[1][2][3][5][a] She was the only daughter of Dr. David Allen Hoffman, who for 61 years, was a physician engaged in active practice.

Dr. Hoffman was educated at the Ohio University, and received his medical degree at the Western Reserve College, Cleverland, from which he graduated with honors in 1847.

She was the daughter of John Adams Smith and Mary Emluch, whose father served in the Revolutionary War.

In the fall of 1869, she entered the Female Seminary at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1872 with the degree Bachelor of Philosophy.

His father was James Arthur Rogers, born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of one of the old families of that state.

The first two years of their married life were spent in Concordia, where Mrs. Rogers' time was devoted to church and society work.

Each Saturday afternoon found her home filled with girls, who spent an hour in Bible reading and study.

[1] In December, 1882, she moved with her husband to Great Bend, Kansas, where he organized the Barton County Bank.

Widowed, Rogers at once returned to her former home in Iowa, where in August her second child, a son, Franklin Ripley, was born;[1] he died November 25, 1883.

[2] In 1885, she made an extended trip through the Southern States achieving considerable notability as a newspaper writer at that time.

Record, a secret society journal, 1888–92,[7] but, owing to increasing demands upon her time, was obliged to give it up.

She also served as member of the school board, vice-president of the State teachers' association, and president of the Woman's Round Table.

[2] Rogers was interested in all lines of church work,[2] including the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor.

[7] The Effie Hoffman Rogers building on South First Street in Oskaloosa was named in her honor.