Samuel Sypher Roach (1816 - 1889)

Born 2 Jun 1816 in MD or OH or Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Mary Ann Yantiss — married 13 Aug 1837 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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Died 2 Oct 1889 at age 73 in Tuscarawas Co, OH

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1816. According to "Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toldeo," Samuel S. Roach was one of the first settlers of Providence Township along with Amos Perry, John Place, Leonard Kuntz, and James White, to settle in the interior of the township. Until then no settled more than one mile from the Maumee River. They followed Van Rensselaer Crosby who located on section 16 of Providence Township in 1840. In 1841, Samuel was elected to serve as township trustee and over the years would serve in that capacity several times as well as Providence Township treasurer and clerk. ^[1]

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1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by X Roach, Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7C-XM2] : 12 April 2016), Samuel Roach, Claibourne, Union, Ohio, United States; citing family 180, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Census 1870 Providence, Lucas, Ohio "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LM-GGN] : 12 April 2016), Samuel S Roach, Ohio, United States; citing p. 20, family 130, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,735.

• Census 1880 Providence, Lucas, Ohio

• Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Lucas County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID 115025109 · View Source https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115025109/samuel-sypher-roach Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2019), memorial page for Samuel Sypher Roach (2 Jun 1816–2 Oct 1889), Find A Grave Memorial no. 115025109, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Lucas County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Keith Shetzer (contributor 47252033) .