Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 571-572:
John Roach, a well-known farmer and stock-raiser of Talbot Street, Mersea township, was born April 19, 1847, on the Roach homestead, in Mersea township.
The Roach family is of Irish origins, but for several generations its representatives have made their home in Canada. Morris Roach was the first of the name in County Essex, and was a British soldier in the War of 1812. He took part in the battles of Lundy's Lane and Long Point. In 1818 he came to Mersea township, and drew lot 235, on Talbot Street, out of the grant of Col. Talbot. Here he settled in a log cabin, and spent the remainder of his life, engaged in improving his property. After his life was over, he was buried in the Roach cemetery. For a number of years he was a consistent member of the Methodist Church. In politics he was a Conservative. Morris Roach married Mary Pardo, widow of John Story, a woman of Christian character and a member of the Methodist Church. She died on the homestead, and was also buried in the Roach cemetery. Mr. Roach was a man of note in his township, and served for a long time as a justice of the peace. His children were: Samuel, who died in Toledo, Ohio; Morris; Mary Ann, who married (first) Thomas Marcott and (second) Edwin Scofield; William; Francis; James; and Nancy.
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