William R Roberts

William Rufus Roberts

Name: William Rufus Roberts

Father: David Roberts (b. abt 1806 in South Carolina)

Mother: Not Known

Individual Facts

Birth: Apr 15 1831 - South Carolina

Death: Sep 18 1911 (age 80) Abilene. Taylor County, Texas

Burial: Abilene Municipal Cemetery

Marriages/Children

1. Rhoda Bennett (b. June 10, 1833 in South Carolina, d. February 18, 1874 in Tremont, Itawamba County Mississippi )

Children:

Green Berry Roberts

Mabry Posey Roberts (buried in Abilene Municipal Cemetery)

Richard Roberts

Corinth Roberts

Henry Roberts

James Walter Roberts

2. Minerva A Williams (married April 30, 1874)

Children:

Minnie Roberta Roberts

Janie Roberts

Pernie Roberts

Ophie Roberts

Bill Roberts

In the 1860 Census, William is living in Calhoun County, Alabama with his first wife Rhoda and young sons Mabry and Richard. By the 1870 Census three more children have been added: Elizabeth, Henry, and Walter. Adjacent to the William Robert's listing the Census is his Father, living with his second wife, Elizabeth. (The records are not quite that neat. See David Roberts information.)

The 1880 Census list the Roberts family, with wife Minerva, are living in Itawamba, Mississippi. Three children have been added: John, Nary, and Minnie. Mabry Posey, from the Robert's first marriage is now married, and Mabry and his bride Jane are living with the William Roberts family.

By 1900 the families have moved to Texas. Both the Mabry Roberts and William Roberts family are listed living in Hill County, Texas. Hill County is also the residence of Gabriel Bourland and his son Lihue Parker, who married Minnie Roberts. Tisha May Bourland, now married to John Roberts, son of William, is living in the household of her Father-in-law. In the 1910 Census William and Minnie Roberts are listed in the household of their daughter Janie and Son-in-law John P. Carr. The Carr family is living in Abilene, Texas. Three of Gabriel Bourland's children will move to Abilene. Several Roberts families will move to Abilene. William Roberts dies in 1911 and his wife Minerva will die in 1926. They are buried side-by-side in the Abilene Municipal Cemetery.

Brother and Sister Lihue Parker and Martisa May "Tisha" Bourland married Sister and Brother Minnie and John Roberts. All move to Abilene and are buried in the Abilene Municipal Cemetery.