Summerfield Griffith Roberts

1891 - 1970  (78 years)

• Name	Summerfield Griffith Roberts  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	17 Oct 1891	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Jan 1970	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1]
  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]
  Person ID	I38995	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Matthew Cartwright Roberts,   b. 18 Jan 1870, San Augustine County, Texas d. 7 Apr 1931, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Emily Griffith,   b. 29 Jan 1872, Rockwall County, Texas d. 8 Jul 1951, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1890	Texas   [4]
  	"Twenty-year old Matthew C. Roberts, already on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur like his uncle, soon found reasons to make regular business trips (from Terrell) to Dallas in order to see Emily Griffith...who had moved there from Terrell. They were married at the end of 1890, but like many of their contemporaries, the newlyweds continued living with their parents for awhile." (Henson and Parmelee, p. 301).
  Family ID	F9071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Lee Warren,   b. 24 Jun 1895, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas d. 22 Apr 1990, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F11870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Oct 1891 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Death - 3 Jan 1970 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial - - Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Reliability: 3). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell, Ward 3 Enumerated 22 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 36A 680-681 (Reliability: 3). [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Kaufman, JP 3, Terrell City Enumerated 21 Jan 1920 SD 3 ED 40 Sheet 20B 357-449 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 301 (Reliability: 3).