Spouse: Dora WILSON. Children were: Edison ROBERSON, Ada Irene ROBERSON.

Spouse: Nora MELTON.

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: George ROBERSON Sr. and Violinda JOHNSTON.

Spouse: James WATSON.

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Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: . Parents: George ROBERSON Jr. and Frances WESTFALL.

Spouse: Daniel ROBERSON. Eleanor "Nelly" ROBERSON and Daniel ROBERSON were married on 10 November 1833 in ,Crawford Indiana. Children were: Samuel C. ROBERSON, William T. ROBERSON, Son ROBERSON.

Spouse: Daniel ROBERSON Jr.. Children were: Samuel C. ROBERSON, William T. ROBERSON, Son ROBERSON.

Was a Blacksmith.

Roberson, Elijah bk 2 pp206-208
dtd 6 Aug. 1890
rec 23 Aug. 1890
Wife Mary H. to have all estate real & persona l
At death or remarriage of said wife, estate is to be divided among all th e
children except Elizabeth Jane Smith is to have $147.00 less than the oth ers
Exec- Wife Mary H. Roberson
Wit- Daniel J. Brown and Thomas H. Miller

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: Daniel Robert ROBERSON and Esther Ada YATES. Parents: .

Spouse: Mary Henderson (Polly) LANDISS. Mary Henderson (Polly) LANDISS and Elijah ROBERSON were married on 17 March 1842. Children were: Elizabeth Jane ROBERSON, Celesta Arabelle ROBERSON, Susannah ROBERSON, Celina E. ROBERSON, Sarah A. (Sallie) ROBERSON, Roena (Mary) ROBERSON, Ruben P. M. ROBERSON, Timothy H. ROBERSON.

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: Thomas Jefferson ROBERSON and Nancy M FROMAN.

Spouse: Sarah Ann GRANT. Sarah Ann GRANT and Elijah F. ROBERSON were married on 8 March 1853 in Crawford Co., In. Children were: Hesther Adeline ROBERSON, Annie ROBERSON, Lucy Idella ROBERSON, Nancy Elvira ROBERSON, Sylvester ROBERSON, Alice Annabelle ROBERSON, Coda L. ROBERSON, Eliza Evelyn ROBERSON.

Wife Sarah to have the home farm & certain personal propert y
Son Sylvester F. Roberson & daughters Annie E. Henley & Nancy E. Quick ha ve already been given $350.00 each.

The following daughters are each to have $350.00 at their marriage or a t coming of age (21 yrs):
Lucy I Roberson
Coda E. Roberson
Eliza E. Roberson
Exec- Wife Sarah Roberson & son Sylvester Roberso n
Wit- Isaac F. Johnson, Marquis D L Gibbs, Jame Morgan & Andrew J. Woo d
Codicil dtd 21 Dec. 1892 gives wife personal property

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN.

Spouse: Nancy VAN WINKLE. Nancy VAN WINKLE and Elijah J. ROBERSON were married on 12 November 1863 in ,Crawford, Indiana. Children were: Ella E. ROBERSON.

Spouse: Sarah Emma GRAVES. Sarah Emma GRAVES and Elijah J. ROBERSON were married on 30 October 1874 in ,Crawford, Indiana. Children were: Annie Elizabeth ROBERSON, Sylvester F. ROBERSON, Nancy E. ROBERSON, Abraham ROBERSON, Issac A. ROBERSON, Lucy I. ROBERSON, Coda E. ROBERSON, Eliza E. ROBERSON.

Spouse: John Debry WALLS.

Spouse: Joseph M. SPEEDY.

In 1843 a 25 year old, an unmarried Indiana farm girl, named Elizabeth Ro berson, gave birth to a baby boy and named him Origin. Since his mother w as unmarried he took his mother's maiden name, Roberson. To be born to a n unmarried mother in 1843 was to be stigmatized; both the mother and th e child suffered the shame. Instead of joy at the birth of a baby boy the re was shame and sadness. The mother's entire family felt the disgrace. B efore long the little boy's sweetness and charm would win over his unhapp y relatives, uncles, aunts, cousins and grand parents.

To understand how this came about we found that Elizabeth had left the ho me of her parents, George and Frances Roberson before 1840 and was livin g with her cousin and her husband, Mildred and Abraham Froman who had si x small children and lived near her parents. In 1842 Mildred had her seve nth child and in 1843 Elizabeth gave birth to Origin. The situation indic ates that Abraham might have been Origin's father.
Apparently she continued to live with the Froman's after the birth of Ori gin. Abraham died in 1846 and in 1847 Elizabeth, who is now 29, married T homas Kinman, a 19 year old young man.

