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Alfred Cox Roe (1823-1901) graduated from New York University in 1843 and served as an educator from 1843-1862 and 1877-1895; chaplain in the Civil War; and Presbyterian minister, 1870-1876.

Emma Wickham Roe (1832-1906) was the second wife of Alfred Cox Roe.

Henry Roe Cloud (1886-1950), a Winnebago Indian and adopted son of Mary and Walter Roe, graduated from Yale University in 1910 and received a B.D. from Auburn Theological Seminary in 1913. He founded and headed the Roe Indian Institute from 1915-1930; was special regional representative for the office of Indian Affairs, 1931-1933; served as superintendent of Haskell Institute, 1933-1936; and was assistant supervisor of Indian education-at-large, 1936-1947.

Joseph Wickham Roe (1871-1960), youngest child of Alfred Cox and Emma Wickham Roe, graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1895 and received an M.E. from Yale in 1907. He was an engineer and educator and wrote several books on engineering and management.

Mary Abigail Roe (1839-1920), youngest sister of Alfred Cox Roe, was an educator, novelist, and author of "Reminiscences of E. P. Roe".

Mary Wickham Roe (1863-1941), daughter of Alfred Cox and Emma Wickham Roe, was an educator and missionary. She married first cousin Walter Clark Roe in 1887, worked with her husband at Colony, Oklahoma, and continued to serve the Reformed Church as advisor and missionary from 1913-1941.

Walter Clark Roe (1859-1913), nephew of Alfred Cox Roe, graduated from William College in 1881. An educator and missionary, he taught at the Hill School in Pennsylvania from 1884-1889. He moved to Texas and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. Roe became head of the Reformed Church in America's Indian mission at Colony, Oklahoma in 1897, and was appointed Superintendent of Indians Missions for the Reformed Church in 1908.

From the description of Roe family papers, 1802-1977 (inclusive), 1860-1930 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153797

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creatorOf Roe family papers 1802-1977 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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associatedWith American Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Amherst College corporateBody
associatedWith Caldwell, Susan Elizabeth Roe, 1826-1907. person
associatedWith Caldwell, Wilhelmina, 1860-1945. person
associatedWith Cloud, Elizabeth Georgian Bender. person
associatedWith Cloud, Henry Roe. person
associatedWith Collier, John, 1884-1968. person
associatedWith Colony Mission (Colony, Okla.) person
associatedWith Cox, Samuel H. (Samuel Hanson), 1793-1880. person
associatedWith Crosby, Howard, 1826-1891. person
associatedWith Harris, Elizabeth Merwin Page, 1889-1969. person
associatedWith Landon, Caroline Powell Roe, 1859-1897. person
associatedWith Leupp, Francis Ellington, 1849-1918. person
associatedWith Meengs, Joanna, 1883-1927. person
associatedWith Merwin, Alexander Moss, 1839-1905. person
associatedWith Merwin, Miranda B., d. 1925. person
associatedWith Page, Elizabeth, 1889- person
associatedWith Page, Elizabeth Merwin Roe, 1861-1943. person
associatedWith Page family. family
associatedWith Porter, Eleazar, 1806-1886. person
associatedWith Porter, Jonathan Edwards, 1815-1896. person
associatedWith Porter, Moses, 1768-1854. person
associatedWith Quinan, Henry Wickham, 1864- person
associatedWith Reformed Church in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Roe, Alfred Cox, b. 1823. person
associatedWith Roe, Caroline Marsh, 1865-1948. person
associatedWith Roe, Caroline Mathilda Clark, 1830-1893. person
associatedWith Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888. person
associatedWith Roe, Emma Wickham, 1832-1906. person
associatedWith Roe Indian Institute (Wichita, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Roe, James Gilbert, 1825-1907. person
associatedWith Roe, John Peter, 1834-1909. person
associatedWith Roe, Joseph Wickham, 1871- person
associatedWith Roe, Mary Abigail. person
associatedWith Roe, Mary Sherwood Lambertson, 1872-1960. person
associatedWith Roe, Mary Wickham, 1863-1941. person
associatedWith Roe, Nellie Allen, 1876-1903. person
associatedWith Roe, Walter Clark, ca. 1860-1913. person
associatedWith Roe, William Edgar, 1857-1934. person
associatedWith Schauffler, Marjorie Page, 1897-1983. person
associatedWith Seger, John H. (John Homer), 1846-1928. person
associatedWith Snell, Moses Porter, 1839-1909. person
associatedWith Stebbins, Esther Wickham, 1802-1854. person
associatedWith United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. corporateBody
associatedWith Watermulder, Gustavus Adolphus, 1873-1946. person
associatedWith Wickham, Abigail, 1809-1872. person
associatedWith Wright, Frank Hall, 1860-1922. person
associatedWith Yale University corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Class of 1910. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. Class of 1895. corporateBody
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Oklahoma
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Indians of South America
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