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	Edward James Roye Information
		Edward Roye was born into a prosperous family in Newark, Ohio, in the United States.
		John Roye died prematurely and Edward located in Terre Haute in 1836 where he established the community's largest barber shop, boasted a barber pole 79-feet high, "the tallest in western Indiana." Attracted by the American Colonization Society, Roye emigrated to Liberia in 1846 and set up business as a merchant.
		Roye took office in the midst of a fiscal crisis and was ultimately ousted by his opponents in 1871.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Edward_James_Roye (191 words)

	Edward James Roye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward Roye was born into a prosperous family in Newark, Ohio, in the United States.
		John Roye died prematurely and Edward located in Terre Haute in 1836 where he established the community's largest barber shop, boasted a barber pole 79-feet high, "the tallest in western Indiana." Attracted by the American Colonization Society, Roye emigrated to Liberia in 1846 and set up business as a merchant.
		Roye took office in the midst of a fiscal crisis and was ultimately ousted by his opponents in 1871.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_James_Roye (227 words)

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	Essay on Liberia consolidated by Henry Robert Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Roye, said to have been born in slavery in Kentucky, came north with his wife Nancy and became a prosperous land owner.
		Nancy Roye died and was buried in the Sixth Street cemetery in Newark in 1840.
		Edward James Roye has been referred to as the "ninth and forgotten president from Ohio." In a land far away from the Ohio, he is known by some as the "Lincoln of Liberia."
	www.bjmjr.com /burke/liberia_report.htm (2022 words)

	Edward J. Roye
		Roye, said to have been born in slavery in Kentucky, came north with his wife Nancy and became a prosperous land owner.
		By the year 1832, Edward Roye had left his hometown and was enrolled in Ohio University in Athens.
		By the time Nancy Roye died and was buried in the Sixth Street cemetery in 1840, the mood of the country was changing.
	personal.denison.edu /~waite/liberia/history/roye.htm (824 words)

	Roye, Edward James (3 Feb
		With Roye's election, lower-class and darker-skinned Americo-Liberians and Congoes, freed slaves from ships captured by the American African Squadron, gained power at the expense of the light-skinned, upper-class Monrovian traders, and Roye was the major architect of the political change that propelled the government into economic development.
		Angered, Roye in October 1871 issued a proclamation declaring the constitution amended on the basis of the 1869 vote and the presidential term extended to four years.
		Roye's wife stated that, after his attempted escape, Roye was captured, beaten, then dragged through the streets and left to die in prison in Monrovia, the date unknown.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1333/Biographies/1/1333EdwardRoyeperiodI.htm (1444 words)

	American Odyssey -- the History of Liberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One was Edward J. Roye from Newark, Licking County, Ohio.
		By the time Nancy Roye died and was buried in the Sixth Street cemetery in 1840, the mood of the country was changing.
		Did he seek his own prosperity or that of the common man? The Ohio Historical Society refers to Edward James Roye as the "ninth and forgotten president from Ohio." While in a land far away from Ohio, he is known as the "Lincoln of Liberia.
	americanodyssey.net /liberia.html (1548 words)

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		Edward James Roye (1815 - 1872) was an American-Liberian political figure.
		Roye took office in the midst of a fiscal crisis and was ultimately ousted by his opponents in October 1871.
		Roye faced resentment and bitterness, and was accused of corruption.
	liberian.tripod.com /linkR.html (741 words)

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		James Hall, who had gained experience as physician in Monrovia, was placed in charge of the expedition, and the brig Ann, with a small number of emigrants, sailed from Baltimore November 28, 1833.
		Roye came into office at a time when a rage for internal improvements possessed the country; and with this spirit he was in full sympathy.
		Roye and his party maintained that it had been duly carried and was a part of the organic law of the land; and that as a consequence his term did not expire until January, 1874.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/11353/11353.txt (17169 words)

	Joseph Jenkins Roberts - Founder of Liberia
		During the administration of President Roye, in 1871, emissaries were sent to England to negotiate a loan which was needed for building roads, bridges, and for internal improvements.
		James Roberts was born free; Amelia Roberts did not become free until 1804 when she was twenty-three years old.
		His father or stepfather, James Roberts, was a boatman and the owner of a variety of craft sailing on the James and Appomattox rivers.
	www.educationalsynthesis.org /famamer/NinthPresident.html (17806 words)

	"A Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Born in Newark, Ohio, Edward J. Roye studied at Ohio University and was a successful merchant and entrepreneur in Indiana before immigrating to Liberia in 1846.
		Accused of corruption in connection with a national loan secured from Great Britain, Roye was also charged with unlawfully contriving to extend his presidential term and was forcibly removed from office.
		Roye's pose in this laterally reversed daguerreotype is nearly identical to that in the Liberian Senate watercolor.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/awash/roye.htm (253 words)

