Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, John W., 1901 

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       John Walter Roberts. 
  (Special Dispatch to The Times)
  SUFFOLK, VA., Oct 28.-John Walter 
Roberts, county treasurer, died this after- 
noon at his home, in Isle of Wight county, 
aged about seventy years.  He had an 
arm shot off in the Civil War. He was 
one of seven brothers who fought for the 
Confederacy.  None but him was wound- 
ed. Among those surviving is Postmaster 
Ben Roberts, of Windsor. 


[John Walter ROBERTS, d. 28 Oct 1901, age ca. 70, 
 "The (Richmond, VA) Times," 29 Oct 1901, p. 6; 
 http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85034438/1901-10-29/ed-1/seq-6 
 N67578pdfFile.pdf] 

[file transcribed by Sandra Beaver (sgmbeaver@charter.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.] 

[according to King's "Historical Notes," 6 of the 7 brothers were wounded.]