Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Roberts, Ethan 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com June 4, 2007, 9:26 pm Author: Unknown ETHAN ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Mindoro. Mr. Roberts was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1824; he removed to Michigan with his parents when a child; he first came to Lewis Valley in the spring of 1852; he returned to Michigan, was married to Sarah W. Dana, born in Amherst, Mass., in 1828; she went to Michigan in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts came to La Crosse County from Michigan, in the fall of 1855, and settled in the east part of Lewis Valley, Sec. 22, Range 5 west, which he bought of the Government. In 1862, he located on Sec. 22, Range 6 west; settled where he now lives, in 1865. Mr. Roberts has three sons - E. Dana, born 1854; George C., born 1857, and Fred L., born October, 1862. Mr. Roberts is a brother of Mrs. Clarissa Downer, who, with her husband, was the earliest settler of Lewis Valley. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 852 - 853. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/roberts712gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb