McRoberts, George M.
(1838-1874)




Birth: June 26, 1838, Anderson County, KY
Death: September 28, 1874, Eminence, Henry County, KY
Parents: John and Nancy (Massie) McRoberts
Spouse: Mattie E. Dawson, married August 22, 1860
Second Spouse: Hattie A. Duke, married May 20, 1867
Known Children: Ida G. (1863-1884), George May (1861-1866)
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Other Occupations While Photographer: Druggist
Other Occupations: Druggist
Individual Number: 3820


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1863-January 1865* George M. McRoberts Studio owner Bedford, Lawrence County, IN E. 16th St., S. side Public Square























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Parents: John and Nancy (Massie) McRoberts
Children: Ida G. (1863-1884), George May (1861-1866)
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OriginalNotes: Find A Grave 65931280 George M. McRoberts (no stone pictured), b. June 26, 1838, died September 28, 1874, buried in the Eminence Cemetery, Henry County, Kentucky. Spouse: Mattie E. McRoberts (1841-1865)

Find A Grave 45523338: Hattie A. Walsh, 1841-1910, buried in Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana

Denker Family Tree (maintained by Jim Denker, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/154199683/person/372117552855/facts)
George M. McRoberts, b. Lincoln County, Kentucky to John and Nancy (Massie) McRoberts; died in 1870 in Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky. No sources.

My Kentucky Cousins tree maintained by candaleesw (viewed September 12, 2020 https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/72605582/person/200087932085/facts)
George M. McRoberts, born June 26, 1838 in Anderson County, Kentucky; died September 28, 1874. Son of John M. McRoberts and Nancy. Married Hattie E. McRoberts (1841-1865)

1850 Census, Anderson County, Kentucky
John McRoberts, 40, druggist, b. Kentucky
Nancy, 40, b. Kentucky
George M., 11, b. KY
James S. Walker, 46, b. Kentucky

1860 - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, George M. McRoberts, married Miss M. E. Dawson on August 22, 1860 in Anderson, Kentucky

1860 Census, Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky
John McRoberts, 50, b. KY, Drugist
Nancy, 50
Geo. M., 21, b. KY, Drugist

1863-1865 - U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, ancestry.com
Lawrence County, Shawswick Township, George W. McRoberts, age 24, druggist, married, b. KY

1863-1865  Bedford Appeal (Bedford, Indiana), October 8, 1863, p. 4
Ad for George M. McRoberts, Druggist and Apothecary, south side public square. Add placed September 24, 1863. Does not mention photography. [Ads appear for him in this paper and also the Bedford Independent through at least March 8, 1865; later ads mention drugs, medicines, perfumery, stationery, & c., south side public square; by July 1866 it appears that Howell & Johnson Drugs was in the drug store on the south side of the public square; E. W. Howell had the gallery over this drug store]

1867 Indiana Marriages, ancestry.com
George M. McRoberts married Hattie A. Duke, May 20, 1867, Carroll County

1870 Census, Eminence, Henry County, Kentucky
John McRoberts, 40, druggist, b. KY
Nancy McRoberts, 60?, b. 
George McRoberts, 31, druggist, b. KY
Hattie McRoberts, 25, b. OH
Ida McRoberts, 7, b. KY
George McRoberts, 1, b. WV
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Address1: E. 16th St., S. side Public Square
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City: Bedford
State: IN
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KnownDates: 1863-1865, ca.
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OriginalSource: ca. early 1860s CDV, printed on verso: George M. McRoberts' Photograph & Ambrotype Gallery, South Side Public Square, Bedford, Ind. (Indiana Album ia-0214-1594)

1863-1865  Bedford Appeal (Bedford, Indiana), October 8, 1863, p. 4
Ad for George M. McRoberts, Druggist and Apothecary, south side public square. Add placed September 24, 1863. Does not mention photography. [Ads appear for him in this paper and also the Bedford Independent through at least March 8, 1865; later ads mention drugs, medicines, perfumery, stationery, & c., south side public square; by July 1866 it appears that Howell & Johnson Drugs was in the drug store on the south side of the public square; E. W. Howell had the gallery over this drug store]

Bedford Independent (Bedford, Indiana), January 18, 1865, p. 2
G. M. McRoberts, druggist has sold his entire stock of goods to Messrs. Howell & Johnson, who will continue the business at the old stand.
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