Garrett Roberts - Transcribed from History of Rochester and Monroe County, NY
From the Earliest Historic Times to the Beginning of 1907
Vol. II - By William F. Peck. - 1908
Page 1178

Transcribed by Margaret Steen

Garrett Roberts, who is still living in Hamlin on the same farm which he has occupied for thirty - five years, 
was born December 16, 1843, in the town of Chili, Monroe County.  He received a limited education in the district
 schools, but was trained in the practical work of the farm during his boyhood, gaining a knowledge thereby which 
was perhaps worth more to him than the theoretical study which he might have acquired at the later period in the 
schools.  The boys of this age wee not conscious of being deprived by having to assist their parents.  That held 
an accepted place in their lives.

Garrett Roberts was married to Anna Augusta Wright, who was born July 10, 1845, in the town of Hamlin.  They are
the parents of two children: Myron, born in Hamlin, September 18, 1873; and Carrie, born in Hamlin in 1875.  
Mr. Roberts is a republican in politics.  His life is so modest and unassuming that only his most intimate friends 
know of his sterling traits of character.  They appreciate him as a man who is true in every relation of life, 
faithful to every trust and seeking only that which contributes to the public good.

His son, Myron Roberts, spent his boyhood days in the district schools and in work in the fields of his father's farm.
In 1883 he commenced work for Horton & Company, who conducted a general store.  Four years later he started out in 
business for himself, conducting for several years a general produce house.  In 1899 he added to his other business a 
department for the sale of harness and agricultural implements.  In 1903 he sold out the harness business and added a 
coal yard, which he is still conducting.  He is doing an extensive business in all kinds of produce and has the advantage
of owning a large stone cold storage building for his fruits.  His farm in Hamlin consists of one hundred and eighty-seven
acres, on which he has tow thousand peach trees, tow thousand three hundred pear trees and four hundred cherry trees.  

On the 4th of April, 19091, Myron Roberts was united in marriage to Martha Curtis, who as born in Parma, October 7, 1875.
To their union has been born one child, Louis C., whose birth occurred at Parma, March 24, 1905.

Myron Roberts is a republican in his political views and in fraternal affiliations is a member of the Rochester lodge of 
Masons, No. 660, and of the Elks.  His wife is a member of the Methodist church, to which he is always ready to give his
 financial support.  He was a member of the county central committee for two years, having been elected in the fall of 
1904.  In the following year he was elected supervisor and is now serving his first term, having received a plurality of
 fifty-one votes.  This was a hard contest and what is known as a three cornered fight, consisting of a democratic candidate
 and an independent candidate.  He is also a member of the committee on the Pioneer Picnic Association.  His natural 
endowments make him a success wherever he goes.  He has a warm heart, a gentle manner and quiet courtesy which easily
 make his friends at home in his presence.  Like his father, he is much respected and enjoys the confidence of the people,
 as is evidenced by the positions of trust to which they have elected him.