Family Group Sheet
NameJames Americus Roberts
Birth17 Jan 1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky24
FatherTroy Mitchell Roberts (1858-1944)
MotherSarah Amanda Hamm (1856-)
Marriage4 Jun 1905, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEffie Lee Stacy
Birth2 Apr 1892, Rowan Co., Kentucky24
Death12 Aug 1935, Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., Kentucky
BurialGoddard Cemetery, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Children
Birthabt 1908, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseGracie Hunt
Notes for James Americus Roberts
Birthdate and middle name of Americus from his great-granddaughter Lavetta Conner24.
Notes for Effie Lee Stacy
Middle name of Lee is from her great-granddaughter Lavetta Conner24.
Her death certificate records Effie L. Roberts, age 43 years 4 months 10 days, born 2 April 1892 in Rowan Co., Ky, died 12 Aug 1935 in Poplar Plains precinct, Fleming Co., Ky, married, wife of Americas Roberts, father Allan Stacy, mother’s maiden name Nancy Helterbrand, both born in Rowan Co., cause of death “don’t know as she was dying when I arrived”, informant Americas Roberts, Flemingsburg, Ky, burial in Goddard.
Her death certificate records Effie L. Roberts, age 43 years 4 months 10 days, born 2 April 1892 in Rowan Co., Ky, died 12 Aug 1935 in Poplar Plains precinct, Fleming Co., Ky, married, wife of Americas Roberts, father Allan Stacy, mother’s maiden name Nancy Helterbrand, both born in Rowan Co., cause of death “don’t know as she was dying when I arrived”, informant Americas Roberts, Flemingsburg, Ky, burial in Goddard.
Notes for James Americus & Effie Lee (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 5, p. 239 lists the marriage on 4 Jun 1905 of James M. Roberts, 24, farmer, residence Triplett, born Rowan Co., to Effie Stacy, 13, residence Triplett, born Rowan Co., parents born Fleming Co., at Gearhart by Bg James Riley, witnesses Geo Riley, John Fraley.
(The next record in the book is for Marion Roberts and Stella Carter on the same day.)
Before I got the ages and other details on this marriage, I had thought the groom was James M. Roberts the son of William Clark Roberts and Sarah Sorrel, but that James Roberts was born in 1871 and would have been 34 in 1905. James the son of Troy was born in 1881 and would have been 24. There is one problem, that the middle initial of James the son of Troy was A, not M. According to Lavetta Conner, a granddaughter of James and Effie’s daughter Addie, his middle name was Americus. Perhaps the clerk filling out the marriage license heard his middle name as Mericus.
(The next record in the book is for Marion Roberts and Stella Carter on the same day.)
Before I got the ages and other details on this marriage, I had thought the groom was James M. Roberts the son of William Clark Roberts and Sarah Sorrel, but that James Roberts was born in 1871 and would have been 34 in 1905. James the son of Troy was born in 1881 and would have been 24. There is one problem, that the middle initial of James the son of Troy was A, not M. According to Lavetta Conner, a granddaughter of James and Effie’s daughter Addie, his middle name was Americus. Perhaps the clerk filling out the marriage license heard his middle name as Mericus.
