Roberts, Mathias

Born: 1802-11-18 Pennsylvania

Died: 1887-09-15 Cumberland County, Illinois

Flourished: Cumberland County, Illinois

Roberts lived in Ohio, in 1839, when he purchased federal land in a part of Coles County, Illinois, that would later become Cumberland County. He and his family relocated to Coles County by the following year. In 1850, Roberts was a farmer in Cumberland County, and he owned $1,200 worth of real estate.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Cumberland County, 291:231, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Coles County, IL, 163; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Hurricane, Cumberland County, IL, 275; Gravestone, Nebo Cemetery, Cumberland County, IL.