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Francis Marion Roberts 1825 – 1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 DEC 1825

Birth Location: Roane, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 18 AUG 1863

Death Location: Dent County, Missouri, USA

Father: John Roberts

Mother: Elizabeth Blackwell

Spouse(s): Margaret Lyle

Children(s): William Roberts, Alfred Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Samuel Roberts, John Roberts

The story of Francis Marion Roberts began in 1825 in Roane, Tennessee, USA. In 1850, Francis Marion Roberts resided in Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee, USA. Francis Marion Roberts married Margaret Ann Lyle, and had children including William Lyle Roberts, Alfred Marion Roberts, Elizabeth Jane Roberts, Samuel Henry Roberts, John Francis Roberts. Francis Marion Roberts passed away in 1863 in Dent County, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Francis Marion Roberts began in 1825 in Roane, Tennessee, USA.
  • In 1850, Francis Marion Roberts resided in Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee, USA.
  • Francis Marion Roberts married Margaret Ann Lyle, and had children including William Lyle Roberts, Alfred Marion Roberts, Elizabeth Jane Roberts, Samuel Henry Roberts, John Francis Roberts.
  • Francis Marion Roberts passed away in 1863 in Dent County, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Roberts
1795 – 1873
Birth Location: Knox County, Tennessee
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Elizabeth Blackwell
1796 – 1867
Birth Location: Surry County, North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Lyle
1824 – 1875
Birth Location: Roane, Tennessee, United States
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Children(s)

William Roberts
1851 – 1929
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
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Alfred Roberts
1863 – 1897
Birth Location: Phelps County, Missouri, USA
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Elizabeth Roberts
1860 – 1956
Birth Location: Missouri, United States
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Samuel Roberts
1858 – 1938
Birth Location: Dent County, Missouri, USA
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John Roberts
1856 – 1948
Birth Location: Rolla, Phelps, Missouri
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Francis Roberts's Ancestors

Self
Francis Roberts
1825 – 1863
Birth Place: Roane, Tennessee, USA
Parents
John Calvin Roberts
1795 – 1873
Knox County, Tennessee
Elizabeth Blackwell
1796 – 1867
Surry County, North Carolina
Grandparents
Elias Roberts
1760 – 1806
Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Rebecca Brashears
1771 – 1859
Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
David Blackwell
1755 – 1841
Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Sarah Harris
1765 – 1806
Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Robert Brashears
1731 – 1816
Phoebe Nicks
1738 – 1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Brashears
1703 – 1782
Charity Dowell
1704 – 1787

