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Laurence S Roberts
LAURENCE S. ROBERTS, attorney at law, located at Leechburg, Pa., was born
in Green township, Indiana Co., Pa., near Pine Flats, Nov. 9, 1875, a son of
John Roberts and grandson of Roberts (sic) Roberts.Roberts Roberts was born in Wales and was the pioneer of the family in
America. He settled first near Pittsburgh, Pa., but later moved to Green
township, Indiana county, where he engaged in farming for some years before
his death.John Roberts, son of Roberts Roberts and father of Laurence S., was born in
Wales in December, 1834, and was five years old when his parents brought him
to the United States. After a number of years during which he was successfully
engaged in the lumber business in Green township he located at Homer, in
Indiana county, where he engaged in the manufacturer of incubators. He was a
man of mechanical genius and some of his inventions were extremely practical.
His death occurred Jan. 21, 1906, and he was buried at Indiana, Pa. He married
Jane Griffith, daughter of Evan and Sarah (Stevens) Griffith, and she is a
resident of Leechburg at the present time. They had the following children:
Robert, Grant, Sarah E., Emma E., Laurence S. and Albert P. Sarah E. is the
wife of John Duncan, postmaster of Leechburg.Laurence S. Roberts completed the common school course in Indiana county
and the high school course at Ann Arbor, Mich., afterward teaching school for
one year in his native county. Later he became a clerk in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and subsequently traveled for one year, after
which he entered the University of Michigan, and was graduated from its law
department in the class of 1900. Mr. Roberts returned to Pennsylvania and
accepted the position of timekeeper for the American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company, at Leechburg, later becoming assistant day manager, and afterward
assistant night manager. On Nov. 20, 1903, he was admitted to practice in the
Armstrong county courts, and on May 22, 1911, to the Supreme court. He has
been very successful in general practice, and was the attorney representing
eight hundred petitioners for the adjudication of bankruptcy against the
Leechburg Banking Company, in 1908.In addition to his law practice Mr. Roberts has important agricultural and
real estate interests, owns the Enterprise Lumber Company, at Leechburg, and
is one of the stockholders of the Farmers’ National Bank of Leechburg and its
attorney. He belongs to the Leechburg Board of Trade. His valuable farm of
fifty-two acres is situated in Burrell township, Armstrong county, while his
improved real estate lies at Leechburg, Homer and Blairsville. Politically he
is a Republican.On May 15, 1900, Mr. Roberts was married to Nellie O. Coup, daughter of
Wallace W. and Marion Coup, and they have four children: Harold L., Cathryn
E., Floyd S. and Marion C. Mr. Roberts and family are members of the
Presbyterian Church and he is a member of the Sunday-school class that is
somewhat noted as being under the instruction of Dr. J. A. Armstrong. He
belongs to Leechburg Lodge, No. 577, F. & A. M.Source: Page 598, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed January 1999 by Connie Mateer for the Armstrong County Beers
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