	Black History Month: Terre Haute barber Edward James Roye became fifth president of Liberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Roye was born in Kentucky in 1815, and grew up in Ohio.
		John Roye, Edward’s father, was a partner in operating a Wabash River ferry, and left everything to Roye when he died in 1829, including 640 acres of land in Vandalia, Ill.
		Once Roye knew his disabled mother was taken care of, he headed for Vandalia to see what his inheritance held for him, but he only made it as far as Terre Haute, according to a 1996 article written by Vigo County historian Mike McCormick.
	www.tribstar.com /apstorysection/local_story_054221658.html/resources_printstory (407 words)

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		Edward James Roye (1815 - 1872) was an American-Liberian political figure.
		Roye took office in the midst of a fiscal crisis and was ultimately ousted by his opponents in October 1871.
		Roye faced resentment and bitterness, and was accused of corruption.
	members.tripod.com /~liberian/linkR.html (741 words)

	Memorials at St James's Church Piccadilly
		Edward Gaunt of Staple Inn, 21 Nov. 1716; his wife Lucy (daughter of Edward Fuller), 27 Nov. 1710.
		James Abbott, 8 Nov. 1873; his wife Ann, 6 Nov. 1858; their children Thomas William, 24 Dec. 1859, and Anne, 25 Aug. 1860.
		D'Urfey was very popular with Charles II and James II and published an elegy on the first and a panegyric on the second.
	www.st-james-piccadilly.org /memorials.html (3149 words)

	Pres. E. J Roye @ Liberian Online - Liberia Portal
		During the spring of 1832, Edward J. Roye attended the Ohio University at Athens until the end of the fall term in 1835.
		Roye went on to teach in Chillicothe in 1836 but did not remain there.
		By the beginning of 1840, Roye had established himself in Indiana and in partnership with a white man, purchased a half lot near the county courthouse.
	www.liberianonline.com /modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=560 (264 words)

	"A Peleliu Tribute"
		Edward was a seabee attached to the 1st Marine Division on August 15, 1944.
		Edward J. Crain, MD. and he was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart on Peleliu and the Navy Cross on Okinawa.
		James has also been to Peleliu several times and has photographs of the island today that he would be willing share (they are on CD Rom).
	www.homeslink-bbs.com /tribute.htm (17592 words)

	Liberian Observer: Presidents
		In 1841 Governor Thomas Buchanan, a cousin of the President of the USA, James Buchanan, died and was succeeded by J.J. Roberts.
		James S. Smith was E.J. Roye's vice president, and may have completed Roye’s term 1871-1872.
		Edward James Roye (1815-1872) was born in Ohio, U.S.A. After the death of his father he was left a considerable inheritance.
	www.liberianobserver.com /news/categoryfront.php/id/19/Presidents.html (1062 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Edward James Roye - By A. Doris Banks-Henries
		Edward James Roye was a president of Liberia.
		Roye was a pure descendant of the Ibo tribe, an American College graduate, and migrated to Liberia in 1846, one year before the colony’s independence.
	www.concern-liberians.org /chat_room/view_topic.php?id=4376&forum_id=1 (1943 words)

	Liberia Bank Notes
		Roye was born in Ohio in the United States and attended Ohio University.
		He served as speaker of the Liberian house of representatives, chief justice of the supreme court, and in 1870 was elected president of Liberia.
		Roye took office in the midst of a fiscal crisis and was ousted by his opponents in 1871.
	www.tomchao.com /af/af42.html (300 words)

	Edward James Roye: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Edward James Roye (1815 - 1872) was a American[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link]-Liberian[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] political figure Politician quick summary:
		Edward Roye was born into a prosperous family in Newark, EHandler: no quick summary.
		He emigrated to Liberia[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] in 1846 and set up business as a merchant.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/edward_james_roye.htm (261 words)

	E.J. Roye Death and Succession
		Edward James Roye was a pure descendent of the Ibo tribe (West Africa, Nigeria), born in Newark, Ohio, USA, on February 3, 1815.
		This story states that Roye’s (nude) body was dragged through the streets of Monrovia to a spot in Ashmun Street where he is reported to have died.
		One of Roye’s closest friends, Edward Blyden, however claimed that when “Roye escaped from prison and was waiting for a boat, a mulatto shot him and published he got drowned.” (Lynch)
	www.liberiapastandpresent.org /EJRoye.htm (888 words)

