Roberts, Isaac Philips – Robertson, John Henry
Roberts, Isaac Philips
professor of agriculture, was born July 24, 1833, in East Varick, N. Y. He is professor of agriculture in and director of the College of Agriculture and experimental station of the Cornell university. He is also on the editorial staff of the Country Gentleman.
Roberts, James Arthur
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born March 8, 1847, in Waterboro, Maine. In 1870 he graduated from Bowdoin college. At the age of seventeen he joined the seventh Maine battery, and took part in the final engagements of the civil war. After leaving college he taught school in Portland, Maine; and in 1875 was admitted to the bar at Buffalo, N. Y.
During 1879-80 he was a member of the New York state assembly. He was appointed a member of the park commission; and has been vice-president, director, attorney, or secretary of a score of institutions in the state of New York. In 1893 he was elected state comptroller for the state of New York.
Roberts, James Booth
actor, author, was born Sept. 27, 1818, in New Castle, Del. In 1851 he went to England and played at Drury Lane theater, London, in the characters of Sir Giles Overreach, King Lear, and Richard III. wrote a version of Goethe's Faust which he produced in Philadelphia, playing Mephistopheles. He
Roberts, Job
agriculturist, jurist, author, was born March 23, 1757, near Gwynedd, Pa. He was among the first to introduce and breed merino sheep in Pennsylvania, and promoted the manufacture of silk. He published The Pennsylvania Farmer, being a Selection from the Most Approved Treatises in Husbandry.
He died Aug. 20, 1851, near Gwynedd, Pa.
Roberts, John Bingham
author, was born in 1852 in Pennsylvania. He is a Philadelphia physician; and the author of Paracentesis of the Pericardium; and Compendium of Anatomy.
Roberts, John Francis
legisla tor, was born May 10, 1856, in Phelps county, Mo. In 1893 he served as a member of the Arkansas state legislature. He was twice president of the county Farmer's Alliance, and has been a delegate to the state alliance of Little Rock, Ark.
Roberts, Jonathan
state senator, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 16, 1771, in Upper Merion, Pa.
He was elected to both branches of the Pennsylvania legislature; was a representative in congress from 1811 to 1814. From 1814 to 1821 he was a senator of the United States. In 1841 he was appointed collector of the port of Philadelphia. He died July 21, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa. a
Roberts, Joseph
soldier, educator, author, was born Dec. 30, 1814, in Middletown, Del. He was promoted colonel in the fourth artillery in 1877; and was placed on the retired list. He is the author of a Hand-Book of Artillery (New York, 1860).
Roberts, Joseph Jenkins
president of Liberia, was born March 15, 1809, in Norfolk, Va. When the colony of Liberia was founded by the American Colonization society he was first lieutenantgovernor and then governor of the colony, and, upon the formation of the republic in 1848, he was elected its first president, serving four years. He died Feb. 24, 1876, in Liberia.
Roberts, Oran Milo
soldier, lawyer, jurist, agriculturist, educator, governor, was born July 9, 1815, in Laurens district, S. C. In 1841 he moved to Texas, and settled at St. Augustine in the practice of his profession; and in 1844 was appointed district attorney, holding the office until the annexation of Texas to the United States. In 1846 he was appointed judge of the fifth judicial district of Texas; and in 1857 was elected an associate justice of the supreme court of Texas. In 1862 he resigned and entered the confederate army as colonel of the eleventh Texas infantry. He was elected a United States senator, but was not admitted to his seat. From 1868 to 1870 he was professor of law and agriculture in the institute at Gilmer, Texas. In 1874 he was appointed chief justice of the state; and was elected to that position in 1876. In 1878 he was elected governor of Texas; and was re-elected in 1880. In 1883 he became professor of law in the university of Texas. He was the author of Governor Robinson's Texas.
Roberts, Robert Ellis
merchant, author, was born June 3, 1809, in Utica, N. Y. He was a prominent merchant and citizen of Detroit; and the author of Sketches of Detroit; and The City of the Straits. He died Feb. 18, 1881, in Detroit, Mich.
