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Benjamin Shadrach Roberts

Male 1874 - 1966  (92 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Shadrach Roberts  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 2 May 1874  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 May 1966  Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
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      Name: Benjamin Shadrach Roberts
      Death Date: 12 May 1966
      Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
      Gender: Male
      Race: W
      Death Age: 92 years
      Estimated Birth Date:
      Birth Date: 02 May 1874
      Birthplace: St Augustine, Texas
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name: Benjamin Thomas Roberts
      Father's Birthplace:
      Mother's Name: Annie W Cartwright
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Occupation: Real Estate & Ins Agent
      Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
      Cemetery: Oakland Mem Pk
      Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
      Burial Date: 14 May 1966
      Additional Relatives: X
      Film Number: 2117978
      Digital Film Number: 4178279
      Image Number: 3241
      Reference Number: cn 33290
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
    Person ID I38988  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2012 

    Father Benjamin Thomas Roberts,   b. 2 Apr 1837, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1887, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright,   b. 6 Apr 1844, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1903, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1869  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4

    • Anna and her sister Mary had commenced writing letters to "care-worn soldiers" other than their brothers. One of these soldiers was Benjamin T. Roberts, seven years older than Anna and a neighbor since childhood, whom had asked her to begin a "friendly correspondence." Although she "never corresponded with young gentelmen before the war...(and) said I never would, She decided it was a 'duty imcumbent of the fair sex' to contribute to the soldier's happiness." (Henson and Cartwright, p. 227) in October 1868, Anna finally gave in to Ben Roberts's ardent courtship and set the wedding for January 1869. Using money from her father's wedding gift, Anna bought the 1830 Ezekiel Cullen house in December 1869, registering the transaction in her own name, an unusual practice for married women at that time. (ibid, p. 267). As a young girl, Anna had displayed more independence of mind than many of her friends, even her mother deplored her occasional "contrariness." After her husband died in 1887, Anna applied to the court and was immediately appointed administrator. Although there was not a prenuptial agreement on file, Anna had kept her property seperate from Ben's. (ibid, p. 299). Her youngest brother, Matthew, offered to build a house for Anna on Griffith Avenue in Terrell, and she agreed to make a fresh start in an area that offered business opportunities for her sons. Within eighteen months of the move, she and her eldest son Matthew had opened a real estate and loan office with the aid of her brother Matthew, and they soon opened an insurance agency to augment their income. (ibid, pp. 300-301). Anna later also had her husband's body reinterred in Terrell, Texas.
    Family ID F3486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    2. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Page 2 SD 1 EDF 80 Enumerated 7 Jun 1880 20-20 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 267 (Reliability: 3).