Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Roberts, E. M. December 25, 1840 - 
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E. M. ROBERTS, Bangor; proprietor of Big Creek Mill; he was born in Schuylkill 
Co., Penn., Dec. 25, 1840. His father, Edward Roberts, was born in Wales; 
emigrated to the United States when quite young. Mr. E. M. Roberts has been an 
extensive traveler; he began traveling when quite young; he went to Cuba with 
his father's brother, Robert Roberts, when only 11 years of age. His uncle was 
an engineer of the steamer, and he accompanied him on a trip to that island. 
This uncle was an engineer on the steamer Star of the West when that vessel 
attempted to relieve Major Anderson at Fort Sumpter at the beginning of the 
rebellion. E. M. went to California with his father when only 14 years of age. 
He was in California about three years, when he returned to Pennsylvania. His 
father died in New York on his return trip from California. E. M. came to 
Bangor in the winter of 1877-78; was absent nine years of that time, from 1862 
to 1871, in Colorado, Montana, Idaho, etc. On his return, he settled in Fish 
Creek Valley; bought a half-interest in his present mill in 1877; purchased 
the remaining interest in the fall of 1880.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 846.

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