Roberts, Warren Russell
Warren Russell Roberts, civil and mining engineer;
born in: Sadorus, Champaign County, Illinois, on October 20, 1863;
son of: Samuel Martin Roberts and Celestia Wood Roberts, nee: Celestia Wood Brayton
education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, 1888;
first wife: Lucy C. Roberts, nee: Lucy C. Stewart, of Champaign, Illinois, on October 7, 1891;
second wife: Jennie May Roberts, nee: Jennie May Dean, of Jamestown, New York, 1907.
children (first wife): Jerome G. Roberts, Mary Brayton Roberts, Kathryn Stewart Roberts, Elizabeth Evans Roberts;
General engineering practice, 1888-91;
engineer of bridges, City of Chicago, 1892-3;
general engineering and contracting, 1894-1903;
president of Roberts & Schaefer Company, engineers and contractors, since 1904.
Member: Western Society of Engineers
Clubs: Chicago Engineers Club, Illini Club, Chicago Automobile Club, Birchwood Country Club, Evanston Golf Club.
Contributor of articles to engineering and technical journals.
Recreations: motoring, golf.
Office: 2064 McCormick Building.
Home: 1423 W. Fargo Avenue.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.
