Roberts Family Papers
This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Thomas Roberts and several members of his family dating from 1842 to 1913. Also included are genealogical records (including handwritten narratives and lists of births, deaths, and marriages), military papers, land records (documenting holdings in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas), sermons and religious reflections, and a scrapbook.
Dates
- 1827-1914, 2009
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Extent
6.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Thomas Roberts and several members of his family dating from 1842 to 1913. Also included are genealogical records (including handwritten narratives and lists of births, deaths, and marriages), military papers, land records (documenting holdings in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas), sermons and religious reflections, and a scrapbook.
Biographical/Historical Note
George Roberts was born to George and Jane (Edwards) Roberts in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania on September 27, 1807. He married Ann Hughes (d. 1837) on October 14, 1830 and the couple had two children who survived to adulthood, Thomas (1833-1913) and John (1835-1862). After his wife died, George Roberts married Ann Janette Marvin and had ten more children: Mary Jane (Roberts) Pichett (1839-), David Lewis (1840-), Ann (1843-1854), Rhoda Rose (Roberts) Dresser (1844-), Edward Payson (1847-), Clarissa (1849-1854), Libbie (1851-1854), Howard (1853-1854), Harlan Page (1854-1925), and George Cheever (1856-1878). George Roberts moved his family to Ohio in 1835 and died on May 17, 1857.
Thomas Roberts attended Hudson College during the 1850s and served as a Chaplain with the 12th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. After the War ended, he married Mary Hughes Jones and the couple had three children: John (1867-1909), Mary Anne (1873-), and William Edward (1879-). Roberts died in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on March 5, 1913.
Arrangement
This collection consists of four boxes.
Acquisition Note
This collection was donated to Special Collections in 2009.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository