Along the Salem line, where the Roberts family settled, Lewis Roberts came over into what is now a portion of Sugar Grove Township. His cabin was erected near what is now Kennard Station, and about it he cleared what became an excellent farm. A bear story is related concerning this man, which is here given. He had been in the township for several years, when, one day, coming home from Hannell's mill toward his home, a little dog, which followed him, spied a young bear endeavoring to creep away unnoticed among the bushes, and running after it, chased it up a tree. Roberts, thinking that he might capture the animal, which was quite small, climbed the tree, when his horror can easily be imagined at seeing the parent brute appear and prepare to go up after him. But in this dilemma, when he was meditating upon the expediency of jumping to the ground, at the risk of breaking his neck, the little dog proved his friend, for as the bear approached the tree he attacked her upon the flanks, and obliged her to turn her attention in that direction. Several times she reared upon her hind feet and commenced climbing, and as often the cur bit her furiously, and compelled her to turn back. Meanwhile, his master had followed the cub to the end of one of the limbs, and shaking it with all his strength, threw him to the ground, when both of the beasts left, and he was able to come down in safety.
History of Mercer County Brown, Runk & Co. 1884 p. 600
Along the Salem line, where the Roberts family settled, Lewis Roberts came over into what is now a portion of Sugar Grove Township. His cabin was erected near what is now Kennard Station, and about it he cleared what became an excellent farm. A bear story is related concerning this man, which is here given. He had been in the township for several years, when, one day, coming home from Hannell's mill toward his home, a little dog, which followed him, spied a young bear endeavoring to creep away unnoticed among the bushes, and running after it, chased it up a tree. Roberts, thinking that he might capture the animal, which was quite small, climbed the tree, when his horror can easily be imagined at seeing the parent brute appear and prepare to go up after him. But in this dilemma, when he was meditating upon the expediency of jumping to the ground, at the risk of breaking his neck, the little dog proved his friend, for as the bear approached the tree he attacked her upon the flanks, and obliged her to turn her attention in that direction. Several times she reared upon her hind feet and commenced climbing, and as often the cur bit her furiously, and compelled her to turn back. Meanwhile, his master had followed the cub to the end of one of the limbs, and shaking it with all his strength, threw him to the ground, when both of the beasts left, and he was able to come down in safety.
History of Mercer County Brown, Runk & Co. 1884 p. 600
Family Members
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John Roberts
1763–1812
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Thomas Roberts
1764–1804
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Robert Richford Roberts
1764–1764
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Robert Richford Roberts
1766–1766
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Sarah Roberts Dumars
1767–1845
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Elizabeth Roberts Lindsey
1771–1813
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Rev Robert Richford Roberts
1778–1843
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Priscilla Roberts Chess
1783–1866
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Nancy Roberts McGranahan
1785–1850
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Sophia Roberts Dumars
1787–1825
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