Roberts, Robert Richford
missionary, was born Aug. 2, 1778, in Frederick county, Md. He was called by the Indians the grandfather of all the missionaries. His history is identified with the early methodist church. He died March 26, 1843, in Lawrence county, Ind.
Roberts, Robert W
congressman, was born in Delaware. He settled in Mississippi; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.
Roberts, Sarah
author, was born July 26, 1812, in Portsmouth. She was the author of My Childhood; My Step- Mother; and Voice of the Grass. She died March 16, 1869, in New York city.
Roberts, Solomon White
civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 3, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished civil engineer of Pennsylvania; and the author of The Destiny of Pittsburg. He died March 20, 1882, in Atlantic City, N. J.
Roberts, William
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 25, 1809, in Wales. He was a Welsh presbyterian clergyman of Utica from 1875. He published, in Welsh, The Abrahamic Covenant; and The Election of Grace. He died in 1887.
Roberts, William Henry
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1844, in Wales. He is a presbyterian clergyman, professor of theology in Lane seminary, in 1886-93, and stated clerk of the general assembly from 1884. He is the author of History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States; Ecclesiastical Status of Theological Seminaries; and The Presbyterian System.
Roberts, William Randall
mercnant, congressman, was born Feb. 6, 1830, in Ireland. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a democrat, and in 1885 was appointed United States minister to Chili.
Robertson, Alexander
artist, was born in 1768 in Scotland. He painted landscapes in water-color, and, like his brother, was well known as a teacher. He died May 27, 1841, in New York city.
Robertson, Anthony Lispen- Ard
lawyer, jurist, was born June 8, 1808, in New York city. He was assistant vice-chancellor in 1846-48, surrogate of New York city in 1848, and in 1859 was elected a judge of the superior court. In 1864 he was elected for a second term, and in 1866 was chosen chief justice by his associates. He died Dec. 18, 1868, in New York city.
Robertson, Archibald
artist, was born May 8, 1765, in Scotland. From 1792 till 1821 Robertson followed his profession as a painter and instructor in New York, working mostly in water-colors and crayons. In 1802 he assisted in the project of forming an art academy, and in 1816, on the founding of the American academy, he was elected a director. He died Dec. 6, 1835, in New York city.
Robertson, Edward White
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 13, 1823, near Nashville, Tenn. He was a representative in the Louisiana state legislature from 1847 to 1849; and again in the legislature in 1853. He was state auditor from 1857 to 1862. He entered the confederate army in the latter year as captain, and served throughout the war. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-fifth, fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses. He died August, 1887, in Washington, D. C.
Robertson, Felix
physician, was born Jan. 17, 1780, in Nashville, Tenn. He was thoroughly identified with the city of Nashville, being the first male child born in the city, practiced medicine there forty years, was twice mayor, also long a president of the Bank of Tennessee, and a presiding officer of the university of Nashville. He died Sept. 10, 1865, in Nashville, Tenn.
Robertson, George
lawyer, jurist, educator, state legislator, was born Nov. 18, 1790, in Mercer county, Ky. In 1816 he was elected a representative in congress, and served from 1817 to 1821. He was a member of the legislature, and speaker of the house during four sessions, ending in 1827. In 1828 he was secretary of state, and the same year was chosen judge of the court of appeals. In 1829 he was commissioned chief justice of Kentucky. He was professor of law in Transylvania university for twenty-three years. He died May 17, 1874, in Lexington.
Robertson, John
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1834 to 1839.
Robertson, John
lawyer, jurist, author, poet, was born in 1787 near Petersburg, Va. He was a Virginia jurist; and the author of Riego, or the Spanish Martyr, a tragedy; and Opuscula, a book of verse. He died July 5, 1873, in Mount Athos, Va.
Robertson, John Henry
journalist, reformer, was born July 30, 1866, near Pine Bluff, Ark. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Labor; has been its district secretary, state statistician, state secretary-treasurer; general worthy inspector; secretary of the general co-operative board; general organizer; and during 1892-97 was a representative to the general assembly of the order of the Knights of Labor. In 1894 he was Arkansas state secretary of the Farmer's Alliance; and in 1894-95 was assistant secretary of the State Horticultural society. He is a successful journalist of Little Rock, Ark., and takes an active part in reform work.