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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, 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, 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, William Aird

accountant, journalist, was born Dec. 17, 1866, in Glasgow, Scotland. He is an expert accountant of Salt Lake City, Utah; and a journalist and mining promoter of prominence. He has also attained success in the insurance business; and takes an active part in business enterprises and political affairs.

Robertson, William D

railroad president, was born Jan. 31, 1810, in South Argyle, N. Y. Since 1884 he has been president of the Greenwich and Johnsonville railway at Greenwich, N. Y.