Isaac Roach (February 24, 1786 – December 29, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1838 to 1839. He was a captain in the United States Army when he fought in the War of 1812.[1] In 1823, he became a Major.[2] He retired from the military on April 1, 1824.[3] He became the mayor of Philadelphia in 1839 and was later appointed the Treasurer of the Mint.[4]
On October 4, 1819, Roach married Mary Huddell.[5]
Roach died in 1848 in Philadelphia, where he is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.
References
- ^ Stryker's American Register and Magazine. W.M. Morrison. 1849. pp. 251. http://books.google.com/books?id=n9wRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251&dq=%22Isaac+Roach%22+mayor&lr=.
- ^ Jenkins, Howard Malcolm; Seilhamer, George Overcast (1895). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to Year 1895. Harvard University: New York History Co.. pp. 499. http://books.google.com/books?id=glwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA499&dq=%22Isaac+Roach%22+mayor.
- ^ The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. University of Michigan: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1893. pp. 129. ISBN 1893. http://books.google.com/books?id=scYbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA129&dq=%22Isaac+Roach%22#PPA129,M1.
- ^ Simpson, Henry (1859). The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. W. Brotherhead. pp. 847. http://books.google.com/books?id=eHkFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA847&dq=%22Major+Roach%22#PPA847,M1.
- ^ Mackenzie, George Norbury; Rhoades, Nelson Osgood (1917). Colonial Families of the United States of America. University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Grafton Press. pp. 386. http://books.google.com/books?id=J1tlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA386&dq=%22Isaac+Roach%22+mayor&lr=.
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Mayor of Philadelphia 1838–1839 |
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