Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Roberts, Caleb P.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


CALEB P. ROBERTS farmer, P.O. Newportville, was born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., tenth month, 1818, and is a son of Evan 
and Rhoda S. (Pancoast) Roberts.  His mother was born in New 
Jersey, and his father in Philadelphia.  They were of 
English and Welsh origin.  His father was a farmer all his 
life and died in 1862.  His family consisted of six 
children, Caleb P. being the oldest.  He was reared on the 
farm, attended the school at Fallsington, and has made 
farming his business.  He has been successful in life and is 
now the owner of a farm of 76 acres of land, on which he 
resides.  He was married in 1872 to Margaret G., daughter of 
Alan and Susanna (Berkheimer) Shoemaker.  Her parents were 
natives of Pennsylvania, and of Germand and English origin.  
At the time of her marriage to Caleb P. Roberts she was the 
widow of Oliver Wilson, by whom she had two children, Alan 
and Mary T.  The marriage of Caleb P. and Margaret J. 
Roberts has been blessed with one child, Evan.  The family 
are all members of the Society of Friends.  Caleb P. Roberts 
is a republican politically.