Samuel H. Roberts

from The New York Times, October 29, 1890:

          SAMUEL H. ROBERTS.
 Brig. Gen. Samuel H. Roberts, Postmaster of
Brooklyn under President Johnson, died yester-
day at his home, 273 Reid Avenue, in that city,
after a protracted illness. He was seventy
years old, and for some time had been in feeble
health. He leaves four sons and three daugh-
ters. His funeral will take place to-morrow
afternoon from the Rochester Avenue Congre-
gational Church. The surviving members of
the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Volunteers
and the members of Rankin Post of the Grand
Army held a meeting at 349 Fulton Street last
night, and arranged to attend the funeral in a 
body.
 Mr. Roberts was born in East Hartford, Conn.,
in 1820, and when very young became infatu-
ated with a military life. At the age of nine-
teen he went to Michigan and enlisted to fight
against the Indians. He moved to Brooklyn in
1855, and when the war broke out he went to
the front with the One Hundred anf Thirty-
ninth Volunteers and served until the fall of
Richmond. He was promoted rapidly for gal-
lant conduct and soon became Colonel, and was
assigned by Gen. Grant to the command of a
brigade, with the rank of Brigadier General.
 In 1867 Gen. Roberts was appointed Post-
master of Brooklyn by President Johnson, to
succeed Thomas Kinsella, but he gave way to
Anthony Campbell in 1868. A few years later
he obtained work in the Custom House, where
he remained until 1885. He was once the Re-
publican candidate for City Treasurer, but was
defeated.