George J. Roach Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 21 Aug 2005
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Hamilton Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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GEORGE J. ROACH, farmer, P. O., Maineville, was born in Salem Township, this county, in 1827, and is a son of Jonah and Rebecca (Gregg) Roach. He was born in Virginia March 15, 1791. In 1812 he came to Ohio, and in the Spring of 1818 settled near Springboro, where he lived five years. Feb. 6, 1817, he was married to Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Gregg, a pioneer. After the above event he located in Salem Township, where he resided eight or ten years, when be sold out and purchased about 400 acres of land in this township. To Mr. and Mrs. Roach were born eight children, three living, viz: Ann E., Samantha and our subject. The deceased are: William, Samuel, James, Milton and Elizabeth. Mr. Roach was a successful and energetic farmer. He served in the War of 1812 as a

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home guard, and his death occurred in October, 1877. Mrs. Roach was born in Warren Co., June 18, 1797, and died Sept. 23, 1867. Our subject was reared on the farm, and received only a limited education. In 1849 he was married to Mary A., a daughter of Smith Ludlum, who bore him nine children, five living, viz: Evaline, Rosa, Willie, Ollie and Charley. The deceased are: Samuel, who died Aug. 7, 1877; Jonah, who died Sept. 23, 1865, and Ettie, who died Jan. 4, 1864. The farm of Mr. Roach contains 174 1/2 acres of choice tillable land, on which he has lived since 1856. He and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Maineville, to which they have been connected for nearly twenty years, and both are very exemplary Christian people.

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