Ira Hampton "Henry" Roberts Sr b 13 Mar 1844 Lee Co VA d 24 Oct 1935 Taney Co MO; enlisted 18 Dec 1861 Co B 7th Battalion Confederate Army, and Co D French's 65th Battalion, Confederate; captured 15 Apr 1863 Pikeville, Pike Co KY, by the 39th Kentucky Mtd. Infantry, Union, and sent 19 Apr 1863 to Camp Chase Prison Camp, OH, exchanged 13 May 1863 City Point VA; s/o Lewis Roberts and Penelope Penny Day. Ira Hampton "Henry" Roberts Sr m. 30 Dec 1866 Letcher Co KY to Elizabeth Jenkins b about 1845 Letcher Co KY d 1902 Taney Co MO buried Caney Creek, Roberts Cemetery, Taney Co MO; d/o Abner B Jenkins and Martha Jane Blair. Children of Ira Hampton "Henry" Roberts Sr and Elizabeth Jenkins;

I. General Sherman "Sherd" Roberts b Jun 1868 VA d 1 Dec 1918 Taney Co MO; m. 25 Dec 1891 Taney Co MO to Nancy "May" Marlin b about 1870 MO. Child of General Sherman "Sherd" Roberts and Nancy "May" Marlin;

1. Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" Roberts b 17 May 1896 Hilda, Taney Co MO; d 2 Dec 1943 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO; buried Memorial Gardens, Swope Park MO; m. 10 Oct 1915 Taney Co MO to Raymond Ellsworth "Raymie" Howard b Jul 1895 MO; buried Memorial Gardens, Swope Park, MO. Children of Raymond Ellsworth "Raymie" Howard and Amanda Elizabeth "Mandy" Roberts; i. Arlie Howard b 1916 OK ii. Argus K Howard b 4 Mar 1918 OK d 21 Aug 1992 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO iii. Arvil R Howard b 10 Dec 1919 OK d 12 Nov 1987 Belton, Cass Co MO iv. Burl Howard d 31 Dec 2003; m. Earlene Yvonne Kroenke.

II. William Jesse Roberts b 23 MAR 1870 Wise Co VA d 27 Mar 1944 Taney Co MO; buried Roberts - Jenkins - Collins Cemetery, Caney Creek, Taney Co MO; m. 28 Mar 1888 Wise Co VA to Mary Ellen Roberts b 20 Mar 1872 Wise Co VA; d 7 Nov 1951 Taney Co MO; buried Roberts - Jenkins - Collins Cemetery, Caney Creek, Taney Co MO; d/o Galen Marion Roberts and Esther Jane Kilgore.

III. Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Roberts (aka Louisa) b 26 MAY 1872 Wise Co VA d 27 Feb 1953 Mayes Co OK; buried Elm Cemetery, North of Leach, Delaware Co OK; medical history, she was crippled and on crutches since she was a child; m. 26 May 1887 Wise Co VA to James M Dollarhide b 15 Aug 1870 Wise Co VA d 6 Feb 1939 Rose, Mayes Co OK; buried Rose Cemetery, Rose, Mayes Co OK, section S, plot 12; s/o Hiram Harrison Dollarhide and Mary Ann "Polly" Kilgore.

IV. Lucinda "Cindy" Roberts b 1873 Wise Co VA m. 18 Sept 1890 Wise Co VA to James Clayton Hunsucker b 14 Jul 1859 Wise Co VA d 3 Jan 1891 Wise Co VA; in a gunfight at Critical Fork; buried Galen Roberts Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o Archibald Hunsucker and Dianna Baker. James Clayton Hunsucker m. 20 Oct 1877 Wise Co VA to Rutha Sturgill b 10 Aug 1860 Wise Co VA d 23 Nov 1919 d/o John G Sturgill and Rachel Adams. Rutha Sturgill m. John Bolling (aka Bowling). Lucinda "Cindy" Roberts m. 1 Feb 1905 Douglas Co MO to Pleasant "John" Primm b Sept 1866 MO d 4 Jun 1948; s/o Martha E Craft. Pleasant "John" Primm m. (1) Sarah Frankey Sturman. Pleasant "John" Primm m. 3 Jun 1888 to (2) Nancy Elizabeth Evans b Mar 1872 MO.

