S. J. ROE
S. J. Roe settled in 1866, on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 17, where he still resides. This is one of the first farms opened in the township. It contains three hundred and sixty acres, for which Mr. Roe paid five dollars per acre, and is all under cultivation. He was born in Chenango county New York, in the town of Norwich. When he was five years old his parents removed to Knox county, Illinois, where he lived until 1864. In that year he came here and purchased his farm, then returned to Knox county and enlisted in company A, of the Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. His regiment was attached to the Seventeenth army corps. He participated in numerous engagements, and in Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. He located upon his present farm soon after the close of the war. His wife was formerly Nancy Swim, a native of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Roe have seven children: Leroy, Edwin, Robert, Jack, Lilly, Fanny and Florence.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 796.
