LICKING COUNTY OHIO
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Transcribed by Deb.


"Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol 2" by Henry Howe. (pub 1888)

Licking County
Page 88

     James Edward Roye (colored) was born in Newark, February 3, 1815, and was 
educated at the high school and at Ohio University at Athens.  He kept a barber 
shop in Newark, but emigrated to Liberia in 1846, where he became a wealthy 
merchant and was the first Liberian to make shipments in his own vessel to the 
United States and Europe.
     He was elected to the Liberian house of representatives, chosen speaker in 
1849, was chief-justice 1865-68, and in 1870 was elected president.  He 
attempted to unsurp the office for a second term, but was condemned to 
imprisonment.  While attempting to escape he was drowned, February 2, 1872, in 
the harbor of Monrovia