NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11298 HARDIN CO DANIEL STILLWELL ROBERTS, M.D. Roberts, Smith, Fairfax, Shocklett, Ashcraft, Burch, Wales, Forrest, Lane, Seitz 11298 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928, pp. 129-130. DANIEL STILLWELL ROBERTS. A splendid example of what may be accomplished through determined and persistent efforts along well-directed lines is afforded to the career of Dr. Daniel Stillwell Roberts, of West Point, Hardin county, who, without assistance, forged his way to his present enviable place in the medical profession and in the estimation of his fellow men. Doctor Roberts was born at Ekron, Meade county, Kentucky, on the 21st of June, 1871, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Roberts. He is of the sixth generation of his family in this country, tracing his ancestry in direct line of descent from John Roberts, who came from the southern part of Scotland in 1742 with Lord Fairfax, and settled in Fairfax county, Virginia, in 1803, and died in Meade county, Kentucky, in 1845. He was a farmer, a member of the Baptist church and a democrat. He married Miss Mary Shocklett, who was born in Pennsylvania, and who died in Meade county, this state, in 1875. They were the parents of Thomas Roberts, who was born in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, June 5, 1829, and died near Ekron on May 30, 1904. He devoted his life to farming pursuits and gave his political support to the democratic party. He belonged to the Baptist church and was a member of its official board for thirty-three years, during which long period he missed but two meetings of the board. His wife, Elizabeth Smith Roberts, was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, in November, 1834, and was a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) Smith. Her father, who was a farmer, was born in Hardin county in 1812 and died in Meade county in 1897. He was a member of the Baptist church and was a democrat. His wife was born in Meade county in 1813 and died there in 1899. Daniel S. Roberts attended the public schools, Garrett Academy, at Garrett, Meade county, Bethel College, at Russellville, and Kentucky State College, at Lexington, graduating from the last named institution in 1893, with the decree of Bachelor of Pedagogy, subsequently receiving his Masters degree from the same college in 1901. He then matriculated in the Kentucky School of Medicine, where he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1895. From 1896 to 1901 he served as president of the Breckinridge Normal College and from 1901 to 1906 was professor of Latin and physics at the Kentucky School of Medicine. During 1903 and 1904 he served as interne at the Louisville City hospital and in 1906 came to West Point and engaged in the active practice of his profession, in which he continued alone until 1922, when his son, who had just graduated in medicine, became his partner and they are today regarded as one of the ablest medical firms in this locality. Doctor Roberts had started teaching school at the age of sixteen years and put himself through college with money earned in that way. He is contract surgeon for the United States government at Camp Knox and is local surgeon for the Illinois Central Railroad. On July 19, 1893, in Meade county, Kentucky, Doctor Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Glovie Burch, who was born June 28, 1871, and is a daughter of Dyson and Laura (Wales) Burch. Her father was born in Meade county in 1842 and died Her father was born in Meade county in 1842 and died there in 1887. He followed farming and was a democrat in political views. He served as a private to General Forrests cavalry during the Civil war and was wounded at Chickamauga in 1863. His wife was born in Meade county, March 9, 1847, and died there in May, 1917. Dyson Burch was a son of Thomas and Charlotte (Lane) Burch, of Meade county. Mrs. Roberts received her education in the public school, Garrett Academy and the Brandenburg high school, after which she taught in the rural schools four years and three years in the West Point high school. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Order of the Eastern Star at West Point. Doctor and Mrs. Roberts have a son, Daniel Thomas, who was born April 1, 1894. After graduation from the West Point high school, he attended the Western Normal School, at Bowling Green, three years, and then entered the University of Kentucky, where he was graduated in 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving his Masters degree the following year. Entering the Louisville Medical College, he studied one year, when his work was interrupted by the World war and in 1917 he enlisted for military service and went into training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was sent overseas and took part in the battles of St. Mihiel, Theern Court, the Meuse and the Argonne. On his return to this country he was honorably discharged at Camp Dix and immediately resumed his studies in medical college, where he was graduated in 1922, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then returned to West Point and has since practiced his profession in partnership with his father. He was married to Miss Gertrude Seize, of Louisville. In his political alignment, Doctor Roberts has always supported the democratic party, and during the World war hew as in charge of the public health service for his district, in which capacity he did much effective work. He is a member of Barker Lodge, No. 129, A. F. & A. M. of West Point; DeMolay Commandery, K. T., of Louisville, and Kosair Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Louisville. He maintains professional affiliations with the Muldraugh Hill Medical Society, the Hardin County Medical Society and the Kentucky State Medical Society. His favorite diversion is in studying the history of the southern battlefields, many of which he has visited. He is a man of broad views, and is deeply interested in public affairs, on which he holds well-defined opinions, and is regarded by his fellowmen as well worthy of public confidence and respect, because of his useful and consistent life and his well rounded character. 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