This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Stewart, Philo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/725 Message Board Post: The following is a transcription of the obituary of Thomas B. ROPER (b 26 Mar 1842 - Lincolnshire, England, d 27 Mar 1923 - Scotch Ridge, Wood County, OH) appearing in the Wood County Daily Sentinel Tribune on 29 Mar 1929: "THOMAS B. ROPER HAS PASSED AWAY" "SCOTCH RIDGE, March 27. -- This village lost one of its most esteemed and honorable citizens in the person of T.B. Roper, who died in his home here this morning at 5:30. Infirmities incident to old age caused his passing. His wife preceded him three weeks ago. The deceased was born March 26, 1842, at Lincolnshire, England, his death having occured on the day after his 81st birthday. At the age of 23 he came to America and immediately settled at Scotch Ridge. He was united in marriage with Mrs. Janette Stewart-Philo the same year and later settled on a farm he purchased two and a half miles south of this place. He resided on this farm until eighteen years ago when he retired and settled in Scotch Ridge, where he had lived since. To the union eight children were born, six of whom survive. They are Walter T., of Toledo; Margaret, at home; Robert J., of Toledo; Hugh, of Monclova; Roswell, of Arizona and Allen, of Scotch Ridge. He also leaves eighteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Roper was a long time member of the United Presbyterian church here and was always active in the work of the church. He was a man who had the confidence of his friends and was regarded as one of the most excellent citizens in this community, where his passing will be keenly felt. No funeral arrangements have yet been made." * Thanks are due to the Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, which kindly furnished me with a copy of the obituary transcribed above. The Wood County Chapter may be contacted at: Wood County Chapter THe Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 722 Bowling Green, Ohio 43402-0722 * * * NOTE 1: The "England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983" shows a Thomas ROPER, born "March Quarter" 1842, Boston District, Lincolnshire, with birth recorded at Volume 14, Page 251. I have NOT seen the underlying birth record. NOTE 2: Thomas B. ROPER's Ohio death certificate shows death year 1923, and is recorded from Wood County, Ohio, at Volume 4134 / Certificate 2046. I have NOT yet seen this death certificate. NOTE 3: For death information for other Ohio ROPERs from 1913 to 1937 see also my Post "Index of ROPER, RAPER, ROSSER, ROSIER and Similar Deaths in Ohio from 1913-1937" at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=588 .