V. Isaac "Ike" Monroe Roberts b 15 MAR 1876 Wise Co VA

VI. Lewis Sherman Roberts b JAN 1877 Wise Co VA

VII. Penelope "Nellie" Roberts b MAY 1878 Wise Co VA d 1960 Douglas Co MO; buried Hall Cemetery, Douglas Co MO; m. 28 Jan 1899 Taney Co MO to Elihu M Maggard b 1865 Letcher Co KY d 1941 Douglas Co MO; buried Hall Cemetery, Douglas Co MO; has a triple stone and is buried between both his wives; s/o Rudolph Rhea Maggard and Mary "Elizabeth" Boggs. Elihu M Maggard m. 20 Mar 1887 Letcher Co KY to Freelove Bolling b 1867 d 1894 Douglas Co MO; buried Hall Cemetery, Douglas Co MO; d/o Daniel Bolling and Sarah Caudill. Freelove Bolling m. John Cowan "Johnny" Day.

VIII. John P. Roberts b 15 MAR 1880 Wise Co VA

IX. James K. "Polk" Roberts b 23 MAR 1883 Wise Co VA d Mar 1972 Stockton, San Joaquin CA; buried Parkview Cemetery, French Camp Road, San Joaquin Co CA; m. 15 Mar 1908 Taney Co MO to Mary Katherine "Kass" Maggard b 1 Aug 1889 Wise Co VA d 23 Dec 1988 Stockton, San Joaquin CA; d/o Silas Maggard and America Elizabeth "Mary" Roberts.

The Following notes all come from Jeanne Dobbs: 1900 census had birth date as Mar 1848 January 24, 1917, Ira and Amanda Roberts along with Stephen and Ruthy Hankins, sold 120 acres of their land to William Jenkins and Henry Roberts for $80. The land was Amanda and Ruthy's land from their father Henry M. Ford. Headstone says Ira H. Roberts March 13, 1846 --- October 24, 1935,Veteran of Civil War. He is buried beside Elizabeth Jenkins. She does not have a headstone. Ira Henry served in the Civil War with Co. B, 7th Battalion, Confederate Cavalry. He previously served in Co. D, French's Battalion, Virginia Inf. He was taken POW at Piketon, KY April 15, 1863 and sent to Louisville, KY on April 19, 1863 he was sent to camp Chase, Ohio, and then exchanged at City Point VA on May 13, 1863. Union Army description: 5' 5", hazel eyes, black hair, dark complexion, age 16, farm hand. He served with Raleigh Duncan Roberts, his nephew. Ira, by all accounts was a tough, brave and strong man. He was reported to be able to lift a 100 pound sack of grain with his teeth and throw it over his shoulder and walk away. He could do this well into his seventies. He was reported to be the principal Shooter in the battle of Critical Fork, and was the only one brought to trial. (He was acquitted after spending a small fortune.) He had been in combat and was deadly with a weapon; He was over 60 when he married Amanda Ford she was 21. He Fathered four children with her and provided well into his 80's for his family. Near his death in 1935, at his house on Caney Creek, MO, his second wife "Mandy" got mad at him and took the children and walked away leaving him in bed. He was crippled from diabetes and unable to walk. He soon realized she was not coming back and that he was facing his death. He managed to crawl out on the porch to the water bucket. Knowing he would starve or freeze to death if he didn't get some help, he started down the creek toward his son William Jesse's place. As he crawled along, his cattle noticed the strange sight and decided he was some sort of evil and set about trying to trample him. Lucky for him his hunting dog came to his rescue and drove the cattle away. He crawled along the creek bed, about a mile, and forded the creek finally getting into shouting range of William Jesse and Mary's' place. The children heard his cries and found him. The family dried him, warmed him and put him in bed. He remained there until he died some months later. Thelma Roberts/Hankins related this story to me. She said she helped attend to him as a girl. Roy Roberts, Jr. Published in the Taney Co Republican Newspaper: Feb 6, 1896 Johnson School district News- Ira Roberts was baptized in Caney Creek last Sunday by R. B. Stafford, though the weather was cold and chilly. Middle name was either Hampton or Henry. My close family members say it was Hampton.

Source: Bonnie Gay Christensen: rchris6194@aol.com