WILLIAM MAGEE ROBERSON
(son of Mathew Newton Roberson, younger brother of Thomas Walker Roberson)
AND PRUDENCE RAINWATER COLLIE FAMILY CHART

Husband: William Magee "Billy" Roberson - (See picture)

Birth: 14 Oct 1819 Place: Near Frankfort, Tennessee; Raised by older brother Thomas ("Tom") from age 13
Death: 1 Nov 1910 Place: Home, near Duffau, Texas; buried Wed. 1:30 pm
Burial: Place: Old Duffau Cemetery,Texas; Funeral-Rev. Wiley Jones, preacher
Occupation: Farmer, War Scout, Methodist Lay Preacher; died 91 years, cause of death said to be dysentery
Settled in Erath Co.Texas, 4 miles west of Duffau, Jan.2,1859
Religion: Methodist; Member of M. E. Church, South for over 66 years

Father: Mathew Newton Roberson (-1832)
Mother: Ann or Anne
Grandfather: David Roberson

Marriage: 25 Jun 1840
Wife: Prudence W. (Prudy) Rainwater Collie - (See picture)

Birth: 14 Oct 1821 Place: Tennessee
DOB Listed ca. 1822 In 1860 Census, Erath Co. Texas
Death: 10 Dec 1873 Place: Nationality: Possibly Cherokee, uncertain
Burial: Place: Old Duffau Cemetery; Rev. Wiley Jones Preacher, Funeral
Occupation: Homemaker

Children:

1. M Child: James Mathew "Matt" Newton Roberson
Birth: 1 Jul 1841 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
Death: 11 Nov 1918 Place: Clairett, Erath Co. Texas
Burial: 12 Nov 19181 Place: Duffau Cemetery, Erath Co. Texas
Occupation: Farmer; Lived in Clairett, Texas at time of death
Spouse: Savirah Sarah Helen Elliott
(See picture of James Mathew and Sarah Elliott Roberson)
Marriage: 4 Apr 1866 Place: Pony Creek, Erath Co Texas
Spouse: Amelia D. McAnally

2. F Child: Nancy Jane Elizabeth Roberson
Birth: 16 Feb 1844 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
Death: 11 Jul 1924

3. M Child: William Louis Walker Roberson
Birth: 1 Apr 1847 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
Death: 19 Jun 1932 Place: Haskell Co Texas
Spouse: Mary Adoline Hollis
Marriage: 1868 Place: Erath Co. Texas

4. M Child: Thomas Henry Buford Roberson
Birth: 23 Jan 1849 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
Death: 22 Jan 1890
Burial: Place: Old Dublin Cemetery, Duffau, Texas
Spouse: Ellen

5. F Child: Matilda Lennie Katherine Roberson
Birth: 26 Jun 1851 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
Death: 7 Feb 1937
Occupation: Lived in Colorado, 1910
Spouse: George T. W. White

6. M Child: Samuel Montgomery "Sam" Roberson
Birth: 28 Sep 1853 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
DOB Listed ca. 1852 In 1860 Census, Erath Co. Texas
Death: 10 Jan 1942

7. F Child: Sarah Ann Frances Roberson
Birth: 3 Feb 1856 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
DOB Listed ca. 1855 In 1860 Census, Erath Co. Texas
Death: 13 Jan 1952
Lived in Bridgeport Texas, 1910
Spouse: John Wesley Roberts

8. M Child: John Goins Washington Roberson
Birth: 13 Oct 1858 Place: Tippah Co. Mississippi
DOB listed ca. 1858/1859
Death: 7 Jan 1935

9. M Child: Joseph George Leander Roberson
Birth: 4 Jul 1861 Place: Erath Co. Texas
Death: 26 Mar 1951
Moved to California by 1910

10. M Child: Walter Milton Burelson Roberson
Birth: 29 Feb 1864 Place: Erath Co. Texas
Death: 30 Jul 1944

Note: Other spouses: Elizabeth Raney

Reference Note 1
Death Record, Vol. 2, page 218, Erath Co. (Stephenville) Texas. Cause of death listed: Senility and paralysis

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