Susannah (King) Roach (abt. 1837 - 1890)

Born about 1837 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Mathias Croe (Roach) Roche — married 29 Jul 1855 in Claiborne County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1890 at about age 53 in Indiana, United States

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Biography

Susannah King, the daughter of James King and Nancy Lewis,was born about 1837, in Wilkes NC.. The family soon relocated to Claiborne Tennessee, ^[1] where on 29 July 1855, Susannah married Mathias Croe Roach,^[2] after the death of his wife in child birth, becoming mother of the infant Drury and his brother William Temple. The birth locations on census records, shows the family living in Kentucky before settling in Indiana, while seven more children joined the family^[3] Susannah and Mathias ended their marriage.^[4] and Mathias married Rhetta Edwards in 1874. Susannah passed away in 1890.

Children of Susannah and Mathias Croe Roche^[4]

James Roche 1856

David Walker Roche 1860

Henry Clay Roche 1862

John Roche 1864

Edward Roche 1867

Benjamin Roche 1869

Watson Homer Roche 1869

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDH-9HK : 12 April 2016), Susan King in household of James King, Claiborne county, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1278, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-VGYH : 20 July 2016), Mathias C Roach and Susannah King, 25 Jul 1855; citing Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 898,393.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX61-K2B : 8 June 2019), Susan Roach in entry for M C Roach, 1870.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9C-6XJ : 7 September 2017), Susan Roche, Carr, Jackson, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 41D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,286.