I114: John Wesley ROBERTS (ABT Dec 1824

John Wesley ROBERTS

ABT Dec 1824 - Oct 1900

BIRTH: ABT Dec 1824, Montgomery, OH
DEATH: Oct 1900, Oskaloosa, Jefferson, KS

MARRIAGE: ABT 1850, Warren, OH

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[105] (Jefferson county, KS was organized in 1855, and the city of Oskaloosa was formed
in 1856. Kansas was admitted as a territory in 1854 and as a state in 1861.)

Founded the "Oskaloosa Independent" newspaper, Oskaloosa, KS, in July 1860.
Was a probate judge for Jefferson county, and a delegate to the Republican
convention of 1856 in Philidelphia.

Connelley, William E.,
"A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans"
Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing, 1918.
Volume 3, Page 1384 (Frank H. Roberts)
Volume 5, Page 2231 (John W. Roberts)
http://www.ancestry.com
(The Volume 3 article claims John W. Roberts was born 1826 in Montgomery county, OH;
the Volume 5 article claims it was 1822 in Waynesville, Warren, OH. The 1826 date and
place fits the census data better.)

1850 US Federal Census
Washington, Montgomery, OH
Roll: M432_713; Page: 3; Image: 8.
(As "Wesley" in his father John Roberts household, age 23.)

1860 US Federal Census
Waynesville, Warren, OH

1870, 1880, 1900 US Federal Census
Oskaloosa, Jefferson, KS
1900: Roll: T623 483; Page: 4A
(The 1900 data claim JW born Dec 1824; HE born Dec 1822; married 1850.)

Needham Family Genealogical Notes
Unpublished work; 1998
Virginia Joy Chism Nichols
Notation from Virginia Chism record #160