- Edward Payson Roe was born on March 7, 1838 in Moodna, New York, USA. Edward Payson was a writer, known for Barriers Burned Away (1925). Edward Payson was married to Anna Sands. Edward Payson died on July 21, 1888 in Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York, USA.
- SpouseAnna Sands(1863 - ?) (7 children)
- Was a Presbyterian Minister in Highland Falls, NY, when in October of 1871 he was inspired to travel to Chicago upon hearing of the devastating fire that destroyed much of the city.
- In 1862, during the American Civil War, he became chaplain to the Second New York Harris Light Cavalry. Two years later Roe transferred to Hampton, Virginia to minister the wounded and sick soldiers at the Union hospital there.
- American clergyman and author. Remembered for his book about the Great Chicago Fire, "Barriers Burned Away" (1872).
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