Family Group Sheet
NameJames Floyd Roberts
Birth23 Jun 1856, Grayson Co., Virginia
Death7 Nov 1941, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky
BurialNew Alfrey Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherMinetry Roberts (~1825-1869)
MotherEuphamy Combs (~1823-<1865)
Other spousesDamey A. Cogswell
Marriageabt 1886, Kentucky
SpouseAnna F. Anderson
Birth19 May 1865
Death5 Nov 1906, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Children
BirthFeb 1888, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BirthJan 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth31 Dec 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death28 Aug 1970, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
SpouseDamie Jones , 2C2R
SpouseMay Cogswell
Birth2 Apr 1906, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for James Floyd Roberts
Grayson Co. Virginia birth records list birth of James F. Roberts on 23 Jun 1856 to Minetry and Phamy Roberts.
Noreta Wells has his middle initial as M instead of F. I don’t know her source on that.
Noreta Wells has his middle initial as M instead of F. I don’t know her source on that.
Notes for James Floyd & Anna F. (Family)
Marriage not listed in Rowan or Morgan County records. Possibly Bath County?
Census
In 1880 James is listed as age 23, single, born Virginia, living as a farmhand with the family of Caleb Wyatt, at Pine Grove #219, between the families of his brother Isaiah Roberts and that of Thomas P. Cornett (who was also from Grayson Co. Virginia.)
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, lists as family #176:
Roberts, James, farmer, 39, b. June 1860, married 15 years; Anna F., wife, 36, b. Apr 1864, mother of 6 children, all living; Johnnie, son, 12, b. Feb 1888; Emmet, son, 10, b. Jan 1890; Morton, son, 8, b. Mar 1892; Luther, 6, b. May 1894; Oscar, 4, b. Feb 1896; Irvin C., 2, b. July 1897. (All birthplaces are listed as Ky Ky Ky, but James and his parents were really born in Virginia. The year of birth for James is 4 years off. Most of the birth dates do not match those from gravestones.)
See the census notes for James and Damey for later readings for this family.
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, lists as family #176:
Roberts, James, farmer, 39, b. June 1860, married 15 years; Anna F., wife, 36, b. Apr 1864, mother of 6 children, all living; Johnnie, son, 12, b. Feb 1888; Emmet, son, 10, b. Jan 1890; Morton, son, 8, b. Mar 1892; Luther, 6, b. May 1894; Oscar, 4, b. Feb 1896; Irvin C., 2, b. July 1897. (All birthplaces are listed as Ky Ky Ky, but James and his parents were really born in Virginia. The year of birth for James is 4 years off. Most of the birth dates do not match those from gravestones.)
See the census notes for James and Damey for later readings for this family.
