Roberts, Thomas H., 1861-1889

Thomas H. Roberts, an ordained missionary with the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., engaged in evangelistic work in Liberia (1885-1889).

Roberts, a native of the Vey tribe in Liberia, was sent to Lincoln University (Pa.) by the Presbytery of West Africa in 1873. He remained at Lincoln until 1885, when he was ordained a minister of the PCUSA and the BFM appointed him to the Liberia Mission. After serving at Brewerville, Roberts was sent to the Vey country in 1887. He established the Davenport Memorial Mission near the town of Glima. He died of consumption in 1889.