Many thanks to findagrave member Larry Hagemann for posting the picture of William and his family from "The Illinois River Valley," published in 1935 by the S.J. Clark Publishing Company, and for bringing the article that was included on William Roe to my attention. This book is now in the public domain, and I have transcribed the article from Pages 554-555:
WILLIAM ROE
William Roe, one of the older and more distinguished members of the La Salle county bar, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this locality for over thirty-five years and no man stands higher in the confidence of the people than he. Mr. Roe was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe, both of whom were of Scotch nativity. They brought their family to the United States in November, 1884, and settled in Oglesby, La Salle county, Illinois, where they spend their remaining days, the father dying in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight and the mother passing away some years later. Thomas Roe, who was a coal miner of many years of practical experience, was a man of character and intelligence and a loyal and patriotic citizen of his adopted country.
William Roe acquired a public school education, was about sixteen years of age when brought to this country, and began working in the coal mines at Oglesby and some time later took up the study of law, which he read in the evenings at home. In December, 1894, on examination, he was admitted to the bar, entered upon active work and during the subsequent years has commanded his full share of the legal business of his community and county, conducting an honorable and ethical practice. He spent a number of years in the southern part of Illinois, and practiced his profession at West Frankfort, Illinois, where for some time he was city attorney and judge and where he made many friends. On account of his wife and children's health he returned in April, 1927, with his family to La Salle, Illinois, his original home town, and continues his practice there.
In 1914 Mr. Roe was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Spry, whose father, William Spry, was a member of an old English family. Mr. and Mrs. Roe are the parents of two children, Mary Ann, sixteen years of age, a student in high school, and William Ernest, eleven years old, attending the public schools. Mr. Roe is a member of the First Congregational Church of La Salle and has always given his earnest support to every agency for the moral, educational and civic advancement of his city and county. He has devoted much of his spare time to literature and is the author of several works of recognized merit. During the years of his professional career he has won not only material success, but also the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, who recognize in him a man of the most substantial and valuable qualities.
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The following is from the "Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, Vol. 1," Page 384. The book was published in 1900 by the Lewis Publishing Company and is now in the public domain:
WILLIAM ROE
This is the age of the young man, and young men have come to the front in these last years of the nineteenth century who will give an impetus to commerce, to science, to education, to professional success and to moral, literary and religious progress which will make the twentieth century a land-mark in the world's history. In our mixed blood is the concentrated spirit of pioneers who loved liberty and were willing to risk their lives for the right and for the opportunity to earn comfort for their wives and their children, and the Scotch strain promises as much for the moral and intellectual future of our country as any other.
William Roe, attorney-at-law, LaSalle, Illinois, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe. His father was of Scotch, his mother of Irish nativity, but Mrs. Roe's father had some Scotch blood in his constitution and had a Scotch name. They came to the United States in November, 1884, and immediately thereafter settled at Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois, where Thomas Roe died, in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight. His widow is living at LaSalle, now in her sixty-fourth year. Mr. Roe was a coal-miner of many years.
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Obituary published in La Salle "The Daily News Tribune," on November 24, 1942:
Funeral services for Atty. William Roe, La Salle, who died Sunday afternoon, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Congregational Church, La Salle.
In charge of the services was the Rev. George S. McClary, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body was taken to the church from the Clevenger Funeral Home at noon Tuesday.
WILLIAM ROE
William Roe, one of the older and more distinguished members of the La Salle county bar, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this locality for over thirty-five years and no man stands higher in the confidence of the people than he. Mr. Roe was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe, both of whom were of Scotch nativity. They brought their family to the United States in November, 1884, and settled in Oglesby, La Salle county, Illinois, where they spend their remaining days, the father dying in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight and the mother passing away some years later. Thomas Roe, who was a coal miner of many years of practical experience, was a man of character and intelligence and a loyal and patriotic citizen of his adopted country.
William Roe acquired a public school education, was about sixteen years of age when brought to this country, and began working in the coal mines at Oglesby and some time later took up the study of law, which he read in the evenings at home. In December, 1894, on examination, he was admitted to the bar, entered upon active work and during the subsequent years has commanded his full share of the legal business of his community and county, conducting an honorable and ethical practice. He spent a number of years in the southern part of Illinois, and practiced his profession at West Frankfort, Illinois, where for some time he was city attorney and judge and where he made many friends. On account of his wife and children's health he returned in April, 1927, with his family to La Salle, Illinois, his original home town, and continues his practice there.
