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Note: From "Cemetery Inscriptions of Highand County, Ohio," page 534: Roberts Cemetery No. 2, White Oak Township - "There are four deeds to this cemetery, all dated June 5, 1882. In Original Book 60, page 192, Highland County Deed Records, William Roberts and Amelia his wife conveyed 'the following real estate being a burial ground' containing 3 poles to I.Q. Roberts. On page 193 is a similar deed to Aaron E. Roberts, and on page 194 a similar one to America B. Rhoten. In Original Book 70, page 199, William Roberts and Amelia his wife conveyed to James P. Roberts, Aaron E. Roberts, Ira Q. Roberts and America B. Rhoten 12 poles of land 'being a burying ground'." From "History of Highland County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days" (Klise 1902): "Ira Q. Roberts, a well-known farmer and business man of Mowrystown, is a great-grandson of Isaiah Roberts, a prominent pioneer of White Oak township, and former owner of the site of the town of Taylorsville. A notice of his career and family history is given ln the preceding sketch. His eldest son, James P. Roberts, was the father of William Roberts, born on the White Oak township farm in 1800, and William was the father of the subject of this sketch. William Roberts, after he had grown to manhood, married Amelia Gibler, a native of the same township, and bought a farm of two hundred acres where he prospered by reason of industry and good business judgment, enlarging his land possessions to something like nine hundred acres. He died at the age of sixty-three years, leaving his wife and five children: James P., of Concord ; Aaron E., of the same township ; America V., wife of C. W. Rhoten ; and Ira Q. Ira Q. was born Octolxsr 22, 1859, at the house where he now lives, was educated in the district school, and in early manhood was married to Josie Riley, a native of Brown county and daughter of Joseph and lx'ah Riley. Two children have been born to them: Cleo E., wife of Wilber Fender, of Concord township, and Overton G. Ira Q. Roberts is one of the enterprising and successful younger men of the Township…”
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