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Expand > | Dr John William Roberts, Ph.D.| Birth | 4 JUL 1882 | | | | Reside | 1900 | | | | Tag | 1900 |  | at school | | | Educ. | 1904 | | A B | | | Org. | 1904 | | Undergraduate, University of Nebraska | | | Tag | 1905-1906 | | teacher German and Latin, Falls River, Richardson, NE |  | | Tag | 1906-1909 | | school superintendent Alma City Schools |  | | Educ. | 1909 | | A. M. | | | Org. | 1909 | | University of Nebraska, Elected as Graduate Member | | | Other | 1909 | | Dissertation: Study of the Etiology of a Plum Canker" | | Tag | 1909-1911 | | science assistant USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry | | | Tag | 1912-1913 | | assistant pathologist USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry | | | Reside | 1913 | | | | Tag | 1913-1940 | | pathologist USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry | | | Educ. | 1917 | | Ph.D. |  | | Reside | 1920 | | | | Reside | 1930 | | | | Org. | 1936 | | | | | Reside | 1940 | | | | Reside | 1950 | | | | Death | 15 NOV 1957 | | | | Grave | | | |
Aged: 75.4 years No Children -- Date of Birth discrepancy: 1900 US Census: JUL 1882 RUS: 4 JUL 1882 Find A Grave: 23 NOV 1882 -- "One son, John W. Roberts, is now superintendent of the Alma city schools, appointed in 1906. He was born and raised in Alma and educated at the high school here, later attending the state university, graduating in 1904. For two years he taught Latin and German at Falls City high school, and at the end of that time was tendered the position he now holds, without having applied for it."
-- "S. L. Roberts," Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Western Nebraska (Chicago, IL: Alma Publishing Co., 1909), p. 154. Free Google E-Book google.com
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"Roberts, John William, path. fruit disease invents, Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Teach. Latin and German, high-sch., Fall Rivers, Neb., 1905-6; asst. bot., Univ. Neb., 1908; sci. asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1909-11; asst. path. 1912-3; path., 1913-. b. Alma, Neb., July 4, 1884; s. S. L. and A. M. (McGlathery) R.; reared in town; m. Ethel J. Hutchins; Dec. 10, 1911. A.B. Univ. of Neb., 1904; A. M. 1909; Ph. D., Geo. Washington Univ., 1917. Sigma Xi; Alpha Theta Chi." -L H Bailey, compiler, RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; (Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920), p. 381. Google Free Book google.com-- 1900 US Census: born JUL 1882 -- | Ethel J. Hutchins| Birth | 10 OCT 1886 | | | | Reside | 1910 | | | | Reside | 1920 | | | | Reside | 1930 | | | | Reside | 1940 | | | | Reside | 1950 | | | | Death | 15 NOV 1957 | | | | Grave | | | |
Aged: 71.1 years No Children -- "Roberts, John William, path. fruit disease invents, Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Teach. Latin and German, high-sch., Fall Rivers, Neb., 1905-6; asst. bot., Univ. Neb., 1908; sci. asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1909-11; asst. path. 1912-3; path., 1913-. b. Alma, Neb., July 4, 1884; s. S. L. and A. M. (McGlathery) R.; reared in town; m. Ethel J. Hutchins; Dec. 10, 1911. A.B. Univ. of Neb., 1904; A. M. 1909; Ph. D., Geo. Washington Univ., 1917. Sigma Xi; Alpha Theta Chi."
-L H Bailey, compiler, RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; (Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920), p. 381. Google Free Book google.com
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| Sources |  John W. Roberts Florida Death Index, 1877-1998- United States Census, 1900
- United States Census, 1900
- United States Census, 1920
- United States Census, 1930
- United States Census, 1940
- United States Census, 1950
- Book: RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; L H Bailey, compiler, John William Roberts biography; Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920, p. 381. Google Free E-Book.; ➤
- Book: Sigma Xi: Quarter Century Record and History, 1886-1911; Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945; Urbana-Champaign, IL: the fraternity, 1913; ➤
- Book: Alpha Theta Chi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Yearbook; Volunteers, "Transcribe Our Past: Discover, Contribute, and Preserve,"; Lincoln, NE: the university, 1904. ; ➤
- Newspaper: Orlando Evening Star; Obituary: John W & Ethel (Hutchins) Roberts; newspapers.com; originally published Orlando, FL: the newspaper, 20 Nov 1957, Wed, p. 24; ➤
- Website: "Presidents of the Botanical Society of Washington"; Washington, D. C.: the society, 2016. PDF; ➤
- Website: Chi Phi Fraternity, University of Nebraska, "Chi Phi at Nebraska: The History of the Alpha Theta Chi Chapter,"; Founded 9 MAY 1859 as a local literary fraternity. Lincoln, NE: the fraternity, last viewed 26 JUL 2017.; ➤
- Website: "Study of the etiology of a plum canker"; John William Roberts, MA Dissertation; Lincoln, NE: the author, 1909. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Downloadable copy.; ➤
- Marriage Sources:
Book: RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; L H Bailey, compiler, John William Roberts biography; Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920, p. 381. Google Free E-Book.; ➤
| - Ethel H. Roberts
- Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
- United States Census, 1910
- United States Census, 1920
- United States Census, 1930
- United States Census, 1940
- Book: RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; L H Bailey, compiler, John William Roberts biography; Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920, p. 381. Google Free E-Book.; ➤
- Newspaper: Orlando Evening Star; Obituary: John W & Ethel (Hutchins) Roberts; newspapers.com; originally published Orlando, FL: the newspaper, 20 Nov 1957, Wed, p. 24; ➤
- Marriage Sources:
Book: RUS: A Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada; L H Bailey, compiler, John William Roberts biography; Ithica, NY: the compiler, SEP 1920, p. 381. Google Free E-Book.; ➤
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