John Silvester Roberts Jr. (1803 - 1879)

Born 25 Feb 1803 in Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary Roberts — married 16 Feb 1826 in Jennings, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1879 at age 76 in Oconee, Shelby, Illinois, United States

Biography

John was born in 1803. He was the son of John Roberts and Abigail Baker. He passed away in 1879.

John Roberts, Jr. was the son of John Roberts, Sr. and Abigail Baker. He married Mary Roberts, the daughter of Sylvester Roberts and Berthiah Robbins. They had six known children: Berthiah, Sylvester L., Abigail, Nancy Jane, John, and William. John and Mary farmed first in Jennings County, Indiana and later, in Johnson County, Indiana. They were baptized in the Coffee Creek Baptist Church in Jennings County. Around 1850, they moved to Shelby County, Illinois and continued farming.

Sources

• (16 Feb 1826 Marriage to Mary Polly Roberts), "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXH-6YW : 13 January 2020), John Roberts, 1826.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85S-BQQ : 4 April 2020), John Robbards, Becks Creek, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing family 846, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Y-2WXQ : 14 February 2020), John Roberts, 1879.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 September 2020), memorial page for John Roberts Jr. (25 Feb 1803–8 Mar 1879), Find a Grave Memorial no. 17138942, citing Clark Cemetery, Oconee, Shelby County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by drlee (contributor 46881117) .