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From Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907)
CHARLES C. ROBERTS.
Charles C. Roberts has held the office of assessor for three years and is also School director in Seely township. He is one of the leading citizens and progressive farmers of the community and brings to his official duties and his business interests the same spirit of enterprise, determination and successful accomplishment. He was born February 21, 1870, in McLean county, Illinois, his parents being A. A. and Sarah E. (Daniels) Roberts. The father died in May, 1897, at about fifty-five years of age, and the mother still resides on the old homestead with her son Ed and family. Our subject has three brothers and one sister living: John, Ed, Mary, the wife of Ernest France, and Ben, all of Seely township. Those deceased are Richard A. and Martha.
The removal of the family to Guthrie county in his early boyhood days enabled Charles C. Roberts to pursue his education in the district schools of Seely township and in the high school of Guthrie Center, from which he was graduated in due course of time. When not busy- with his text-books he worked in the fields, aiding in the labor of the farm from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. After completing his education he continued at home with his father until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he took up farming on his own account in Seely township. In 1903 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 2T), which he still owns and operates, having the fields under a high state of cultivation, while he makes a specialty of the raising of shorthorn cattle. This constitutes an important branch of his business and brings to him a good income. Lpon his farm is a beautiful residence and substantial outbuildings and everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance, indicating his careful supervision and progressive methods.
On the 31st of December, 1896, ]\Mr. Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Cora M. Myers, a daughter of T. L. Myers, of this county, and they have two children: Lela Marie, born December 3, 1897, and Frank H., born December 7, 1901. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are much esteemed people, having many warm friends throughout the community. Mr. Roberts exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, and has been called to some local offices, now serving for the third year as assessor. He is also a school director and the cause of education
4o8 finds in him a warm and stalwart champion. In fact, he stands for advancement and improvement along all those lines which contribute to the material, intellectual and moral development of the community, and his position is not merely that of endorsement but of active co-operation in the work for public welfare.
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