Samuel Roshon Biographical Sketch

ROSHON, SAMUEL, farmer, Liberty township, post office, Baltimore; born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob and Mary (Barefoot) Roshon; was married to Elizabeth Hensel, April 10, 1841, whom he has eight children: Martin J., born January 18, 1842; Israel, born November 12, 1843, who died in 1867: Frany, born September 12, 1845; Samuel, born May 13, 1848, who died April 3, 1857; Mary A., born May 26, 1850; Saloma C., born April 9, 1852; Peter E., born September 12, 1854; Sarah E., born November 5, 1857, who died January 8, 1882. Mrs. Roshon died March 17, 1863. He was married to Julia A. (Alspach) Smurr, April 6, 1865, by whom he had eight children: Elizabeth F., born July 12, 1866, and who died January 26, 1882; Justus T., born February 11, 1868; Perry F., born September 13, 1869; Dora V., born September 8, 1871; Archie A., born February 19, 1874; Lydia M., born March 20, 1876; Carrie G., born April 10, 1878; Harvey 0., born March 18, 1881