Bio: Roberts, David (1881)
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Surnames: Roberts, Graves, Morrey, Lemmer

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 570

DAVID ROBERTS, senior partner in the firm of Roberts & Graves, dealers in ready-made clothing, hats, caps, groceries, boots and shoes, Mosinee, was born in La Prairie, Canada, near Montreal, June 6, 1831. He came to Mosinee in 1850, and worked in the pineries and in the saw mills about four years. Then he engaged in the lumber business on his own account, which he followed ten years, after which he engaged in the tannery business four years, since which time he has followed farming and lumbering. He, in company with Mr. Graves, engaged in the mercantile trade, Jan. 1, 1881. He was married, May 11, 1863, to Jennie Morrey, who was born in Milwaukee, April 19, 1844. They have one daughter, Marion E., who was born Feb. 14, 1873. Mrs. Roberts died July 10, 1879. Mr. Roberts was again married, June 15, 1881, to Elizabeth Lemmer, a native of La Porte, Ind., and born May 23, 1857.