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John B. ROBERTS

John B. ROBERTS

Male 1871 - 1905  (~ 33 years)

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  • Name John B. ROBERTS 
    Born Apr 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1872.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1905  [4] 
    Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated in June 1900:
      John Roberts, 29, b. Apr 1871, occupation day laborer in oil field, widowed; sister-in-law Ada B. Roberts, 45, b. Dec 1864, widowed, no children.
    Person ID I52270  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 May 2020 

    Father Jeremiah ROBERTS,   b. CA 1839, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth GAIN,   b. CA 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F55512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Rose "Rosie" SMITH,   b. 12 Jun 1874,   d. 15 Jan 1900, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)  [6, 7] 
    Married 3 Oct 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F21564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    2. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    6. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 107.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 234.
      Identified as John B. Roberts, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Rosa Smith, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 3 1896 by N. E. Duckworth, a minister of the gospel, "at the residence of N. E. Duckworth."