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Charles W. Roback (Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer)

b. 1816?

Cincinnati, Ohio, physician and medicine manufacturer. Native of Sweden. Married to Mary H. Roback. Author of The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic in 1854. Published Dr. Roback’s Scandinavian Almanac from 1855 to 1860. Owner of The Scandinavian Remedies in Cincinnati.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 15, p. 64.

Charles W. Roback, Dr. Roback’s Scandinavian Almanac (Cincinnati, OH: Charles W. Roback, [1860]).

Charles W. Roback, The Mysteries of Astrology, and the Wonders of Magic: Including a History of the Rise and Progress of Astrology, and the Various Branches of Necromancy; Together with Valuable Directions and Suggestions Relative to the Casting of Nativities, and Predictions by Geomancy, Chiromancy, Physiognomy, &c. Also, Highly Interesting Narratives, Anecdotes, &c. Illustrative of the Marvels of Witchcraft, Spiritual Phenomena, and the Results of Supernatural Influence (Boston, MA: Charles W. Roback, 1854).

George W. Hawes, Michigan State Gazetteer, and Business Directory, for 1860 (Detroit, MI: F. Raymond and Company, 1859), p. 445.

Lewis H. Bond, Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States within the Southern District of Ohio, Volume II (Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke & Co., 1872), p. 36.

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Roback, Charles W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201568 (November 12, 2026).

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