Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, John W., 1901 

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       John Walter Roberts. 
  (Special Dispatch to The Times)
  SUFFOLK, VA., Oct 28.-John Walter 
Roberts, county treasurer, died this after- 
noon at his home, in Isle of Wight county, 
aged about seventy years*.  He had an 
arm shot off in the Civil War.  He was 
one of seven brothers who fought for the 
Confederacy.  None but him was wound- 
ed.** Among those surviving is Postmaster 
Ben Roberts, of Windsor. 


John Walter ROBERTS, Isle of Wight Co. Treasurer, 
b. 19 Feb 1835*, d. 28 Oct 1901, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"The (Richmond, VA) Times," 29 Oct 1901, p. 6; 
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85034438/1901-10-29/ed-1/seq-6 
N67578pdfFile.pdf 

*John, his wife & daughter Mary are marked by a single obelisk. 
   Birthdate from marker, which indicates age 66. 
 Isle of Wight County Historical Society, Grave Site Survey Task Force list: 
 http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Collosse_Rhodes%20Dr_Cemetery.doc 

Additional information: 

**according to King's "Historical Notes," 6 of the 7 brothers were wounded. 


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