David M. Roberts

ADAMS, ROBERTS

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/12/2004 at 19:49:16

D. M. Roberts, Earlham, postmaster; born in Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, in 1823; lived there till 1855 when he moved to La Salle county, Illinois; remained there a short time, then came to Stuart, Iowa, and from there to Earlham in 1876; married in 1844 to Miss Lydia Adams; has six children living: Irwin, L. E., Albert, Chester, Harry and Frank; lost one: Charles; in 1861 Mr. Roberts raised a company from Paw Paw, Illinois (company K, Seventy-fifth Illinois infantry), of which he was chosen captain; Mr. R. served nearly three years, being engaged in many important battles, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee; Mr. R. has held the office of justice of the peace two terms in Earlham; has been postmaster for one year; is a member of the I.O.O.F.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 644