and financial lines and in the latter connection the subject of this review demands recognition as he has been actively engaged in banking operations during practically the entire period of his career thus far. He is cashier of the Studabaker Bank at Bluffton and he is well known as a man whose business methods demonstrate the power of activity and honesty in the business world.

Wharton W. Rogers, a native son of Bluffton, Indiana, was born June 13, 1885, and he is a son of Philo and Maria (Prillaman) Rogers. The parents were born and reared in Wells County, Indiana, and the father is now deceased, having passed away in 1906. As a boy, Philo Rogers was bound out as an apprentice to Amos Curry to learn the dry goods business and he was afterward associated with Mr. Curry for years, first in the banking business and later in a hardware enterprise. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers: Lizzie M., a graduate of the Bluffton High School, is the wife of Dr. L. W. Dailey of Bluffton; and Wharton W., whose name forms the caption for this article.

After his graduation in the Bluffton High School, as a member of the class of 1903, Wharton W. Rogers was matriculated as a student in Purdue University, which excellent institution he attended for two years. He then located in the city of Indianapolis, remaining there for six months, at the end of which he returned to Bluffton and entered the Studabaker Bank as bookkeeper. Diligent application to the work in hand shortly gained him the position of assistant cashier, and in October, 1912, he became cashier of the bank, which position he has filled with marked efficiency to the present time, in 1918. He is a stockholder in the Studabaker Bank and in the Bliss Hotel Company, of which latter concern he is secretary. He is likewise secretary of the Fairview Cemetery Association and treasurer of the Wells County Red Cross Association. Mr. Rogers is a republican in politics, warmly advocating the party principles and serving as the present treasurer of the Wells County Central Committee. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knights Templar and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith coincides with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of whose official board he is secretary.

In 1906 Mr. Rogers was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Maggie Walmer, who was graduated in the Bluffton High School and attended De Pauw University. One son was born to this union: Robert W., whose nativity occurred in May, 1908. Mrs. Rogers died November 4, 1910, and for a second wife Mr. Rogers married Lucile Lock, a daughter of Del Lock, of Bluffton. She was graduated in the Glendale, Ohio, College. They have one son, Wharton L., born March 18, 1917.