Born in Darke County, Ohio, November 18, 1832, and died at Castana, Iowa, January 5, 1920. His parents were Frederick and Catharina (Breakfield) Roe. He attended country school in his youth and at eighteen years of age, 1850, was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade. In 1852 he removed to Union City, Indiana, and started a forge of his own, but in 1855 removed to Monona County, Iowa, obtained some land and began improving it. For the following few years he farmed in summer and taught school in winter, teaching two winters in Story County and then in Monona County. He helped organize his (Center) township and taught the first term of school within its borders the winter of 1861-2. He became a successful farmer and stockman. In 1869 he was elected a member of the county board of supervisors, and in 1887 was elected representative and re-elected in 1889, serving in the Twenty-second and Twenty-third General Assemblies.

Born in Darke County, Ohio, November 18, 1832, and died at Castana, Iowa, January 5, 1920. His parents were Frederick and Catharina (Breakfield) Roe. He attended country school in his youth and at eighteen years of age, 1850, was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade. In 1852 he removed to Union City, Indiana, and started a forge of his own, but in 1855 removed to Monona County, Iowa, obtained some land and began improving it. For the following few years he farmed in summer and taught school in winter, teaching two winters in Story County and then in Monona County. He helped organize his (Center) township and taught the first term of school within its borders the winter of 1861-2. He became a successful farmer and stockman. In 1869 he was elected a member of the county board of supervisors, and in 1887 was elected representative and re-elected in 1889, serving in the Twenty-second and Twenty-third General Assemblies.