Born: November 5, 1841, Bridge­hamp­ton, Long Is­land, New York.

Died: Oc­to­ber 31, 1907, Con­cord, New Hamp­shire.

Roberts at­tend­ed Ken­yon Coll­ege in Gam­bi­er, Ohio, then served in the Amer­i­can ci­vil war (84th Ohio Vol­un­teers). He was or­dained a Pres­by­ter­i­an Epis­co­pal dea­con in 1865, and a priest the fol­low­ing year. He served as Rec­tor of St. Thom­as Epis­co­pal Church in Bran­don, Ver­mont, and Vi­car of St. Paul’s Church in Con­cord, New Hamp­shire, for al­most three de­cades. He was al­so pre­si­dent the New Hamp­shire State His­tor­ic­al So­ci­e­ty. Nor­wich Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him a Doc­tor of Di­vin­i­ty de­gree in 1885.

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Hymns

  1. God of Our Fathers

If you know Ro­berts’ bur­i­al place