The son of Welsh-born Edward & Montgomery County-born Mary E. (Griffiths) Roberts, in 1862 he was a printer possibly living in or around Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in the 1860 census. He stood 5' 8" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Columbia August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 19 as a private with Co. K, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and transferred to Co. H, date unknown. Wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, on October 22 he transferred to the 108th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged at term's end August 18, 1865.
He married Harriet J. lnu. and fathered Emma (b. ?), Horace Ludington (b. 05/??/66), Edward (b. @1868), Lillie (b. @1870), Bertha (b. 04/??/73 - married Charles A. Rudy), and Harriet A. (b. 08/03/84 - married Norman Elkanah Norman). Harriet died in 1886, and he married Rebecca Warren in 1894, fathering Susanna A. (b. @1883 - sic). He moved his family to Harrisburg by 1870, lived in Washington DC from about 1880 through 1910, but was living to Dauphin County, at the time of his death, the cause of which was "uremia" as a result of "acute Bright's disease."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Columbia August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 19 as a private with Co. K, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and transferred to Co. H, date unknown. Wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, on October 22 he transferred to the 108th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged at term's end August 18, 1865.
He married Harriet J. lnu. and fathered Emma (b. ?), Horace Ludington (b. 05/??/66), Edward (b. @1868), Lillie (b. @1870), Bertha (b. 04/??/73 - married Charles A. Rudy), and Harriet A. (b. 08/03/84 - married Norman Elkanah Norman). Harriet died in 1886, and he married Rebecca Warren in 1894, fathering Susanna A. (b. @1883 - sic). He moved his family to Harrisburg by 1870, lived in Washington DC from about 1880 through 1910, but was living to Dauphin County, at the time of his death, the cause of which was "uremia" as a result of "acute Bright's disease."
The son of Welsh-born Edward & Montgomery County-born Mary E. (Griffiths) Roberts, in 1862 he was a printer possibly living in or around Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in the 1860 census. He stood 5' 8" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Columbia August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 19 as a private with Co. K, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and transferred to Co. H, date unknown. Wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, on October 22 he transferred to the 108th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged at term's end August 18, 1865.
He married Harriet J. lnu. and fathered Emma (b. ?), Horace Ludington (b. 05/??/66), Edward (b. @1868), Lillie (b. @1870), Bertha (b. 04/??/73 - married Charles A. Rudy), and Harriet A. (b. 08/03/84 - married Norman Elkanah Norman). Harriet died in 1886, and he married Rebecca Warren in 1894, fathering Susanna A. (b. @1883 - sic). He moved his family to Harrisburg by 1870, lived in Washington DC from about 1880 through 1910, but was living to Dauphin County, at the time of his death, the cause of which was "uremia" as a result of "acute Bright's disease."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Columbia August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 19 as a private with Co. K, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and transferred to Co. H, date unknown. Wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, on October 22 he transferred to the 108th Company, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged at term's end August 18, 1865.
He married Harriet J. lnu. and fathered Emma (b. ?), Horace Ludington (b. 05/??/66), Edward (b. @1868), Lillie (b. @1870), Bertha (b. 04/??/73 - married Charles A. Rudy), and Harriet A. (b. 08/03/84 - married Norman Elkanah Norman). Harriet died in 1886, and he married Rebecca Warren in 1894, fathering Susanna A. (b. @1883 - sic). He moved his family to Harrisburg by 1870, lived in Washington DC from about 1880 through 1910, but was living to Dauphin County, at the time of his death, the cause of which was "uremia" as a result of "acute Bright's disease."
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PVT CO K, 45TH PA INF, 108TH CO, 2ND BN, VET RES CORPS
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