Erastus G. Roberts ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in La Plata Township, Macon County, MO on 27 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 69, Family 465, Roll 631
La Plata Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus Roberts..28..New York..Farmer

(Living with wife, son, and widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in La Plata Township, Macon County, MO on 8 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 8, Family 51
La Plata Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus Robberts..37..New York..Farmer

(Living with wife, 4 children, and widowed mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 21 Feb 1832, then his age should have been 38 instead of 37.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Johnson Township, Macon County, MO on 21 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 348D, District 122, Roll 701
Johnson Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus G. Roberts..Self..47..New York..Farmer

(Living with wife and 7 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 21 Feb 1832, then his age should have been 48 instead of 47.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Boulder, CO on 15 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 23B, District 161, Family 582
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, United States
568 Marinie(?) Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Erastus G. Roberts..Father..Feb 1832..68..New York..Widowed..Farmer (retired)

(Living at the home of his married son, Adolphus, and his family.)
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• He was buried on 25 August 1900 in the Columbia Cemetery in Boulder, CO.

PLOT A78-6 SE
Find a Grave Memorial 50174832
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Erastus married Mary H. Holmes, daughter of Phineas H. Holmes and Abigail N. Howe, on 16 April 1857 in Adair County, MO.^{1 2} (Mary H. Holmes was born on 28 April 1838 in Ohio,^{2 4 7 8} died on 25 June 1886 in Kansas ⁸ and was buried after 25 June 1886 in Devore Cemetery, Harper County, KS ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 16 April 1857, in Adair County, MO. ¹

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in La Plata Township, Macon County, MO on 27 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 69, Family 465, Roll 631
La Plata Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus Roberts..28..New York..Farmer
Mary Roberts..24..Ohio..Domestic
Richard E. Roberts..2..Missouri
Mary Roberts..69..New York
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in La Plata Township, Macon County, MO on 8 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 8, Family 51
La Plata Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus Robberts..37..New York..Farmer
Mary Robberts..32..Ohio..Keeping House
Everet Robberts..12..Missouri
Charlotte Robberts..5..Missouri
Abagail Robberts..3..Missouri
Rosemond Robberts..3m..Missouri..Apr
Mary Robberts..79..New York

NOTE - Missing from the census was the young son, Adolphus Fred Roberts, who would have been about 9 years old.
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Johnson Township, Macon County, MO on 21 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 348D, District 122, Roll 701
Johnson Township, Macon County, Missouri, United States
Erastus G. Roberts..Self..47..New York..Farmer
Mary Roberts..Wife..42..Ohio..Keeping House
Everet P. Roberts..Son..22..Missouri..Farmer
Adolphus F. Roberts..Son..19..Ohio..Farm Laborer
Charlotte Roberts..Daughter..15..Missouri..At Home
Mary A. Roberts..Daughter..13..Missouri..At Home
Rosa P. Roberts..Daughter..10..Missouri..At Home
Fritz Roberts..Son..4..Missouri
Nettie Roberts..Daughter..2..Missouri
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Erastus
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1857
Event Place: Adair, Missouri, United States
Spouse's Name: Miss Mary H Holmes
Page: 85

Citing this Record
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPHW-FGMM : 1 October 2019), Miss Mary H Holmes in entry for Erastus, 1857; citing Marriage, Adair, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007425721.
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