Thomas Roberts

ROBERTS, SPANGLER VANHOSEN

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/12/2004 at 19:53:30

T. Roberts, South twp., physician and surgeon; P.O. St. Charles; born in Muskingum county, Ohio, November 6, 1842; his parents moved to Davis county, Iowa, when he was five years of age, he was raised there; he attended the common schools of Davis county and the male and female seminary of Ottumwa; he commenced the study of Medicine at the age of nineteen; he taught school in Davis and Wapello counties; he graduated at the college of physicians and surgeons of Keokuk in 1873; he came to this county in 1874, and commenced the practice of medicine; has a pretty good field of labor and has been quite successful; he married Miss Mary Spangler, of Wapello county, Iowa in 1867; she died in January, 1876; left two sons: Charles and Edward; he married again to Miss Grace VanHosen, of this
county, January, 1878: have one son: Frank R.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 578