Emily Griffith

Notes:

The daughter of Gen. John Summerfield Griffith. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 301).

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDNP-YQV
name: Emily Griffith Roberts
death date: 08 Jul 1951
death place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
residence 606 Griffith Avenue
gender: Female
race: white
death age: 79 years 5 months 9 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 29 Jan 1872
birthplace: Rockwall, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Summerfield Griffith
father's birthplace: Maryland
mother's name: Sarah Emily Simpson
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation: Houseduty
place of residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
burial place: Terrell, Texas
burial date: 09 Jul 1951
Informant Maudeen C Roberts
additional relatives: X
film number: 2074775
digital film number: 4167205
image number: 748
reference number: cn 36477
Collection: Emily Griffith Roberts, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

Margaret Henson writes that Emily privately published a two-volume genealogy about the family in 1939 and 1948. The volumes included research and many documents concerning the Roberts, Griffiths, Cartwrights and other interrelated families.

Emily married Matthew Cartwright Roberts about 1890 in Texas. Matthew (son of Benjamin Thomas Roberts and Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright) was born on 18 Jan 1870 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 7 Apr 1931 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary and biolgraphy from FindAGrave:

Funeral services for Dallas oilman Summerfield G. Roberts, 78, of 6700 Hunters Glen Road, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Sparkman / Hillcrest Funeral Chapel, 7405 W. Northwest Highway. Entombment will be in Hillcrest Mausoleum. Roberts died here Friday night. Survivors: Wife; two sisters, Mrs. Anne Ruth Rash and Mrs. Matthew Cartright Jr. of Terrell, and a brother, Matthew C. Roberts Jr. of Terrell. Dallas Morning News, January 4, 1970

Summerfield G. Roberts, businessman and philanthropist, was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Wesley College at Terrell in 1910. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas in 1914 and his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1916. On August 15, 1916, he received a patent for an improved water heater that regulated temperature and steam pressure. During World War I Roberts served in the United States Navy and rose from ensign to lieutenant commander. He married Annie Lee Warren on May 15, 1920. In the early 1920s he moved to Dallas and went on to become a successful oil executive and business leader. As a fifth-generation Texan interested in Texas history and culture, Roberts encouraged writing and research on the Republic of Texas by endowing the Summerfield G. Roberts prize for the best Texas history book through the Sons of the Republic of Texas. The first prize was given to Eugene C. Barker for the Life of Stephen F. Austin in 1951. In addition, Roberts donated his James W. Fannin collection to the Dallas Historical Society and provided funds for a rare book library on Texas history. He donated several Frank Reaugh paintings to the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and commissioned paintings of the heroes of Texas which currently hang in the Texas State Library. Following his death in Dallas, the Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation was established. [bio info from tshaonline.org]

Family/Spouse: Annie Lee Warren. Annie (daughter of Robert Lee Warren and Annie Thompson "Annie T" Cartwright) was born on 24 Jun 1895 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; died on 22 Apr 1990 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Matthew Cartwright, Jr. before 1918. Matthew (son of Matthew Cartwright, Jr. and Mary Cynthia Davenport) was born in Jan 1892 in Texas; died on 12 May 1962 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDKP-3XQ
name: Anne Ruth Rash
death date: 26 Sep 1972
death place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 75 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 13 Dec 1896
birthplace: Terrell, Texas
marital status: Divorced
spouse's name:
father's name: Matthew C. Roberts Sr.
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Emily Griffith
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Houseduty
place of residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
burial place: Terrell, Texas
burial date: 28 Sep 1972
Informant Glenn R. Rash
additional relatives: X
film number: 2223986
digital film number: 4169329
image number: 499
reference number: cn68999
Collection: Anne Ruth Rash, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):She appears to have married Glen RASH.

Family/Spouse: Glenn Rash. Glenn was born about 1890 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Kaheryne Gunnell MOORE, and they had son, Matthew Cartwright Roberts, named for his father.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, JP 3, Terrell City, Ward 3
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 129-10 SD 11 Sheet 17A Stamped 187
Griffith Avenue
614-414-458
Cartwright, Mathew Head O 20000 M W 36 m 23 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Emily Wf F W 34 m 18 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Mathew Jr Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
606-415-459
Roberts, Mathew C head M W 60 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Roberts, Emmie G Wf F W 58 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
Mims, Ione Dtr F W 24 m 22 Tx Tx Tx
McGruder Albert Servant M Neg 60 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Private family
Johnson, George Servant M Neg 70 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Private family
608-416-460
Roberts, Mathew C Jr Head M W 28 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Agent Insurance
Roberts, Catherine Wf F W 28 M 21 Tx Mo Tx
Roberts, Mathew C III Son M W 4 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

She married a MIMS, but was later divorced.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K331-1Y2
name: Ione Roberts
event: Death
event date: 30 Apr 1933
event place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
gender: Female
residence 606 Griffith Avenue Terrell
marital status: Divorced
birth date: 07 May 1905
birthplace: Terrell, Texas
father's name: M C Roberts born San Augustine, Tex
mother's name: Emmie Griffith born Rockwall, Tex
certificate number: 19107
film number: 2115359
digital folder number: 005145212
image number: 02489
Collection: Ione Roberts, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2V2-HLQ
name: Matthew Cartwright
event: Birth
event date: 23 Aug 1918
event place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: Matthew Cartwright
mother: Emily Roberts
certificate number: 42016
digital folder number: 004515331
image number: 00472
Collection: Matthew Cartwright, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K39M-TJD
name: Matthew Cartwright
event: Death
event date: 25 Nov 1940
event place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Single
birth date: 23 Aug 1918
birthplace: Terrell, Texas
father's name: Matthew Cartwright
mother's name: Emily Roberts
occupation student
Burial Terrell
certificate number: 51401
film number: 2138121
digital folder number: 005144982
image number: 01044
Collection: Matthew Cartwright, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"