EARLY DAYS IN THE TOWN OF LYMAN
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
In the last installment we spoke of the Hurst Family. They came from England in 1847. They first settled in New Jersey where Mr. Hurst died in 1849. In 1855 the widow with her son, William and her three daughters came to Illinois and settled on section thirty southwest of where Roberts was started some seventeen years later. This family have all passed to the home beyond. None of the family are now living here except grand-children and great grand-children.
Of the Joseph Hurst family there are two sons and two daughters living. Four daughters and one son have died. All the daughters were married except Nellie.
James Roberts and family came here in 1858. They settled on a farm in section 32. This family came from England in 1851 and he worked near New York city for a few years. They then came in a covered wagon to Princeton, Illinois, and then to what is now Lyman township. His wife, William Hurst's mother, died in the late fifties. In the latter part of 1860 he married a daughter of the widow Hurst mentioned above. To them was born one son, Oscar J. Roberts. James Roberts moved to town in the nineties. He died in 1894 leaving a wife and three grown children. His wife died in 1910. One daughter and his son, Oscar, have since died leaving one daughter, Mrs. Mary Hurst as the only survivor of the family.
John Roberts came to this part from England in 1859. He settled on the same section as his relative John Roberts. On the same section lived the Pettit family.) This family was not related to James A. Pettit who was later a business man in Roberts.) John Roberts was a young man about twenty-five years of age. He married a daughter of the Pettit family. The Pettits lived on the northeast quarter of section 32. They moved to a western state. I think Nebraska. Fred Pettit built the original hotel here when Roberts was started.
Most of the older children of the English settlement went to school to George H. Thompson of the Connecticut settlement.
I am sorry that I can not expand my imagination and in an entertaining manner tell more about these people. Could I turn the leaves of time about thirty or forty years I would be able to tell much about the people living at that time . . .
--Roberts Herald. 12 June 1935. Bela Foster
Of the Joseph Hurst family there are two sons and two daughters living. Four daughters and one son have died. All the daughters were married except Nellie.
James Roberts and family came here in 1858. They settled on a farm in section 32. This family came from England in 1851 and he worked near New York city for a few years. They then came in a covered wagon to Princeton, Illinois, and then to what is now Lyman township. His wife, William Hurst's mother, died in the late fifties. In the latter part of 1860 he married a daughter of the widow Hurst mentioned above. To them was born one son, Oscar J. Roberts. James Roberts moved to town in the nineties. He died in 1894 leaving a wife and three grown children. His wife died in 1910. One daughter and his son, Oscar, have since died leaving one daughter, Mrs. Mary Hurst as the only survivor of the family.
John Roberts came to this part from England in 1859. He settled on the same section as his relative John Roberts. On the same section lived the Pettit family.) This family was not related to James A. Pettit who was later a business man in Roberts.) John Roberts was a young man about twenty-five years of age. He married a daughter of the Pettit family. The Pettits lived on the northeast quarter of section 32. They moved to a western state. I think Nebraska. Fred Pettit built the original hotel here when Roberts was started.
Most of the older children of the English settlement went to school to George H. Thompson of the Connecticut settlement.
I am sorry that I can not expand my imagination and in an entertaining manner tell more about these people. Could I turn the leaves of time about thirty or forty years I would be able to tell much about the people living at that time . . .
--Roberts Herald. 12 June 1935. Bela Foster
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