In 1950 Thomas and Elizabeth are living next door to Mildred Froman wit h Origin and two little girls, Ester 2 yrs. and Pernule 6 mos. Her parent s, George and Frances Roberson, and her younger sister Sarah lived in th e same area. Until Origin was twelve years old he knew his uncle and gran dfather and he were all Roberson's. How he thought and felt about his nam e being changed to Kinman we have no way of knowing. He doubtless was no t entirely happy about it since he took back the Roberson name when he jo ined the Army in 1862.

Some tragic event occurred that resulted in Elizabeth arranging for Origi n Kinman, twelve years old, to be indentured in 1855 as a servant to Temp le Woolsey, a wealthy farmer in Pike County. That same year Elizabeth mar ried a Thomas Brewster who lived in the same community as Temple Woolsey . One cannot help but wonder how Origin must have felt about his mother' s action or what family circumstances may have made it necessary for he r to make that decision. Obviously the farmer agreed to send him to schoo l and provide a fitting reward for him at age 18. His handwriting and spe lling on his application for the Army show remarkably good skills. Templ e Woolsey was a widower in 1860 with several children of his own. By th e time Origin joined the Army in 1862, Woolsey had married a second time . Apparently Woolsey gave Origin a horse and saddle and some money when h e became 18.

When he was 19 he went to Evansville and volunteered for the Army and bec ause he had his own horse and saddle he was placed in the Cavalry and pai d forty cents a day extra for having his own horse and equipment. On hi s enlistment application he gave his name as Origin Roberson, and gave hi s place of birth as Crawford, County Indiana.

After his years of military service, which ended with eleven months i n a Confederate Prison where he became very ill and almost died, he was d ischarged without medical treatment. He signed out of service as Origin R obinson, a name that the military often used according to his records. H e weighed only 80 pounds, had scurvy, diarrhea and the piles. He had no h ome to go to, his horse and saddle were gone, where would he go? He was s ick and alone in the world, no father, and his mother had bound him out a s a boy. His feeling of loneliness and rejection must have been at a hig h point at that time. The only two people in the world he could turn to w as his mother Elizabeth and his foster father, Temple Woolsey in the Lock hart Township of Pike County and that is where he went. Where he went an d with whom he lived we do not know but we do know from his own writing t hat he was unable to work from 1865 to 1870 and that he was under the car e of Dr. De Lar and Dr. Agee in the Lockhart Township during that time. O bviously someone cared enough for him to help him survive.

In that same township he met the Robert Bland family whose daughter, Deri nda, he married in 1871 in Pike County. From the seed of this small, sick ly man we have all sprung to life. The seed of every one of us he carrie d as he suffered in that horrible prison. I am convinced that we are al l indebted to Elizabeth, his mother, and Temple Woolsey for enabling hi m to survive.

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: George ROBERSON Jr. and Frances WESTFALL.

Spouse: LAND.

Spouse: George A. ENGLEMAN. Elizabeth ROBERSON and George A. ENGLEMAN were married on 25 April 1860 in Crawford Co., In.

1860 census of sagamon, ill. shows s.westfall,age 72 with wife e. westfal l, age 67 b. maryland

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: George ROBERSON Sr. and Violinda JOHNSTON.

Spouse: Samuel WESTFALL.

Spouse: John Washington (Bud) ROBERSON. Elizabeth Ann ROBERSON and John Washington (Bud) ROBERSON were married on 11 May 1879 in Crawford Co., In. Children were: Marshall (Dillie) ROBERSON, Garfield A ROBERSON, Pearl A ROBERSON, Nora Alice ROBERSON, Alva A. ROBERSON, Jacob Simon ROBERSON, Oadie Belle ROBERSON, Joseph ROBERSON, Maudie Ellen ROBERSON, Sarah Trisia ROBERSON.

Roberson, Elijah bk 2 pp206-208
dtd 6 Aug. 1890
rec 23 Aug. 1890
Wife Mary H. to have all estate real & persona l
At death or remarriage of said wife, estate is to be divided among all th e
children except Elizabeth Jane Smith is to have $147.00 less than the oth ers
Exec- Wife Mary H. Roberson
Wit- Daniel J. Brown and Thomas H. Miller

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: Elijah ROBERSON and Mary Henderson (Polly) LANDISS.

Spouse: Martin SMITH. Children were: Mary SMITH, William SMITH, Emma Arabelle SMITH, Joseph N. SMITH, Lucy SMITH, Nettie SMITH.

