Descendants of Thomas L. Roberts

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS L.³ ROBERTS (BRASHEAR², ZACCHEUS¹) was born 12 May 1834 in Lawnville, Roane TN, and died 23 Jan 1916. He married MARY JANE ADKISSON 18 Jun 1857 in Roane Co. TN., A H. Crowder, JP. She was daughter of Absolom & Sally Adkisson.

Served as a Sgt. in the 5th TN Inf. from 25 Feb 1862 till 4 Apr 1865. His face was scarred by a shell. [Civil War Veterans Census-Tennessee, Byron Sistler] Thomas' service records state that he joined Co. B, 5th TN Inf. as a Pvt. on 28 Mar 1862 at Barbourville, KY for a term of 3 years. The company muster roll for 31 Aug--31 Dec 1862 says he was "left sick at Cumberland Gap on 17 Sep 1862". The Sep -Oct 1862 muster roll places him at Camp Lew Wallace. He was apparently a clerk in the quartermaster department and the company muster roll for Sep-Oct 1864 says he was appointed Quartermaster Sgt. on 8 Oct 1864 at Marietta, GA. He was mustered out of service at Nashville, TN on 31 Mar 1865 at age 30. On 7 Apr 1862 the Regimental Descriptive Book says he was 5' 10" tall, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, and was a farmer from Roane Co., TN. Thomas was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Kingston (R.K. Byrd Post #11), Org. 25 Oct 1883.

Thomas was a charter member and deacon in the Presbyterian Church at Lawnville (Roane Co.). Buried in ROBERTS Cemetery in Merriwater Homepark, Roane County, TN. Listed in 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 Roane County, TN censuses. Father of 10 children (Basis: ROBERTS Family Bible) Roane Ramblings, Vol. 13 No. 1, Spring 1997, pg 10

Children of Thomas Roberts and Mary Adkisson are:

2. i. ABSALOM BRASHEARS⁴ ROBERTS, b. 29 Mar 1858, Roane County, TN; d. Bef 1900.

ii. MARGARET CATHERINE "MAGGIE". ROBERTS, b. 18 Feb 1862, Roane County, TN; d. 15 Jun 1880, Lawnville, Roane TN.

iii. REBECCA JANE ROBERTS, b. 27 Feb 1866; m. .Sheriff RICHARD S. LADD, 30 Nov 1881, Roane Co. TN.

iv. THOMAS OLIVER ROBERTS, b. 15 Sep 1867; d. Washington.

3. v. SARAH ALICE ROBERTS, b. 13 Jan 1870, Roane County,TN; d. 11 Jun 1955.

vi. LAURA ANN ROBERTS, b. 20 Oct 1871; m. GEORGE M. GRAHAM, 24 Feb 1892.

4. vii. YERBY ADKISSON ROBERTS, b. 2 July 1873, Lawnville, Roane Co. TN.

viii. DIXIE ROBERTS, b. 08 Nov 1875; m. CHARLES WYATT.

ix. SUSIE  WILLIAM ROBERTS, b. 04 Feb 1878; d. 21 Feb 1938; m. WILLIAM THOMAS HEDGECOCK, 26 Dec 1896, Roane Co. TN.

x. MATTIE ROBERTS, b. 18 Jan 1881; d. 16 Jul 1902, Roberts Cemetery, Roane TN.

Generation No. 2

2. ABSALOM BRASHEARS⁴ ROBERTS (THOMAS L.³, BRASHEAR², ZACCHEUS¹) was born 29 Mar 1858 in Roane County,TN, and died Bef 1900. He married ANNIE J. CHILDRESS 22 May 1882 in Roane County,TN.

Children of Absalom Roberts and Annie Childress are:

i. WILLIAM MILLARD⁵ ROBERTS, b. May 1884.

ii. SALLIE RUTH ROBERTS, b. Jun 1896.

3. SARAH ALICE⁴ ROBERTS (THOMAS L.³, BRASHEAR², ZACCHEUS¹) was born 13 Jan 1870 in Roane County,TN, and died 11 Jun 1955. She married HENRY MARION HEDGECOCK 06 Oct 1887 in Roane Co. TN, son of Thomas Hedgecock and Martha Ladd.

