Biographical Sketch of Dudley Roach, Center Township, Buchanan
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Dudley Roach, farmer and stock raiser, section 17, post office St.
Joseph. Is a native of Estill County, Kentucky, and was born November
18, 1833. He moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, when
about ten years of age, and lived there for ten years, receiving his
education in the schools of that vicinity. He has principally made
agricultural pursuits his occupation through life. In 1854 he moved
to the place he now occupies and afterwards went to Platte County, MO,
returning in 1859. He enlisted in the Enrolled Missouri Militia during
the war. Mr. Roach has filled the offices of school director, trustee
and road overseer for several terms. He owns a farm of 502 acres, well
improved. He was married June 9, 1855, to Miss Susan Finell, a native
of Estill County, Kentucky. She was born July 17, 1838 and died on
February 11, 1880. She left a family of six children: Katherine, now
Mrs. Thomas W. Walker; Mary E., now Mrs. John Arthur; Johnnie; Simpson;
Henry and Fountain. Mr. Roach is an active member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he holds the position of steward. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the King Hill Lodge No.
376, and also to the Chapter at Taos.

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