Background
Roe, Edward Payson was born on March 7, 1838 in New Windsor, New York, United States. Son of Peter and Susan (Williams) Roe.
Roe, Edward Payson was born on March 7, 1838 in New Windsor, New York, United States. Son of Peter and Susan (Williams) Roe.
Attended Williams College, 2 years, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1 year.
Ordained by North River Presbytery, Somers, New York, 1862. Chaplain 2d New York Cavalry, hospital at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, until 1865. Pastor Highland Falls (New York) Presbyterian Church, 1865-1874.
Published magazine serial and book Barriers Burned Away (about Chicago fire 1871), 1872, novel Opening a Chestnut Burr, 1874. Author of 17 best-selling novels, including Near to Nature’s Heart, 1876. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century, 1877.
Without a Home, 1881. He Fell in Love with His Wife, 1886. The Earth Trembled, 1887.
Helped to dispel lingering American prejudice against novel. Other works include Play and Profit in my Garden, 1873, A Manual on the Culture of Small Fruits (brochure), 1876, Success with Small Fruits, 1880, Nature’s Serial Story, 1885, The Home Acre, 1889 (all based on his avocation, horticulture). Host to Author’s Club of New York.
Author of 17 best-selling novels, including Near to Nature’s Heart, 1876. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century, 1877. Without a Home, 1881.
He Fell in Love with His Wife, 1886. The Earth Trembled, 1887. Helped to dispel lingering American prejudice against novel.
Other works include Play and Profit in my Garden, 1873, A Manual on the Culture of Small Fruits (brochure), 1876, Success with Small Fruits, 1880, Nature’s Serial Story, 1885, The Home Acre, 1889 (all based on his avocation, horticulture). Host to Author’s Club of New York.
Married Anna Sands, November 24, 1863, at least 5 children.