Children of Sarah Roberts and Henry Hedgecock: see Hedgecock link above

4. YERBY ADKISSON⁴ ROBERTS (THOMAS L.³, BRASHEAR², ZACCHEUS¹) was born 2 Jul 1873  in Lawnville, Roane Co. TN. He married MYRTLE GRAHAM 1 May 1904 in Roane County, TN. (dau. of George Graham & Laura Ingram Graham)

Note:  Name spelled "Yearby" in Bible, but apparently he was called "Yearb" as an adult.  PMc

Information furnished by Thomas "Lyle" Roberts, lyleroberts@prodigy.com

 

BITS AND PIECES OF INFORMATION I HAVE GATHERED

Yearb Adkisson Roberts, was born 7-20-1873 in Lawnville, (Roane County) Tennessee. He died at 1:50 P.M., June 22, 1927 at the Later Day Saints Hospital in Idaho Falls Idaho. He died of Pneumonia - Tuleremia. He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Idaho Falls. Reverend H. Pollard. officiated.

Shirley Evelyn Roberts, died at 1:30 P.M., March, 10, 1924 at Roberts, Idaho. She was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho. She died of pneumonia. Reverend W.A. Service, officiated.

Our Mother, Myrtle Mae Roberts, remarried four years after our father died. She married Leo J. Poler on Mar. 23, 1931, at Cornell, California. Leo Poler died in an accident about 1937 or 1938. Our mother never remarried again. After looking this information over, it appears that my father, Yearb Adkission Roberts, who married my mother, Myrtle Mae Graham on May l, 1904, in Tennessee, must have moved right after that to Thornton, Washington. My oldest sister, Mary Ola was born at Thornton, Washington on March 26, 1905, just ten months after my parents were wed. Some of the records show my fathers middle name spelled Adkisson but the older records show it as Adkission. One of the daughters of Thomas L. and Mary Jane Roberts is listed as Susan William Roberts. I doubt her middle name is William, but who knows. One record shows that my father, Yearb A. Roberts and mother, Myrtle M.(Graham) Roberts were married in Kingston, Tennessee. Another record shows Lawnville, Tennessee. I don't know which is correct. In looking at an atlas, I can't find Lawnville listed in Tennessee. Maybe the town was renamed or maybe it no longer exists. My sister Edna Mae (Roberts) Huseman, gave me a a plaque with a picture of the church where my father, Yearb A. Adkisson and mother, Myrtle Mae (Graham) Roberts were married on May 1, 1904. The church is Young's Chapel at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Kingston, TN. As the information comes in to me I just keep adding it to the list I already have rather than changing the whole bit of information every time.

THE FAMILY OF GEORGE M. GRAHAM

GEORGE M. GRAHAM, married Laura Ingram, b. 11-18 1869, d. 3-29-1891.

Their children:

Dora Graham
Myrtle Mae Graham, born 8-18-1888, died 2-10-1954.

GEORGE M. GRAHAM, remarried to Laura Ann Roberts.

An interesting side-note, George M. Graham, married Laura Ann Roberts after his first wife died. His daughter, by his first marriage, Myrtle Mae Graham, married Yearb Adkisson Roberts and therefore, in effect, she married her Step-Uncle. This would make him my (Thomas Lyle Roberts). great Step-Uncle. I think that my step-grandmother, would also be by Aunt? This is too much for my poor little brain to absorb. September 2, 1994

Children of Yerby Roberts and Myrtle Graham are:

i. MARY OLA⁵ ROBERTS, b. 26 Mar 1905, Thornton, WA; d. 09 Jan 1994, Weiser, ID; m. GEORGE LESTER DUNSMOOR, 01 Jun 1926, Roberts, Idaho, by W. A. Service.

ii. ISHAM FRANKLIN ROBERTS, b. 21 May 1907, Thornton, WA; d. 03 Jul 1973.

iii. CLIFFORD LESLIE ROBERTS, b. 04 Aug 1909, Thornton, WA; d. 26 Nov 1969.

iv. EDNA MAE ROBERTS, b. 03 Aug 1912.

v. BOYD CECIL ROBERTS, b. 08 Oct 1914.

vi. VESTA LEE ROBERTS, b. 02 Dec 1918, Roberts, Idaho; d. 09 Sep 1962; m. MURRAY ORSER, 21 Nov 1936.

vii. SHIRLEY EVELYN ROBERTS, b. 04 Sep 1923.

viii. THOMAS LYLE ROBERTS, b. 20 Jan 1925.

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