Francis Roberts's Descendants

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Francis (Marion) Roberts (3 DEC 1825 – 18 AUG 1863) m. Margaret (Ann) Lyle (22 MAR 1824 – 26 MAY 1875)
  1. 1. William (Lyle) Roberts (18 OCT 1851 – 20 MAR 1929) m. Sophrenia Byrd (26 JUL 1856 – 14 FEB 1927)
    1. 1. Eunice (Blanche) Roberts (7 OCT 1891 – 11 APR 1969)
    2. 2. Alfred (Maxey) Roberts (25 APR 1885 – 10 JUL 1959)
    3. 3. Virgil (Vaughn) Roberts (29 SEP 1877 – 23 APR 1960)
    4. 4. Wm (G) Roberts (6 MAR 1900 – 23 JUL 1919)
    5. 5. Otto (O (Bob)) Roberts (6 MAY 1881 – 1954)
    6. 6. Rosemond (Gertrude) Roberts (28 FEB 1881 – 2 SEP 1961)
    7. 7. Burns (Everett) Roberts (9 SEP 1879 – 14 FEB 1960)
    8. 8. Florence (Byrd) Roberts (11 NOV 1889 – 13 FEB 1966)
  2. 2. Alfred (Marion) Roberts (13 JUN 1863 – 12 MAR 1897)
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Jane) Roberts (28 NOV 1860 – 18 JAN 1956) m. William (Payton) Key (15 SEP 1860 – 1 JUL 1943) m. John (Joel) Key (14 JUN 1852 – 4 JUL 1935)
  4. 4. Samuel (Henry) Roberts (4 APR 1858 – 7 DEC 1938) m. Lucinda (Ann) Hayden (5 OCT 1866 – 18 MAY 1902)
    1. 1. Infant Roberts (18 MAY 1902 – 18 MAY 1902)
    2. 2. William (Archie) Roberts (23 FEB 1891 – 21 MAY 1910)
    3. 3. Stella Roberts (1894 – )
    4. 4. Edna (Elizabeth) Roberts (22 JAN 1896 – 3 JUN 1985) m. Green
    5. 5. Dorsey (B) Roberts (2 JUN 1885 – 25 FEB 1920) m. Sadia (Alberta) McHaffie (6 JAN 1889 – 23 JAN 1983)
    6. 6. Etty (Leona May) Roberts (5 OCT 1893 – 1 FEB 1920) m. Leonard (E.) Green (3 NOV 1892 – 29 JAN 1920)
      1. 1. Vernice (Virginia) Green (17 APR 1914 – 30 NOV 1987) m. Kenneth (Ray) Moxley (21 OCT 1911 – 3 MAR 2008)
        1. 1. Harrold (Kenneth) Moxley (9 AUG 1933 – 17 JUL 1994) m. Caroline (Viola) Rexius (5 SEP 1942 – ) m. Charlene _____
        2. 2. Leonard (John) Moxley
        3. 3. Gene Moxley
        4. 4. Taylor Moxley
        5. 5. Chris Moxley
        6. 6. Donna Moxley
    7. 7. Martha (Clemintine) Roberts (3 MAY 1889 – 18 NOV 1966) m. James (Henry) Moses (26 MAY 1879 – 18 SEP 1945) m. Richard Thommason
      1. 1. James (Henry) Moses (1933 – 1933)
      2. 2. Opal (Pearl) Moses (4 APR 1918 – 18 JUL 1994) m. Francis (Paul) Sheline (23 JAN 1918 – 18 DEC 1995)
        1. 1. Claorice (Audrey) Sheline (25 JUL 1937 – 1 DEC 2011) m. Sandra ("Sandy" Diane) Parker (29 SEP 1944 – 3 DEC 2014)
        2. 2. Carolyn (Lee) Sheline (SEP 1944 – ) m. Tommy (Jack) Jackson (24 APR 1942 – 6 JAN 2016)
      3. 3. Vearl (Otto) Moses (16 SEP 1913 – 17 SEP 1990) m. Dorothy (Jane) Luttrull (2 JUN 1920 – 9 OCT 2022)
        1. 1. Arlene (Fay) Moses (13 MAR 1941 – 24 MAY 1941)
      4. 4. Ernie (Irving) Moses (12 APR 1920 – 15 APR 1991) m. Lenora Wallace (1935 – )
        1. 1. Bradley (Alan) Moses (13 SEP 1970 – 14 SEP 1970)
        2. 2. Linda (Sue) Moses (FEB 1955 – )
        3. 3. Robert Moses (1956 – )
        4. 4. Ernie (Lee) Moses (1959 – )
        5. 5. Rita (Fay) Moses (6 MAY 1957 – ) m. Ted Jillson
        6. 6. Judy (Ann) Moses (1952 – )
        7. 7. James (Leroy) Moses (1 SEP 1954 – ) m. Linda Kaye (1956 – )
      5. 5. Gladys (Betty) Moses (29 MAY 1925 – ) m. Lawrence (Junior) Dalton (1926 – ) m. Andrew (Lavern) Walton (2 MAY 1927 – 11 SEP 1984) m. Elbridge Finney
        1. 1. Patricia (Lynn) Walton (18 FEB 1962 – ) m. Wayne (Eugene) Carr (8 MAR 1962 – )
      6. 6. Orville (Alvie) Moses (30 APR 1912 – 28 NOV 1980) m. Luella (Mae) Stage (11 DEC 1914 – 4 JUN 1954) m. Bertha (May) Phillips (15 JUL 1914 – 23 MAR 1978)
        1. 1. James (Earl) Moses (8 OCT 1937 – 10 AUG 2018) m. Martha Caldwell (1952 – ) m. Mamie Brownfield
        2. 2. Ival (Floyd) Moses (28 JUN 1939 – 3 JUN 2012) m. Mary (Jane) Dryden (8 JUN 1944 – 20 MAR 2024)
        3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Moses (24 MAY 1944 – ) m. Ivor (Dee) Frazier
        4. 4. Eunice (Mae) Moses (20 MAR 1936 – ) m. Joseph (Nichols) Mork (3 JUL 1928 – 23 JAN 1981)
        5. 5. Timothy (Allen) Moses (8 FEB 1954 – 22 JAN 1955)
        6. 6. Joseph (Lee) Moses (13 OCT 1945 – 18 SEP 1965)
        7. 7. Orville (Alvie "Moe") Moses (23 JUN 1934 – 28 FEB 2001) m. Neda (Lena) Johnson (1935 – 1976)
        8. 8. Paul (Zacchaeus) Moses (30 JUL 1940 – 8 MAR 2016) m. Ruth (Beatrice) Creekmore (19 SEP 1942 – 20 NOV 2004)
        9. 9. Ruth (Marie) Moses (13 JUN 1947 – ) m. Gary (Lee) Leonard m. Robert (Leon) Lacy