In 1914 Mr. Roe was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Spry, whose father, William Spry, was a member of an old English family. Mr. and Mrs. Roe are the parents of two children, Mary Ann, sixteen years of age, a student in high school, and William Ernest, eleven years old, attending the public schools. Mr. Roe is a member of the First Congregational Church of La Salle and has always given his earnest support to every agency for the moral, educational and civic advancement of his city and county. He has devoted much of his spare time to literature and is the author of several works of recognized merit. During the years of his professional career he has won not only material success, but also the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, who recognize in him a man of the most substantial and valuable qualities.
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The following is from the "Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, Vol. 1," Page 384. The book was published in 1900 by the Lewis Publishing Company and is now in the public domain:
WILLIAM ROE
This is the age of the young man, and young men have come to the front in these last years of the nineteenth century who will give an impetus to commerce, to science, to education, to professional success and to moral, literary and religious progress which will make the twentieth century a land-mark in the world's history. In our mixed blood is the concentrated spirit of pioneers who loved liberty and were willing to risk their lives for the right and for the opportunity to earn comfort for their wives and their children, and the Scotch strain promises as much for the moral and intellectual future of our country as any other.
William Roe, attorney-at-law, LaSalle, Illinois, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe. His father was of Scotch, his mother of Irish nativity, but Mrs. Roe's father had some Scotch blood in his constitution and had a Scotch name. They came to the United States in November, 1884, and immediately thereafter settled at Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois, where Thomas Roe died, in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight. His widow is living at LaSalle, now in her sixty-fourth year. Mr. Roe was a coal-miner of many years.
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Obituary published in La Salle "The Daily News Tribune," on November 24, 1942:
Funeral services for Atty. William Roe, La Salle, who died Sunday afternoon, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Congregational Church, La Salle.
In charge of the services was the Rev. George S. McClary, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body was taken to the church from the Clevenger Funeral Home at noon Tuesday.
Many thanks to findagrave member Larry Hagemann for posting the picture of William and his family from "The Illinois River Valley," published in 1935 by the S.J. Clark Publishing Company, and for bringing the article that was included on William Roe to my attention. This book is now in the public domain, and I have transcribed the article from Pages 554-555:
WILLIAM ROE
William Roe, one of the older and more distinguished members of the La Salle county bar, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this locality for over thirty-five years and no man stands higher in the confidence of the people than he. Mr. Roe was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe, both of whom were of Scotch nativity. They brought their family to the United States in November, 1884, and settled in Oglesby, La Salle county, Illinois, where they spend their remaining days, the father dying in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight and the mother passing away some years later. Thomas Roe, who was a coal miner of many years of practical experience, was a man of character and intelligence and a loyal and patriotic citizen of his adopted country.
William Roe acquired a public school education, was about sixteen years of age when brought to this country, and began working in the coal mines at Oglesby and some time later took up the study of law, which he read in the evenings at home. In December, 1894, on examination, he was admitted to the bar, entered upon active work and during the subsequent years has commanded his full share of the legal business of his community and county, conducting an honorable and ethical practice. He spent a number of years in the southern part of Illinois, and practiced his profession at West Frankfort, Illinois, where for some time he was city attorney and judge and where he made many friends. On account of his wife and children's health he returned in April, 1927, with his family to La Salle, Illinois, his original home town, and continues his practice there.
In 1914 Mr. Roe was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Spry, whose father, William Spry, was a member of an old English family. Mr. and Mrs. Roe are the parents of two children, Mary Ann, sixteen years of age, a student in high school, and William Ernest, eleven years old, attending the public schools. Mr. Roe is a member of the First Congregational Church of La Salle and has always given his earnest support to every agency for the moral, educational and civic advancement of his city and county. He has devoted much of his spare time to literature and is the author of several works of recognized merit. During the years of his professional career he has won not only material success, but also the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, who recognize in him a man of the most substantial and valuable qualities.
