EDWIN R. ROE, farmer, residing on sec. 14, Hinton Tp., is a son of George P. and Asenath (Hamilton) Roe, fomer a native of England and the latter of Ohio. They first removed to Indiana, and soon after came to Berrien Co., Mich., where the father died in 1867; the mother was again married and went to Missouri, and there died. Mr. Roe was born in St. Joseph Co., Ind., April 14, 1838, and in early youth accompanied his parents to this State, where he resided until he was 28 years old, meanwhile learning the trade of carpenter and also the art of telegraphy, and working at intervals on the farm. In the fall of 1867 he came to this county, where he had previously bought 40 acres of wild land, in Hinton Tp., on which he now resides. Mr. Roe is a Republican in politics and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He has held the post of Highway Commissioner six years. He was married in Berrien Co., Mich., Aug. 7, 1861 to Dimmis, daughter of Nelson and Almira (Pierce) Brmoley. Her parents were native of New York, and removed thence to Cook Co., Ill., and afterward to Wisconsin, thence to Michigan, where the father died, in 1872. The mother is still living, in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Roe have had four children: Louie A. was born July 24, 1862; Orie M., Dec. 26, 1864; Lizzie V., March 30, 1868 and Cora D., Nov. 10, 1870.
|
