Frank C. Roberts, a highly esteemed resident of Troy, where he is engaged in business as an undertaker and funeral director, was born on a farm in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1861, a son of George W. and Diantha (Corbley) Roberts. George W. Roberts passed his life in agricultural pursuits in Champaign county, and he and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are living: Frank C.; Wilbur; Mrs. J. W. Means, the wife of a practicing physician of Troy; Mrs. Ida Guthrie, Mrs. W. L. Deaton, Mrs. Carrie Guthrie, Mrs. Elmer Suttzbaugh, Mrs. M. Bausman and Mrs. J. W. Heffner. Frank C. Roberts received his education in the public schools of Champaign county and was reared in a farming community, but did not find agricultural work congenial and accordingly decided to devote his energies to business life. To prepare, himself he pursued a course at the Columbus Commercial College and then became a dry goods clerk. After several years he embarked in business on his own account as the proprietor of a furniture store and undertaking establishment, opening a place of business in 1893, in the public square, Troy, under the firm name of Shilling & Roberts. This association continued until 1912, at which time Mr. Roberts engaged in the same line of business on his own account. In 1918 he disposed of his holdings in the furniture end of the business to Cappel & Wayne Company, retaining the undertaking business, which is one of the leaders in its line of Troy. He has a thoroughly modern establishment, with every facility for the careful and reverent handling of the dead, and his equipment includes an automobile hearse. During the many years that he has been engaged in business he has formed friendly connections with many of the leading families of Troy, in whose homes his tact and sympathetic perception have made him gratefully received during times of bereavement. During the war period he was an active worker in various activities, local and national, and served helpfully on a number of committees. He is prominent in Masonry, having attained to the thirty-second degree, and is a member of the Mystic Shrine of Dayton, and belongs to the Rotary Club and the Troy Club, in which he has numerous friends. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church, where he is serving as a member of the board of trustees. Mr. Roberts married Mary E., daughter of Jesse Shilling, Sr. of Troy.