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The following is from the "Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, Vol. 1," Page 384. The book was published in 1900 by the Lewis Publishing Company and is now in the public domain:
WILLIAM ROE
This is the age of the young man, and young men have come to the front in these last years of the nineteenth century who will give an impetus to commerce, to science, to education, to professional success and to moral, literary and religious progress which will make the twentieth century a land-mark in the world's history. In our mixed blood is the concentrated spirit of pioneers who loved liberty and were willing to risk their lives for the right and for the opportunity to earn comfort for their wives and their children, and the Scotch strain promises as much for the moral and intellectual future of our country as any other.
William Roe, attorney-at-law, LaSalle, Illinois, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe. His father was of Scotch, his mother of Irish nativity, but Mrs. Roe's father had some Scotch blood in his constitution and had a Scotch name. They came to the United States in November, 1884, and immediately thereafter settled at Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois, where Thomas Roe died, in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight. His widow is living at LaSalle, now in her sixty-fourth year. Mr. Roe was a coal-miner of many years.
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Obituary published in La Salle "The Daily News Tribune," on November 24, 1942:
Funeral services for Atty. William Roe, La Salle, who died Sunday afternoon, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Congregational Church, La Salle.
In charge of the services was the Rev. George S. McClary, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body was taken to the church from the Clevenger Funeral Home at noon Tuesday.
WILLIAM ROE
William Roe, one of the older and more distinguished members of the La Salle county bar, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this locality for over thirty-five years and no man stands higher in the confidence of the people than he. Mr. Roe was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe, both of whom were of Scotch nativity. They brought their family to the United States in November, 1884, and settled in Oglesby, La Salle county, Illinois, where they spend their remaining days, the father dying in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight and the mother passing away some years later. Thomas Roe, who was a coal miner of many years of practical experience, was a man of character and intelligence and a loyal and patriotic citizen of his adopted country.
William Roe acquired a public school education, was about sixteen years of age when brought to this country, and began working in the coal mines at Oglesby and some time later took up the study of law, which he read in the evenings at home. In December, 1894, on examination, he was admitted to the bar, entered upon active work and during the subsequent years has commanded his full share of the legal business of his community and county, conducting an honorable and ethical practice. He spent a number of years in the southern part of Illinois, and practiced his profession at West Frankfort, Illinois, where for some time he was city attorney and judge and where he made many friends. On account of his wife and children's health he returned in April, 1927, with his family to La Salle, Illinois, his original home town, and continues his practice there.
In 1914 Mr. Roe was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Spry, whose father, William Spry, was a member of an old English family. Mr. and Mrs. Roe are the parents of two children, Mary Ann, sixteen years of age, a student in high school, and William Ernest, eleven years old, attending the public schools. Mr. Roe is a member of the First Congregational Church of La Salle and has always given his earnest support to every agency for the moral, educational and civic advancement of his city and county. He has devoted much of his spare time to literature and is the author of several works of recognized merit. During the years of his professional career he has won not only material success, but also the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, who recognize in him a man of the most substantial and valuable qualities.
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The following is from the "Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, Vol. 1," Page 384. The book was published in 1900 by the Lewis Publishing Company and is now in the public domain:
WILLIAM ROE
This is the age of the young man, and young men have come to the front in these last years of the nineteenth century who will give an impetus to commerce, to science, to education, to professional success and to moral, literary and religious progress which will make the twentieth century a land-mark in the world's history. In our mixed blood is the concentrated spirit of pioneers who loved liberty and were willing to risk their lives for the right and for the opportunity to earn comfort for their wives and their children, and the Scotch strain promises as much for the moral and intellectual future of our country as any other.
William Roe, attorney-at-law, LaSalle, Illinois, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, August 13, 1868, a son of Thomas and Mary (Jamieson) Roe. His father was of Scotch, his mother of Irish nativity, but Mrs. Roe's father had some Scotch blood in his constitution and had a Scotch name. They came to the United States in November, 1884, and immediately thereafter settled at Oglesby, LaSalle County, Illinois, where Thomas Roe died, in November, 1891, at the age of fifty-eight. His widow is living at LaSalle, now in her sixty-fourth year. Mr. Roe was a coal-miner of many years.
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Obituary published in La Salle "The Daily News Tribune," on November 24, 1942:
Funeral services for Atty. William Roe, La Salle, who died Sunday afternoon, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Congregational Church, La Salle.
In charge of the services was the Rev. George S. McClary, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The body was taken to the church from the Clevenger Funeral Home at noon Tuesday.
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