Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 30 May 2003

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WILLIAM ROAT, farmer, P. O., Loveland. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Hamilton Township in 1838, and is a son of Morris and Margaret Roat. He was born in New Jersey, in 1806, and is a son of Michael and Elsie, C. (Huffman) Roat, natives of New Jersey, who located here in 1817, coming to Ohio by teams across the mountains of Pennsylvania. They purchased 100 acres of land. Michael and wife were parents of ten children, three living. He died in 1832 aged 60 years; she died in 1843. The father of our subject was married in 1834 to a daughter of Nicolas Tiger, of New Jersey, who settled here in 1819. To Morris and wife were born four children, all living, viz: Nicholas, Michael, William and Jacob. Our subject was reared a farmer and received only a limited education. December 31, 1863, he was married to Mary, a daughter of James Walker, who was a son of Samuel B. Walker. After his marriage he settled where he now resides. He owns 77 acres of good land, which is largely in cultivation. They have three children, viz: James A., Cora B. and Margaret O. Both are mem bers of the Bethel Church, to which they have been connected for 18 or 19 years, and are exemplary Christian people.