	View of Liberian History and Government
		Although the ratio of whites to fls was 8:2 from 1790 to 1800, it was the massive increase in the number of free African-Americans that disturbed the colonizationists.
		E.J. Roye in allegedly hiding stolen Government funds allegedly misappropriated by the late President Edwin J. Roye, and was called a "nigger".
		James Bestman, a man who would later play a prominent role in the implementation of the massive security network in Liberia, arrested one Paul Dunbar.
	www.africawithin.com /tour/liberia/hist_gov1.htm (7318 words)

	Atlanta Daily World
		Roberts, who immigrated from Virginia to Liberia at the age of 20, served between 1848 and 1856, and between 1872 and 1876.
		Edward James Roye (right) was the fifth African American president of Liberia.
		Roye, who immigrated from Ohio to Liberia at the age of 31, served between 1870 and 1871.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16237172&BRD=1077&PAG=461&dept_id=237827&rfi=6 (801 words)

	List of Presidents of Liberia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Samuel Doe served as both Head of People's Redemption Council and President of Liberia; he is therefore placed on both lists in his respective roles.
		Furthermore, both Joseph Jenkins Roberts and James Spriggs-Payne served non-consecutive terms and are each counted twice in the list.
		However, evidence does show that Smith did in fact serve as president from the time of Roye's departure until the inauguration of Joseph Jenkins Roberts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Liberia (301 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ed' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
		Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
		Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /e/ed (58 words)

	Edward James Roye
		ROYE, Edward James, president of Liberia, born in Newark, Ohio, 3 February, 1815; died near Monrovia, Liberia, 12 February, 1872.
		During his service the people voted on a proposition to change the presidential term from two to four years; lint it was defeated, and a new president, Joseph J. Roberts, was elected in 1871.
		Roye attempted to remain at the head of the government, and he was condemned to imprisonment, lie escaped, and, while endeavoring to swim to a steamer that was bound for Liverpool, he was drowned in the harbor of Monrovia.
	www.famousamericans.net /edwardjamesroye (287 words)

	[www.kitsapsun.com] The SUN newspaper of Bremerton, Wash. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		James Eldon Herbold, 72, of Port Orchard died April 17, 2000, at Naval Hospital, Bremerton.
		Survivors include her parents; paternal grandparents, Terry and Margaret Shawver of Hammond, Ind.; maternal grandparents, Ruth and Vincent A. Watson III of Belfair; paternal great-grandparents, Roye Robley of Tucson, Ariz., and Wayne and Mildred Shawver of Sherwood, Ore; and maternal great-grandparents, Carl Phillips of Port Orchard and Carol and Vincent A. Watson II of California.
		Edward James Meyers, 95, of Bremerton, died April 7, 2000, in Bremerton.
	www.thesunlink.com /local/obits/april2000.html (17573 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Versions of the Bible
		In the earliest years of Christianity, a Syriac version of the Old Testament made directly from the Hebrew text was employed in the Syrian Church, but in the seventh century, Paul, Bishop of Tella, gave the Monophysites a translation (617) from the Septuagint.
		Assisted by William Roye, like himself an apostate Franciscan from the monastery at Greenwich, he translated the New Testament, and began to have it printed in Cologne in 1525.
		He was favoured by Edward VI, but was imprisoned under Queen Mary in 1553; after obtaining his freedom, he remained on the Continent till the death of Mary, after which he returned to England, and died in February, 1569.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15367a.htm (11935 words)

	Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
		"James Robertson was born in 1759; and his epitaph states that he was a native of South Carolina.
		He was married in 1782 and 'lived fifty-six years with his worthy partner;' she died in January, 1838, and he died April 26, 1838.
		James Robertson was a famous scout during the Revolution and a terror to the Tories.
	www.archives.state.al.us /al_sldrs/r_list.html (4215 words)

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		and Mrs., 28, 159 Gordon, Edward Mrs., 63, 159 Gordon, F. Dr. and Mrs., 19 Gordon, Frank, 67, 85 Gordon, Frank Dr., 11, 67, 74, 81, 87, 132, 221, 234 Gordon, Frank Dr. and Mrs., 60, 116, 120, 129, 142, 147, 176, 225, 229, 239 Gordon, Frank Mr.
		and Mrs., 217 Hicks, James, 135 Hicks, Lizzie, 44, 48 Hicks, Mrs., 41 Hicks, Ola Mrs., 21 Hicks, William, 44, 48 Higden, Ark., 156, 162 Higdon, Ark., 55 Higdon, Eva Mrs., 158 Higgins, Almaline, 229 Higgins, Harrison W., 87 Higgle, Walter Mr.
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