James McRoberts and Mary
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N 38° 14.619 W 090° 13.737
15S E 742505 N 4236480
* Exact inscription on the stone mantelpiece of the house built in 1798, and which is still used as a residence.
Waymark Code: WM8DBX
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2010
Views: 2
Marker Text:
"James McRoberts and Mary
his Wife Setteled this place in
the year of our Lord 1798."
* Samuel McRoberts, one of their ten children, was born here Feb. 8, 1799. He was elected clerk of the Monroe County Court at the age of 20. In 1824 he was elected circuit judge by the state legislature, on Dec. 16, 1840 He was the first native born Illinoisan to be elected to the United States Senate. He died in Cincinnati on Mar. 22, 1843, on the way home from Washington. His father died in 1844 at the age of 80, and is buried east of the dwelling.
Maeystown is also located on a McRobert's claim, originally known as McRobert's meadow.
More can be read of these pioneers and this township here: Wikipedia , Maeystown , Travel There , Waterloo , Revolutionary War Soldiers
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