Pickaway County OhArchives Biographies.....Roth, Thomas Bradley August 7 1810 - September 11 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Paul Roth Genzen1@prodigy.net and Janet Roth janetroth@telus.net July 5, 2004, 8:45 pm Author: Paul Alan Roth Copyright: 1998 Paul Alan Roth Biography of THOMAS BRADLEY ROTH b. 7 Aug 1810 Berks Co. PA - d. 11 Sep 1878 Brocton, Edgar Co. IL. Buried: Embarrass Cem. Brocton. Married: 6 Apr 1836 Washington Twp. Pickaway Co. OH - ESTHER D. GRIEST b. 1 Apr 1814 York Co. PA - d. 13 Dec 1899 Redmon, Edgar Co. OH. Buried: Embarrass Cem. Brocton. Dau. of JOHNATHAN & MARY MORRIS_ROTH. Origination: Grand-Parents: CASPAR & ELIZABETH FEGER_ROTH from Thaleischweiler-Froeschen, GERMANY to Berks Co. PA Parents: JOHANN PAUL ROTH b. 29 Jun 1787 Berks Co. PA & MARY CATHERINE REITER b. 15 Oct 1786 Berks Co. PA. Daughter of LOYENTZ & ELIZABETH EIS_REITER Occupation of parents: Farmers / Hoteliers Siblings & their birth order: (1) ELIZABETH ROTH b. 14 Jan 1806 Berks Co. PA (2) PETER ROTH b. 29 Jun 1807 Berks Co. PA (3) MARIA ROTH b. 16 Dec 1808 Berks Co. PA (4) *THOMAS BRADLEY ROTH b. 7 Aug 1810 Berks Co.PA* (5) SUSANNAH ROTH b. 24 Dec 1811 Berks Co. PA (6) SOPHIA ROTH b. 27 Mar 1813 Berks Co. PA (7) WILLIAM FRANCIS ROTH b. 5 May 1818 Numidia, Columbia Co. PA (8) CHARLES ROTH b. 1819 Numidia, PA (9) A. (ALICE) ROTH b. Numidia, PA Children: All born in Circleville, Washington Twp. Pickaway Co. OH. (1) Jonathan Griest ROTH b. 24 Dec 1836 d. at home in Brocton, Edgar Co. IL. 25 Mar 1912 m. #1: Harriet PRITCHETT b. 31 Jul 1838 - d. 21 Oct 1864; m. 28 Jan 1858 Pickaway Co. OH: #2 Clara PANCOAST b. 18 Jan 1848; (2) Isaac M. ROTH b. 1 Apr 1838 - d. 16 Aug 1838 Pickaway Co. OH (3) William H. ROTH b. 26 Jun 1839 - m. Pickaway Co. OH 10 Jan 1865: Leonora PRITCHETT b. 30 Nov 1840 Pickaway Co. Ohio; two children were the fruit of this union, both deceased. [ Laurence ROTH b. Jun. 1879 - d. Dec. 1880 (1 yr, 6 mos) and Clarence ROTH b. Aug. 1883 - d. Aug. 1884 (1 yr). ] (4) Peter Paul ROTH b. 5 Mar 1841 - d. 1 Aug 1925 Eagle Butte, Alberta, CAN; Buried in St. Margaret's Cem. Eagle Butte, MT; Owned property in Trapper Gulch, Beaverhead Co. MT. Lived in UT from 1869-1879; Peter Paul ROTH left OH. for CA. in 1865 in a wagon train of immigrants 5 miles long, edscorted by 500 soldiers. Stopped in UT after 3 years. Went to work for a Morman named MASON, hauling rocks to build the Mormon Temple. Headed for MT. in 1864 Settled near Billings, MT. He freighted between Virginia City, MT and Los Angeles, CA. winter seasons. Sarah divorced him in 1890. He also lived in IA where he taught school and was a salesman for a nursery in Council Bluffs. (5) Charles H. ROTH b. 14 Jun 1842 - d. 27 Jul 1905 - m. Pickaway Co. OH 14 Mar 1871: Margaret "Maggie" PRITCHETT (6) Mary Ann ROTH b. 6 Nov 1843 - d. 21 Feb 1914 - m. #1: Edgar Co. IL 3 Jan 1861: Henry ARBOGAST; m. #2 W. H. BROWN (7) Johnathan C. ROTH b. 25 Jun 1845 - d. 27 Feb 1914 - m. 4 Apr 1871 Edgar Co; IL: Jennie SHEPHERD Settled in MO. (8) Thomas Joepsh ROTH b. 3 Dec 1846 - d. 3 Apr 1930 Urbana, Champaign Co. IL - Buried: Maplewood Cem. Champaign, IL. - m. 24 Jun 1874 Edgar Co. IL: Anna MArie EUBANK b. 14 Apr 1848 Covington, Kenton Co. KY. (9) Henrietta P. ROTH b. 10 Nov 1848 - d. 23 Nov 1934 - m. 10 Jan 1878: Johnathan P. FINKLE (10) JONAS SPECHT ROTH b. 23 Sep 1850 - d. 16 Mar 1932 Somerford, Custer Co. NE. - m. VIRGINIA EUBANK b. 10 Jan 1851 Covington, Kenton Co. KY - d. 9 Nov 1920 - Both Buried: Douglas Grove Cem. Custer Co. NE. Virginia was the daughter of JAMES TAYLOR MOSS & Mary Ann McCOY_EUBANK. (11) Mathilda ROTH b. 19 Dec 1851 - d. 18 Aug 1932 - m. 18 Dec 1878: William V. DENNON in the home of her parents in Brocton, Edgar Co. IL. She moved to Slater, Saline Co. IL after Wiliam died. (12) Albert Maywood ROTH b. 7 Jul 1853 - d. 7 Oct 1914 Middletown, Butler Co. OH - m. 15 Sep 1874 Edgar Co. IL: Louisiana EUBANK b. 4 May 1852 - d. 15 Aug 1915 Middleton, OH. They also resided in Charleston Twp. Coles Co. OH. (13) Alice ROTH b. 21 Feb 1855 Brocton, Edgar Co. IL - d. 6 Sep 1943 - m. AMBROSE CAIN Thomas & Esther lived in Dwelling 615 (1850 Census)in Circleville, Washington Twp. Pickaway Co. OH from 1836 until 1857, when they moved the family to Brocton, Edgar Co. IL. Esther's parents, John & Mary MORRIS_GRIEST lived in Dwelling 618 (1850 Census). As far as I know, Thomas was the only memebr of his family to move to OH. Esther had relatives already living in Pickaway Co. when her parents moved the family from York Co. PA to OH. in 1834. Thomas' parents, Johann Paul & Catherine REITER_ROTH, is owned and ran "The Eagle Hotel" in Shamokin, Northumberland Co. PA. Additional Comments: Information on Peter Paul ROTH is from Janet & Barney ROTH, descendants of Peter Paul. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/pickaway/bios/bs51roth.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb