William D Roberts (1903 - 1966)

Born 22 Jun 1903 in Hohenwald, Lewis, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Son of James Charles Roberts and Elizabeth Nancy (Brown) Roberts

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1966 at age 62 in De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States

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Notes

• May also appear under the names of Willie, Willy, Will, Bill, WD
• This person is the father of Alfred Leon Conken Sr - known through DNA matching that links him to James Charles Robert & Elizabeth Brown
• Draft card referred to birth location as Hornwall, Tennessee an easy transcription error

Biography

The early years

William D Roberts was born on the 22nd of Jun 1903^[1][2] in Hohenwald, Tennessee to James Charlie Roberts^[2] and Lizzie Brown

Family Life

He would have a child with Della Mashburn, but they did not marry:

• Alfred Leon Mashburn Conkin(1928-1994)

Through the years

In 1910^[3]

In 1930^[4]

In 1942^[2] he confirmed he had grown to 5' 7 1/2 and 140 pounds with blue eyes, blond hair and a light complexion. At the time he would be working for Mrs. M.B. Robinson Devalls in Bluff, Arkansas and Brown Twn Farming in Brasfield.

Death

He died on the 21st of June 1966^[1] in De Witt, Arkansas due to an accident occured on the White River at Clarendon in Monroe County, AR on 20 Dec 1966..

He would be buried in the Biscoe Cemetery in Biscoe, Arkansas^[5]

W.D. ROBERTS^[6]

Clarendon - W.D. (Bill) Roberts, 62, of 4813 West Second Avenue, Pine Bluff, died Tuesday night at the White River here. He was a retired lumberman.

Mr. Roberts, a native of Biscoe (Monroe County), was a son of the late J.C. Roberts. He lived in Pine Bluf 25 years.

Surviving are three brothers, Leslie Roberts and Ralph Roberts, both of Pine Bluff and Herman Roberts of California and a sister, Mrs. John Kearney of Pine Bluff.

Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday at Biscoe by Reverent Homer Coteen. Burial will be in the Biscoe Cemetery by Brown Funeral Home of Clarendon.

Pall bearers will be Charles Calvert, Tom Calvert, Lamar Cannon, EP Cannon, Jim Morris Jr. and Jacob Lybrand.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} SSDI 431-16-5838
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} World War II draft card for William D Roberts The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Arkansas, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147 U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [1]
3. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Allens Creek, Wayne, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1524; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0132; FHL microfilm: 1375537 United States Census, 1910 [2] Name: Will Robards Event Type: Census Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Allens Creek, Wayne, Tennessee, United States Event Place (Original): Allens Creek, , Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 6 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1904 Birthplace: Tennessee Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 5 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Charley Robards Head Male 33 Tennessee Lizzie Robards Wife Female 31 Tennessee Beanla Robards Daughter Female 9 Tennessee Will Robards Son Male 6 Tennessee Ida Robards Daughter Female 4 Texas Lesly Robards Son Male 2 Texas
4. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2339818
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #124136284 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 January 2021), memorial page for Willie D Roberts (22 Jun 1903–21 Jun 1966), Find a Grave Memorial no. 124136284, citing Biscoe Cemetery, Biscoe, Prairie County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Heather (contributor 47121246) .Family search Find A Grave Index
6. ↑ Obituary forwarded to me by David Johnson

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal Relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Gary Haagenson and his 3rd Cousin LC. Their MRCA are James Roberts and Malvina (Warford) Roberts based on sharing 27 CM across 3 Segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 34 cM gedmatch from Chr 1 Start Location 119,978,977 End Location 170,733,667 Centimorgans (cM) 34 SNPs 3,844 Ch4 5 Start Location 22,467,224 End Location 33,332,089 Centimorgans (cM) 12.7 SNP's 1,446 Chr 12 Start Location 3,269,690 End Location 6,793,279 SNPs 944 Chr 14 Start Location 18,397,823 End Location 22,814,772 Cm's 12.7 SNPs 966 between Conkin T640489 & Kristina Wheeler T632560 - 2nd cousins 1 removed
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Mona Peck and her second cousin once removed Conkin . Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, James Henry Roberts and Malvina Warford. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 184 cM across 9 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Alfred Conkin and his third cousin . Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, Thomas Brown and Martha Dowdy . Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 164 cM across 8 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.