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- ?1880 United States Federal Census Name: A. Robeson[Abraham Roberson] Age: 61 Birth Year: abt 1819 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1880: Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Martha Robeson Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: Farmer A. Robeson 61 Martha Robeson 51 Joseph Robeson 33 William Robeson 31 Stephen Robeson 39 Arthur Robeson 29 Henry Robeson 22
Aged 43 Yrs. 7 Mos. 2 D's.
"ROBERSON, MR. STEPHEN ANDREW, was born in Wapello county, Iowa, October 23, 1849. He was the son of Uncle Abe Roberson, a prominent pioneer of Bruneau valley, and at the age of fifteen, with his parents, located in Boise City, Idaho, in the fall of 1864. He followed the business of cattle-raising, and located in Bruneau valley in 1869, where he resided up to the time of his demise, which occurred July 25, 1893, and was buried at Bruneau, the funeral being largely attended.
"He was married at Caldwell, in 1883, to Miss Nettie Bishop, who still survives him, and who resides on the old homestead at Bruneau.
"Mr. Roberson was a man possessed of sterling and popular qualities, and his early demise was deeply deplored by his neighbors and associates". [Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho (Silver City, Idaho, Press of the Owyhee Avalanche, 1898)]
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