        10. 10. Samuel (David) Moses (14 MAY 1950 – ) m. Debra (Kay) Williams (18 JUN 1954 – )
        11. 11. Martha (Iona) Moses (9 OCT 1942 – ) m. Walter (Lee) Dietrich (17 NOV 1941 – )
        12. 12. Ivan (Lloyd) Moses (28 JUN 1939 – ) m. Kathryn (Elizabeth) McCammon (29 AUG 1949 – )
      7. 7. Velma (Marie) Moses (17 AUG 1909 – 10 JUL 1995) m. Louie (Herman) Swearengin (19 MAY 1902 – 26 MAY 1995)
        1. 1. Delbert (Earl) Swearengin (28 OCT 1935 – 23 FEB 2008) m. Jo (Ann) Beach (19 JUN 1936 – 12 FEB 2018) m. Sandra (J.) Senarighi
        2. 2. Veldena (Fern “Dean”) Swearengin (12 NOV 1927 – 29 NOV 2015) m. Donald (Wayne) Bench (25 NOV 1926 – 7 JUN 2005)
      8. 8. Nola (B) Moses (23 APR 1922 – 27 OCT 1925)
      9. 9. Goldie (Mae) Moses (23 OCT 1910 – 1 DEC 1998) m. Chester (Lee) Davis (18 SEP 1908 – 12 DEC 1986)
        1. 1. Homer (Lee) Davis (25 FEB 1933 – 20 APR 1986) m. Betty (May) Walker (15 JUN 1935 – 17 AUG 2005)
        2. 2. Betty (Laverne) Davis (24 MAY 1950 – 16 SEP 1973) m. Cecil Ward (5 AUG 1948 – 31 JAN 2015)
        3. 3. Robert (Wayne) Davis (31 MAR 1941 – 16 SEP 2006) m. Carolyne (Sue) Davis (4 JAN 1947 – 29 MAY 2016)
        4. 4. Mary (Louise) Davis (27 JUL 1930 – 3 MAR 2018) m. Willie (Franklin) Penn (31 AUG 1924 – MAY 1988)
        5. 5. Wanda (Sue) Davis (11 JUL 1945 – 24 SEP 2015) m. Roy (Victory) Allison (25 NOV 1942 – 8 JUL 2025)
        6. 6. Francis (Mae) Davis (16 JUN 1929 – 17 JUL 2010) m. Marshell Grizzell (1 MAY 1923 – 28 MAR 1987)
        7. 7. Johnnie (Ray) Davis (26 JUL 1935 – 3 JAN 2017) m. Wanda (Juanita) Behren (29 NOV 1937 – 7 OCT 2017)
    8. 8. Lula (Aquila) Roberts (7 APR 1887 – 16 MAY 1972) m. Oliver (Newton) McHaffie (4 JUN 1882 – 10 JUN 1960)
      1. 1. Daisy (Alice) McHaffie (8 NOV 1917 – 13 APR 1979) m. Robert (Paul) Jackson (19 JUL 1915 – 10 APR 1976)
        1. 1. Doris (Glen) Jackson
    9. 9. Elsie (Mable) Roberts (15 DEC 1883 – 30 DEC 1949) m. Jesse (Wood) Swearengin (24 MAR 1892 – 25 MAY 1926)
  5. 5. John (Francis) Roberts (10 MAY 1856 – 21 JAN 1948) m. Susan (Jane) Moore (9 MAY 1866 – JUL 1892) m. Edna (Irene) Triplett (9 AUG 1872 – 6 MAY 1960)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane) Roberts (20 FEB 1887 – 16 APR 1973)
    2. 2. Charles (Roy) Roberts (15 DEC 1889 – 17 JUL 1975)
    3. 3. Arther (Lyle) Roberts (APR 1885 – 1 OCT 1886)
    4. 4. Alfred (Emerson) Roberts (25 MAY 1901 – 26 JUL 1979)
    5. 5. Harold (Eugene) Roberts (16 NOV 1898 – 22 FEB 1991)
    6. 6. Edith (Irene) Roberts (2 MAY 1906 – 4 APR 1991)
    7. 7. Ralph (Key) Roberts (25 DEC 1904 – 16 DEC 1924)

Francis Roberts's Timeline

3 Records

1825
3 DEC 1825
Birth of Francis Marion Roberts in Roane, Tennessee, USA
Roane, Tennessee, USA
1850
1850
Age 25
Francis Marion Roberts resided here in Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee, USA
Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee, USA
1863
18 AUG 1863
Age 38
Death of Francis Marion Roberts in Dent County, Missouri, USA
Dent County, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1825
    Event Place: Roane, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [3] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [4] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [3] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [4] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [5] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [6] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee; Roll: 893; Page: 422a
    [2] Social Security Death Index, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Edna Elizabeth Roberts, person ID KGKV-7M5.
    [3] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee; Roll: 893; Page: 422a
    [4] Social Security Death Index, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Edna Elizabeth Roberts, person ID KGKV-7M5.
    [5] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Subdivision 20, Roane, Tennessee; Roll: 893; Page: 422a

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 AUG 1863
    Event Place: Dent County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [3] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
    [4] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Francis Marion Roberts, person ID LCR5-GNB.
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