Son of Capt. Ozias Roberts and Harriet (Treat) Roberts; husband of 1) Louisa (Stewart) Roberts, and 2) Elvira (Evans) Roberts
"... About 1840 Mr. Roberts again went to New York, forming a partnership with G. Spencer (James M. Bunce, of Hartford, being a special partner in the firm), and was for several years in successful business in that city. He was one of the business men who organized the Metropolitan Bank of New York. In 1853 he retired to a farm in South Windsor. In 1854 he was chosen treasurer of the Hartford Carpet Co., which owned extensive mills at Thompsonville and Tariffville; in 1856, on the retirement of Hon. T. M. Allyn, he was elected president and treasurer of the company, and continued to fill these important positions for twenty-two years, or until his death. One of the prominent officials of the company, with whom he was most closely associated, said that in all that time there was never an unpleasant word from Mr. Roberts, who was always even-tempered, genial and kind. He was careful and sagacious, and managed the financial affairs of the great corporation with much prudence and skill ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), Part I, p. 98]
"... About 1840 Mr. Roberts again went to New York, forming a partnership with G. Spencer (James M. Bunce, of Hartford, being a special partner in the firm), and was for several years in successful business in that city. He was one of the business men who organized the Metropolitan Bank of New York. In 1853 he retired to a farm in South Windsor. In 1854 he was chosen treasurer of the Hartford Carpet Co., which owned extensive mills at Thompsonville and Tariffville; in 1856, on the retirement of Hon. T. M. Allyn, he was elected president and treasurer of the company, and continued to fill these important positions for twenty-two years, or until his death. One of the prominent officials of the company, with whom he was most closely associated, said that in all that time there was never an unpleasant word from Mr. Roberts, who was always even-tempered, genial and kind. He was careful and sagacious, and managed the financial affairs of the great corporation with much prudence and skill ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), Part I, p. 98]
Son of Capt. Ozias Roberts and Harriet (Treat) Roberts; husband of 1) Louisa (Stewart) Roberts, and 2) Elvira (Evans) Roberts
"... About 1840 Mr. Roberts again went to New York, forming a partnership with G. Spencer (James M. Bunce, of Hartford, being a special partner in the firm), and was for several years in successful business in that city. He was one of the business men who organized the Metropolitan Bank of New York. In 1853 he retired to a farm in South Windsor. In 1854 he was chosen treasurer of the Hartford Carpet Co., which owned extensive mills at Thompsonville and Tariffville; in 1856, on the retirement of Hon. T. M. Allyn, he was elected president and treasurer of the company, and continued to fill these important positions for twenty-two years, or until his death. One of the prominent officials of the company, with whom he was most closely associated, said that in all that time there was never an unpleasant word from Mr. Roberts, who was always even-tempered, genial and kind. He was careful and sagacious, and managed the financial affairs of the great corporation with much prudence and skill ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), Part I, p. 98]
"... About 1840 Mr. Roberts again went to New York, forming a partnership with G. Spencer (James M. Bunce, of Hartford, being a special partner in the firm), and was for several years in successful business in that city. He was one of the business men who organized the Metropolitan Bank of New York. In 1853 he retired to a farm in South Windsor. In 1854 he was chosen treasurer of the Hartford Carpet Co., which owned extensive mills at Thompsonville and Tariffville; in 1856, on the retirement of Hon. T. M. Allyn, he was elected president and treasurer of the company, and continued to fill these important positions for twenty-two years, or until his death. One of the prominent officials of the company, with whom he was most closely associated, said that in all that time there was never an unpleasant word from Mr. Roberts, who was always even-tempered, genial and kind. He was careful and sagacious, and managed the financial affairs of the great corporation with much prudence and skill ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), Part I, p. 98]
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