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Justus Roe

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Justus Roe

Birth
Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Death
31 Mar 1847 (aged 73)
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Burial
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section M Lot 9 Range 1
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The son of Austin Roe and Catherine Jones, husband of Sarah Van Brunt and father of Sheldon, Phebe, Ebenezer, John Van Brunt, Austin, Charles, Charlotte, William, Catherine and Sarah Ann Roe.

Justus Roe was the founder of Patchogue, NY and the owner of the Union Twine Mill, which he purchased from Frederick Odell in 1816, and Roe's Hotel.

He erected Patchogue's first hotel in 1808 on West Main Street. In 1820, he built a new hotel on the northeast corner of Main Street and Ocean Avenue. His son, Austin, built the much larger Eagle hotel on East Main Street in 1852 and enlarged in 1892.

(Long Island Surnames; Images of America, Patchogue, Vols. 1 & 2; Ancestry; Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List)
The son of Austin Roe and Catherine Jones, husband of Sarah Van Brunt and father of Sheldon, Phebe, Ebenezer, John Van Brunt, Austin, Charles, Charlotte, William, Catherine and Sarah Ann Roe.

Justus Roe was the founder of Patchogue, NY and the owner of the Union Twine Mill, which he purchased from Frederick Odell in 1816, and Roe's Hotel.

He erected Patchogue's first hotel in 1808 on West Main Street. In 1820, he built a new hotel on the northeast corner of Main Street and Ocean Avenue. His son, Austin, built the much larger Eagle hotel on East Main Street in 1852 and enlarged in 1892.

(Long Island Surnames; Images of America, Patchogue, Vols. 1 & 2; Ancestry; Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List)

Gravesite Details

There was no visible stone for this grave. There is, however, a large stone base next to that of his wife where a monument used to be.



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  • Created by: Aislin
  • Added: Sep 2, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96396659/justus-roe: accessed ), memorial page for Justus Roe (10 Nov 1773–31 Mar 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96396659, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).