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1907 Past and Present Biographies
Lindley H. RobertsIn 1876 he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Edgerton, a native of Richmond, Indiana, and for two years thereafter they lived with his parents. On the expiration of that period Mr. Roberts rented a farm in Randolph county, Indiana, and continued its cultivation for three years. In 1880 he came to Greene county, settling on section 23, Paton township, where he bought eighty acres of wild land, which he improved. As time passed he brought it under a high state of fertility, carrying on the farm work for several years, when he sold that property and turned his attention to commercial pursuits, establishing a grain and coal trade in Paton. For ten years he was also connected with lumber interests in Minnesota, where he spent some time in superintending the getting out of lumber and telephone poles. He has always been interested in breeding and raising hogs and is today extensively engaged in that business, having a drove of four hundred Duroc Jersey hogs, all registered stock. He owns a fine farm on section 23, Dawson township, of two hundred and forty acres, which he rents, the property returning him a good annual income. As a stock raiser, however, he is well known, and he now owns some fine polled Angus cattle and also breeds shire horses on his farm. His home place is an excellent tract of land of thirty-eight acres, adjoining the corporation limits of Paton, in the midst of which stands a beautiful residence. He purchased this property in 1907 from his mother and here he is engaged extensively in raising hogs. Recently he has erected a sales pavilion and intends to hold an annual sale of his choice stock. He is justly regarded as one of the best judges of stock in this part of the state, has made a study of how best to care for his cattle, hogs and horses, and his opinions are largely regarded as authority on the subject. In 1897 Mr. Roberts was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in that year at the age of forty. They had become the parents of three children, but the youngest, Jessie, died at the age of four years. The other daughters, Ethel and Mabel, are at home. On the 20th of December, 1900, Mr. Roberts was again married, his second union being with Miss Hattie Cookingham, who was born in the state of Illinois, and is a daughter of George and Martha Cookingham, who were early settlers in that state, whence they removed to Greene county, Iowa, settling in Dana. The father there lived retired up to the time of his demise, which occurred on the 4th of July, 1898. His widow still survives and is yet living in Dana. In their family were three children, including Mrs. Roberts, who by her marriage has become the mother of a son and daughter, William A. and Bernice M. Mr. Roberts is a member of the society of Friends, but his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally he is connected with Paton camp, No. 3837, M. W. A., and in his political views is a stalwart republican, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day without aspirations for office. He has made his home in this county for more than a quarter of a century and is well known in connection with its stock-raising interests, which he carries on most extensively and successfully. In all of his business dealing, too, he is reliable as well as enterprising, and has thus gained the trust and good will of those with whom he has been brought in contact. |
Transcribed from "Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa Together With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead," by E. B. Stillman assisted by an Advisory Board consisting of Paul E. Stillman, Gillum S. Toliver, Benjamin F. Osborn, Mahlon Head, P. A. Smith and Lee B. Kinsey, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907.  Site Terms, Conditions & Disclaimer |