Spouse: James A. ROBERSON. Children were: Charles ROBERSON, Jewel ROBERSON, James Roy ROBERSON, Robert ROBERSON.

Spouse: James Washington ROBERSON.

Spouse: Otis WRIGHT. Emma ROBERSON and Otis WRIGHT were married WFT Est. 1887-1916. Children were: Atley C. WRIGHT.

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN.

Spouse: John Phil KEARBEY.

Spouse: Rev. Mann Woodfield ROBERSON. Eunice Aldah ROBERSON and Rev. Mann Woodfield ROBERSON were married on 14 September 1903 in English,Crawford,Indiana. Children were: Ulrich Uel ROBERSON, Angeline A ROBERSON, Ruth ROBERSON, Cecil May ROBERSON, Paul Fielding ROBERSON, Charles Adam ROBERSON, Mann Woodfield ROBERSON.

Spouse: Rev. Mann Woodfield ROBERSON. Children were: Ulrich Uel ROBERSON, Angeline A ROBERSON, Ruth ROBERSON, Cecil May ROBERSON, Paul Fielding ROBERSON, Charles Adam ROBERSON, Mann Woodfield ROBERSON.

Spouse: John P. WILSON.

Spouse: Arthur HOLLOWAY.

Spouse: William HEATH.

age 24

Eyes blue, hair light, 5'7", complexion light

Mustered in April 4 1862 in Indianapolis, IN

transferred to Co. B. re-organized; m/o March 5 1865

Fielding Roberson was my great grandfather whom l don't believe I ever me t. He had eight boys and two girls. (I think). The boys were, my grandfat her James W., Alva, William, Ruben, Mann, Irvin, Charles, and George. On e of the girls was Bertha. The other name is unknown to me.
Fielding was in the Indiana Cavalry during the civil war. He had three ho rses shot from under him during the battles. He must have been in the thi ck of it. He was captured, I believe, at Vicksburg, He smuggled a spoon f rom one of the meals and he and two other prisoners dug under the priso n wall. The floor was dirt.

During the days they filled the hole back up and one of them would sit o n it so they never got caught. It took several days to dig out. The dar k night they finally made it they crawled out in pitch darkness. They ha d no directions and did not know which direction to go. The other two me n crawled back in the prison and filled the hole. Grandpa decided he woul d go for it.

He traveled by 'night and slept in barns and straw stacks by day. One mor ning he awoke in the same barn he'd slept in three nights before. He wa s tired and hungry and decided to give himself up. He went to the house a nd told them who he was. It so happened that they were Northern Sympathiz ers. They fed him a big meal and told him how to get back to his outfit , which he managed to do.

Fielding had so many boys that he would not do much. He delegated authori ty to Alva his oldest boy. Alvy could even spank them if he thought the y needed it. One day grandpa was behind the barn crying, Alva had whippe d him. When asked what was wrong He said "I hope none of us ever have t o die but if they do I hope it is big Ab (Alvas nickname).

One day Alva was hauling Manure from the barn. They said a "city girl" wa lked by and yelled Oh Alf what are you doing? "Being already mad he yelle d "hauling horse shit". You did not say things like that to ladies in tho se days. The girl hurried on her way.

Grandpa Jim Once said he wished his name was Shit because Jim was too eas y to say and they were giving him more than his share of the chores. The y would not call him so much if his name was that. (Roberson Family Stor ies August 2006-Remembered and written by: Jack Roger Roberson, b. 1931)

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN.

Spouse: Mary Ann DENBO. Mary Ann DENBO and Fielding ROBERSON were married on 28 September 1873 in ,Crawford Indiana. Children were: Alva Thomas ROBERSON, James Washington ROBERSON, Lillie Jane ROBERSON, Fannie Lucinda ROBERSON, Rev. Mann Woodfield ROBERSON, Grover Cleveland ROBERSON, Charles Edward ROBERSON, William Fielding ROBERSON, Bertha Mable ROBERSON, Reuben Russell ROBERSON, George Hazelwood ROBERSON, Irvin Ember ROBERSON.

SSN: State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Indian a

Actual Death Residence: Californi a

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92010

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: Alva Thomas ROBERSON and Emma WOOLEMS.

Spouse: Ruby E. YATES. Ruby E. YATES and Fielding Emmet ROBERSON were married about 1935.

Children were: Living ROBERSON, Living ROBERSON.

Please note that this work is built on our family records and the previous work of others for which we are grateful. Parents: John Washington (Bud) ROBERSON and Elizabeth Ann ROBERSON.