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Robert Francis Roberts

Birth	:	8 Feb 1856 Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	Mar 1947 Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2016983, -106.8347015
Description	:	~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ R. F. ROBERTS PASSED AWAY LAST WEDNESDAY R. F. Roberts, an old time friend of many Aspenites and prosperous Brush Creek ranchman, passed away in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Hatch in Glenwood last Wednesday morning. Mr. Roberts was born in Dane County, Wisconsin February 8th, 1856. One of a family of eleven children, he came to Colorado in 1874 and freighted out of Denver for a number of years. In 1876 he was a placer miner at Breckenridge and in 1879 he went up to Leadville.... Read More	~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ R. F. ROBERTS PASSED AWAY LAST WEDNESDAY R. F. Roberts, an old time friend of many Aspenites and prosperous Brush Creek ranchman, passed away in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Hatch in Glenwood last Wednesday morning. Mr. Roberts was born in Dane County, Wisconsin February 8th, 1856. One of a family of eleven children, he came to Colorado in 1874 and freighted out of Denver for a number of years. In 1876 he was a placer miner at Breckenridge and in 1879 he went up to Leadville. At Divide in 1880 he started a sawmill and in 1884 sixty-three years ago, he came to Aspen by way of the Independence trail. Married in the fall of 1885 to Anna E. Sanborn, he had seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren. He is survived in Aspen and nearby by a son, Art Roberts, who has two sons and two daughters and a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Ferguson who has two children here, Mrs. William Skiff and Donald Ferguson. Mr. Roberts sold his ranch up Brush Creek after the death of his wife a few years ago and has been living in Glenwood. The funeral will be held today (Friday) 2:00 p.m. at the Community Church, followed by interment at Red Butte. Aspen Daily Times March 13, 1947 Transcribed by Carol Moore ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pitkin County Bio & Historical Surveys Information: The Roberts family homesteaded most of the land where the Hidden Valley parcel is today as well as much of the land to the south. Robert Roberts was born in Wisconsin in 1856 and traveled to Leadville in the 1880's. He married his wife Anna Sanborn in 1885. Although Roberts ran a sawmill in Leadville, he saw greater opportunities in Aspen and hauled the mill machinery over Independence Pass in the spring of 1887, by sled. The Roberts party determined that it was easier to move a heavy load across the Pass on packed snow than it was on wagons in the summer. They even had to chain the sled rails in the winter to slow down the sled as it traveled down the pass (Daily & Guenin, 1994). At the time of the 1910 census, Robert and Anna had six children including a daughter named Florence. Florence Roberts grew up and later married George E. [Elias] Hatch in 1922. The Hatches appeared to run a rather large livestock operation and acquired much of their land, now the Upper North Mesa parcel, through the Homestead Stock Raising Act in 1939. Robert Roberts died in 1947 and is buried at the Aspen Grove Cemetery. Another one of Robert and Anna's children was Arthur Bernie Roberts. He worked on the ranch and at his father’s sawmill until he became unhappy with home life and ran away. He got a job at a sawmill up the Frying Pan Valley and survived with odd jobs. One year, he got diphtheria, and a Basalt woman took him in and nursed him back to health (Andersen, 2011). Arthur Roberts later married Anita Smade Sterner whose grandparents homesteaded in the upper Brush Creek Valley and whose parents moved the family to lower Brush Creek in 1947 to what was originally the Christopher ranch, near Brush Creek and Highway 82. In addition, Art Roberts used to own the land where Ziegler Reservoir stands today. “Nearly a decade before the first chairlift ran up the Snowmass slopes, the Wisconsin family (the Zieglers) the expansive property owned by sheepherder Art Roberts and before the year was out made a deal for purchase”. The Aspen Times ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1900 1900 Pct. 15-17 Leadville city Ward 3, Lake, Colorado, Robert F. Roberts, Head, 43, Wisconsin Anna E. Roberts, Wife, 32, Iowa Leon E. Roberts, Son, 13, Colorado Arthur Roberts, Son, 11, Colorado Wynoma Roberts, Daughter,10, Colorado Jennie Roberts, Daughter, 4, Colorado Clarence Roberts, Son, 2, Colorado ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1920 1920 Pitkin County, Colorado January 13-15, 1920 Brush Creek Robert F. Roberts, head, 63, WISC Emma E. Roberts, wife, 51, IOWA Clarence A.Roberts, son, 22, CO Owen Roberts, son, 18, CO Florence A.Roberts, dau, 16, CO NEXT DOOR: Arthur B. Roberts, head, 39? or 31, CO WIS IA SAME PAGE: John G. step-son us shown as "Roberts." Lewis H. Roberts, head, 68, WISC Sarah A. Roberts, wife, 44, MO John G. Roberts, Step-Son, 23, TEXAS Ruth V. Roberts, daughter, 15, CO Price D. Roberts, son, 7, CO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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Robert Francis Roberts's memorial is located at: Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, Pitkin County, USA.
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Robert Francis Roberts death on Mar 1947 in Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 39.2016983
Longitude: -106.8347015

Family Members:

Spouse

Anna Emma Sanborn Roberts

(1867 - 1942)

Children

Arthur Berney Roberts

(1889 - 1973)

Jennie S. Roberts Ferguson

(1896 - 1993)

Clarence Alvin Roberts

(1898 - 1943)

Owen G. Roberts

(1901 - 1975)

Florence E. Roberts Hunter

(1903 - 1998)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Red Butte Cemetery
Aspen, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2016983, -106.8347015

2. Ute Cemetery
Aspen, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1828003, -106.8118973

3. Aspen Grove Cemetery
Aspen, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1856003, -106.8039017

4. Collins Cemetery
Woody Creek, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2585040, -106.8480060

5. Snowmass Village Community Cemetery
Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2200000, -106.9181000

6. Hidden Valley Cemetery
Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2200690, -106.9181890

7. Ashcroft Cemetery #2
Ashcroft, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0720880, -106.8024170

8. Saint Benedicts Monastery Cemetery
Snowmass, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2617000, -107.0038000

9. Wheatley Cemetery
Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3325720, -106.9807170

10. Basalt Cemetery
Basalt, Eagle County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3646800, -107.0213100

11. Hillside Cemetery
Redstone, Pitkin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1843300, -107.2418900

12. Marble Cemetery
Marble, Gunnison County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0797005, -107.2277985

13. Prospect Mountain Ranch Cemetery
Marble, Gunnison County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0927230, -107.2395980

14. Hillcrest Cemetery
Carbondale, Garfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3922005, -107.1936035

15. Crested Butte Cemetery
Crested Butte, Gunnison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8781000, -106.9755000

16. Evergreen Cemetery
Carbondale, Garfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4077988, -107.2155991

17. Gold Park Cemetery
Eagle County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4063988, -106.4338989

18. Winfield Cemetery
Winfield, Chaffee County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9847641, -106.4406967

19. Fisher Cemetery
Carbondale, Garfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4791985, -107.1911011

20. Marion Cemetery
Garfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3689003, -107.3047028

21. Mount Holy Cross Cemetery
Leadville, Lake County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2460000, -106.3135000

22. Irwin Cemetery
Gunnison County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8507996, -107.0997009

23. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Leadville, Lake County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2468987, -106.3114014

24. Hebrew Cemetery
Leadville, Lake County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2490000, -106.3079000