| Show la1 01 > Uscrold Itbirin New York Mrach 21 1 Mrs II f Itob arts Iw 01 MnJor Oonral lon Jamln J Roberts 1 S A Is dead nt hr homo at Fort IAmlon ler line Land served through the Mexican war with the mounted rlr lie came out with tho rank 01 brevet 1ltnant I colonel being breveted for bravery and borolm After the Mexican war Mrs Hob rts nccompanlod her husband on the march of his reglmnt across the Plains whet tbUhd Port Mahonay and Walla Walla were Ills Nore the first Irol to cross the Rocky Iountnln avid they encountered rd many Indian ho hd nr be lor peen 101te peple Mrs Roberts wa also tit I tier husband In IS3 Ile belonged to the first dragoono iho crossed the plate 01 Ina 10 Des Moines They went by way of PlaltsburV N Y to Harrisburg Pa nnd by the Ohio nd MlsIMlppl rivers The trip was ml by stage And ockt load took a month to make tile Journey CaltJn loon on 01 Dal1 loon commanded the company and Chief lllaek Hank was at the post In Iowa nt that time Every thing west of the Mlssliislppl was then railed the Indian Territory Lieutenant II L Roberts 16th Infantry Port Wayne erts At Detroit Is I a son of Mrs Hob |
