Individual Details
Jacob Nelson ROBERTS
(18 Jun 1857 - 21 Jan 1945)
Pioneer Resident Dies
Garden—Jacob Nelson Roberts, 87, pioneer of the Garden community, died at 1:10 o’clock Sunday morning at his home. He suffered a stroke a year ago, but had been in fair health until a few weeks ago, and he was seriously ill for only one week.
He was born at Bay Settlement, Brown county, Wis., June 18,1857, and he had made his home in Garden for the greater part of eighty years,engaging in jobbing and farming. At one time, he operated a general store at Cooks Mills, and he also operated a store of the same type in South Dakota fora short time.
Surviving are one son and one daughter, Robbie Jacob Roberts, of Garden, and Mrs. Dewey (Daphne) Johnson of McMillan; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
-- Ironwood Daily Globe, Thursday, January 25, 1945
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Courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Nancy Stout 47697610
Events
| Birth | 18 Jun 1857 | Brown County, Wisconsin, United States |  | ||
| Death | 21 Jan 1945 | Garden, Delta, Michigan, United States | | ||
| Burial | Kate's Bay Cemetery, Garden, Delta, Michigan, United States | |
Families
| Father | Ferdinand ROBITAILLE or ROBERTS (1831 - 1925) |
| Mother | Mary Theotiste LAPLANTE (1836 - 1876) |
| Sibling | George ROBERTS (1853 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Ida Bell ROBERTS (1865 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Franklin ROBERTS (1867 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Matilda Eliza ROBERTS (1869 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Mary Louise ROBERTS (1872 - 1876) |
Endnotes
1. "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 January 2016), Jacob Nelson Roberts; Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2016), Jacob Nelson Roberts; memorial #20981461.
3. "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 25 January 2016), Jacob Nelson Roberts; Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
4. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2016), Jacob Nelson Roberts; memorial #20981461.
5. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 25 January 2016), Jacob Nelson Roberts; memorial #20981461.