[p. 462] who is engaged in a real estate and insurance business at No. 20 East Long street, New Castle, is one of the leading men in his line on the south side of the city. Mr. Roberts was born in Wales, November 22, 1857, and he arrived in the harbor of the city of New York on March 2, 1895.
Mr. Roberts went to Baltimore from New York, where he was employed in the tin mill for about three years and then reached New Castle, and he has worked in the hot mill departments of both the tin mills here. He is an experienced man, having learned the processes of tin making in his own country, where he was manager of a tin mill prior to crossing the Atlantic Ocean. On and off, Mr. Roberts worked about seven years in the New Castle mills, but the time came when he was obliged to give that labor up on account of the injury it did to his throat. Since then he has been dealing in real estate and insurance and also collects, manages and rents property. He handles a large amount of valuable realty in both city and county and is one of New Castle's representative business men and good citizens.
Mr. Roberts was married in early manhood, in Wales, to Sarah Phillips, and they have four children: Anna, who married Thomas M. James, resides at Homestead; Richard Rufus, who is a tin roller, resides at New Castle; Thomas, who is a member of the U. S. Marines, is now stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y., after a term of service at Panama, and Charles H., who is a clerk in the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Roberts is a Republican in his political views and he takes an active interest, particularly in local politics. He was one of the founders of the Emmanuel Baptist Church at New Castle. His fraternal connections are with the Knights of the Golden Eagle and with the Pathfinders.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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