WI BIO - Lafayette Co - ROBERTS, William H.

History of La Fayette County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, 
p 751

William H. ROBERTS, farmer, Section 34, Town of White Oak Springs, Lafayette 
County, Wisconsin, P. O. Scales Mound [Jo Daviess County, Illinois], was born 
04 October 1853 in White Oak Springs [Lafayette County, Wisconsin]. His 
father came here in 1847 [when Lafayette County was still part of the 
Territory of Wisconsin, the State not formed until 29 May 1848], and [the 
father, who is not named] died on 10 June 1870, aged 60 years. William H. 
ROBERTS and his brother [also not named] own the homestead, consisting of 150 
acres of land, and their mother [also not named], who was born in 1812, lives 
with her sons.

[James ROBERTS and William H. ROBERTS, on the roster of soldiers from the 
Town of Kendall in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, were both members of the 
Twenty-third Wisconsin Infantry, Company Unknown. No mention of a ROBERTS is 
made in the discussion of the history of Kendall Township. The Methodist 
Episcopal Church in Belmont, Lafayette County, was organized in 1868, and 
listed among its founding members is a "James ROBERTS" (p 622), who may or 
may not be the same James ROBERTS. The church was erected in 1869-1870. No 
ROBERTS is included among its 1881 members listed in the text.]

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