Emma Whitfield (Knight) Roberts (1860 - 1939)

Born 29 Mar 1860 in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama

Ancestors

Wife of John Bethel Roberts — married 14 Dec 1876 in Lauderdale, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 11 May 1939 at age 79 in Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Emma was the daughter of Richard C. Knight and Sarah Ann Wimberly of Chesterfield County, S.C. Emma spent her childhood years in Sumter County Alabama with her parents and five sisters.

Emma is a direct descendant of Rev. Aaron Knight the founder of Fork Creek United Methodist Church in Chesterfield County South Carolina, said to be the first United Methodist church in South Carolina.

Emma W. Knight and John Bethel Roberts were united in Matrimony on the 14 Dec. 1876 in Lauderdale County, Ms. They were the parents of eleven children, of these eleven children ten lived to be adults.

Emma & John's son, John Ed, became a UMC clergyman and several of their grandsons and great grandsons have followed suit.

Emma and John lived in Lauderdale County Mississippi for about 10 years, then they relocated to Kemper County where they lived and raised their children. In the later years of their life they made their home in Neshoba County Mississippi near several of their married children. John & Emma were members of New Hope Methodist church in Neshoba County, Ms

John's death occurred one month and 3 days prior to his and Emma's 50th wedding anniversary.

Excerpt from Obit:

Mrs. J. B. Roberts, age 79, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr & Mrs. J. M. Williams in .the-Shady Grove Community, on May 11, 1939, from the infirmaties of old age. She was widely-known, a devoted christian. and a faithful member of New Hope Methodist church.

Bio by Helen Roberts Kennedy

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDV-CKT : 13 December 2017), E W Knight in entry for R C Knight, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2M-THY : 12 April 2016), Emily W Knight in household of Richard Knight, Alabama, United States; citing p. 196, family 52, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,539.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GJ-JP2 : 12 August 2017), Emma Roberts in household of John Roberts, Daleville, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 95, sheet 163D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0653; FHL microfilm 1,254,653.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XM-K2X : accessed 7 May 2018), Emma Roberts in household of John B Roberts, Beat 3 Moscow, Kemper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 15B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8D-5JP : accessed 7 May 2018), E*A Roberts in household of John B Roberts, Beat 3, Kemper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 11B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 740; FHL microfilm 1,374,753.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTQ-D8C : accessed 7 May 2018), Emma W Roberts in household of John Roberts, Mogulusha, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 83, sheet 9A, line 9, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 888; FHL microfilm 1,820,888.

• "Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Emma Whitfield Knight Roberts (29 Mar 1860–11 May 1939), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42732920, citing Hester Cemetery, Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Jo Roberts (contributor 47188400) .

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