Roger, a native of Butler County, came north with his brother, Kenneth, when their chilldren were young.  As their sons grew up and started to farm, the partnership amicably dissolved so that each brother had his own farm.  In 1979, Roger and Lila incorporated Spring Fork Farms, named for the adjacent creek, with Roger as manager.  Son Danny, who gradulated from Fairbanks High School in 1973, became assistant manager at that time.

On the banks of the Spring Fork in Pike Township, amidst some of the prettiest crops in the county, Roger and Lila Stewart farm some 2000 acres  assisted by their son, Danny, and grandson, Aaron Boerger.  Their daughter, L:ynne Whatley, Aaron's mother, works off the farm. Lila works on and off the farm. On the farm she is bookkeeper with the farm records completely computerized and off the farm she is Fiscal Officer for Pike Township, Madison County.