Dr. William W. Roberts Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Dr. William W. Roberts, a prominent
physician of Sedgewickville,
Bollinger Co., Mo., is a son of Caswell C. and Nancy (Pigg)
Roberts.
Caswell C. Roberts was born in North Carolina, in 1804, and was
a son of
Reuben and Emily (Eshore) Roberts.
Reuben was born in Lancashire,
England, in 1742, and lived to be one hundred and six years of
age.
He
immigrated to America, and, during the was for independence,
held the
office of first duty sergeant in the American army, and stood
guard at
the time the constitution was framed.
Emily Eshore was born in France,
and came to America with La Fayette when she was eighteen years
of age.
Landing in Maryland, she went from there to North
Carolina.
Caswell C.
Roberts was educated in Tennessee, and was a farmer.
His wife was also
a native of the Old North State.
To them were born four children, viz.:
James L. Ann (Mrs. A.P. Crawford, of Tennessee), and William W.
The
subject of this sketch was born in Warren County, Tenn., in
1839, and
received his literary education in Burk College, that State,
graduating
in 1857.
In 1867 he came to Bollinger County, Mo., and taught school
one year, when he went to Dent County, Mo., and remained one
year,
engaged in teaching.
In 1869 he went to Denver City and began the study
of medicine under the direction of Dr. John Higher.
Returning to
Madison County, in 1871, he resumed his study with Dr. John
Dannell, of
Fredericktown, and remained until 1876, when he entered the
University
of Nashville, Tenn., from which institution he graduated, in
1879.
Locating in Columbus, Ky., he practiced his profession until
1884, when
he came to Bollinger County, where he has since resided.
In 1877 he was
united in marriage with Mary E. Presnell, of Perry County,
Mo.
She is
daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Hudson) Presnell, natives of
North
Carolina and Virginia, respectively.
The parents were married at Giles
Courthouse, Va., and removed to Perry County, Mo., in 1816.
They were
the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary E. (Mrs. W.W.
Roberts), Susan
(Mrs. Joseph Limbaugh) Sarah (Mrs. Van Kinder), Evaline (Mrs.
Frank
Kritz), Julia (Mrs. William Propst), Marcella (who married
Francis
Bridges), and Charles, (now attending the College of Physicians
and
Surgeons in St. Louis).
During the war Dr. Roberts was a member of the
Twentieth Army Corps of Illinois, was on detached business all
the time,
and reported to the Forty-eighth Illinois Regiment.
He was discharged
at Chicago in 1865.
Five children have been born to the Doctor and
wife: Sarah E. Minnie M., Eustacia Eve, Nancy Ann and Edna Pearl.
Politically Dr. Roberts is a Democrat.
He is a consistent member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, and of the A.O.U.W. [p.
843-844]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 843-844]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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