
to REASON ROBERTS, JR.'S PLACE
Family Group of
Reason Roberts, Jr.b ca 1858 Cherokee CO, NC d ca 1895 - 1897 Hunt CO, TX
son of Reason Roberts* & Mary M. "Polly" Allen* of Beaver Dam Township, Cherokee CO, NC
photo of Reason & Sarah (Sanderson) Roberts' family
m 24 Aug 1884 by John B. Evans, JP at Elizabeth Roberts' home in Cherokee CO, NC, witnessed by John M. Burgess & B. L. Roberts, TO
Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Sanderson b 27 Nov 1866 (1867 per tombstone) Hayesville, Clay CO, NC d 14 Mar 1952 Leonard Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX
dau of Rev. Joseph Sanderson & Mickey Auberry of Ducktown, Polk CO, TN & later Hunt CO, TX
[NOTE: Sarah (Sanderson) Roberts remarried 23 Sep 1898 Leonard, Fannin CO, TX TO Elbert Monroe McDonald b 1840 d 1925 buried Leonard Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX. She had four children by him. He was a widower with nine children by his former wife.]
issue: (only four Roberts children)
1(M) Denver "Deb" Arthur Roberts b 22 Jul 1885 Cherokee CO, NC d 3 Nov 1939 buried Leonard Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX
2(F) Gertrude Ann Roberts b 25 May 1888 (per tombstone 29 May 1889) Cherokee CO, NC d 27 May 1971 buried Leonard Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX
m 18 Dec 1905 Hunt CO, TX TO
Wallace McDonald b 27 Sep 1879 d 28 Jan 1959 buried Leonard Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX
3(M) Earnest Roberts b Oct 1891 Hunt CO, TX d
4(M) William "Willie" Eugene Roberts b 28 Nov 1895 Hunt CO, TX d 27 Oct 1954 Bonham, Fannin CO, TX buried Arledge Ridge Cemetery, Fannin CO, TX
Many thanks to Deborah Seamons for help with the information above!
* great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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