Biography of Thomas Henry Roach
As a general farmer and stock raiser, Thomas Henry Roach, of Polk township, Nodaway county, has been unusually successful, and he bears an unsullied reputation wherever he is known, he and his family being sincerely respected for their many personal good qualities. Mr. Roach was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, November 16, 1853. His father was Richard Roach and his mother was known in her maidenhood as Julia Malone: the father was a native of Ireland and the mother of New York state, of Irish parentage. They married in Dubuque county, Iowa, and began their married life on a farm …