WI BIO - Dodge Co - ROBERTS, Edward

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 728

Edward ROBERTS, stonemason; Hustisford [Hustisford Township, Dodge County, 
Wisconsin, was born 06 April 1836 in Wales, where he attended school and 
lived until the fall of 1856, when he came to America. He spent ten months 
in Ohio, having made a trip through the South. In August 1857 he settled in 
Clyman [Clyman Township, just west of Hustisford Township], removing to 
Hustisford in 1860.

In 1861 Edward ROBERTS enlisted in the Seventh Wisconsin Battery, and was in 
the siege of Island No. 10 [about sixty miles below Columbus, Kentucky; 
fought from 28 February to 28 April 1862 ], and in many skirmishes in 
Kentucky and Tennessee. He was wounded at Humboldt, Tennessee, losing part 
of his foot by a rebel bullet, in consequence of which he was honorably 
discharged on 05 October 1863. He is now drawing a Government pension.

In 1870 in Juneau [Oak Grove Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin] he [Edward 
ROBERTS] married Miss Caroline HABLE. They [Edward and Caroline (HABLE) 
ROBERTS] have four living children: Margaret A., Amelia S., Gladius T., and 
a babe. Mr. ROBERTS is a Republican. He has twice served as Justice of the 
Peace, and is also a member of the Temple of Honor, and the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly