Roberts, William L. b. 10 Jun 1877 Sandusky, Ohio, USA d. 9 Jan 1909 Wolf Pen, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Roberts, William L.

1877 - 1909 (31 years)

Name	Roberts, William L. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	10 Jun 1877	Sandusky, Ohio, USA [1, 4]
Gender	Male
Birth	Jun 1878	West Virginia, USA [2, 3, 6]
Residence	1880	Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [2, 6]
	Middlebourne, Ellsworth (District), Tyler Co, WV
census 1880	19 Jun 1880	Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [6]
	age 2. Middlebourne, Ellsworth (District), Tyler Co, WV
	Record for Lenard Roberts (21) facts 20250323GHLn- edited 1880 United States Federal Census about Lenard Roberts date 19th June 1880 Arthur B. Smith Name: Lenard Roberts Home Ellsworth, Tyler, WV Age: 41 birth: abt 1839 Virginia Relation: Self (Head) Spouse: Mary E. Roberts Father's birth: Virginia Mother's birth: Virginia Occ: Farmer Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Lenard Roberts 41 farmer Mary E. Roberts 29 Matilda Roberts 7 Henrietta Roberts 5 William Roberts 2 Mary M. Roberts 1 William H. Jacobs 28 Barbara E. " 21 Hulda Helmsley 34 children ... Edwin Meeker 46 Kate " 44 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: 1414; Family History Film: 1255414; Page: 65B; Enumeration District: 182; Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 20240112GHLn- renamed from census 1880 USA WV Tyler(2).jpg to census 1880 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 182_65B.jpg
census 1900	16 Jun 1900	Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [2, 3]
	age 21, WV VA VA, b. Jun 1878, day laborer/Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia/Middlebourne, Ellsworth (District), Tyler Co, WV
	20250329GHLn- edited 20250224GHLn- re-named from: census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A_usa(15).jpg to: census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A LRoberts.jpg 20180421 HAv- re-pasted from Source Notes; re-named, re-categorized. 1900 United States Federal Census about Leonard Roberts date 16th June 1900 W.F. Clark Name: Leonard Roberts Home : Ellsworth, Tyler, WV [Middlebourne, Tyler, WV] Age: 61 Birth: Mar 1839 Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation: Head Father's Birth: Virginia Mother's Birth: Virginia Spouse: Mary E Roberts Marriage: 1869 Status: Married Years : 31 Household Leonard Roberts 61 VA VA VA Mar 1839 31 yr mar farmer Mary E Roberts 48 VA VA VA May 1852 31 yr mar 13/9 children William Roberts 21 WV VA VA Jun 1878 day laborer Ebenezer Roberts 17 WV VA VA Oct 1882 laborer oil well Eva S Roberts 12 WV VA VA Sep 1887 Mazie Roberts 9 WV VA VA Aug 1880 (1890) Jessie E Roberts 6 WV VA VA Jul 1893 Mckinley Roberts 3 WV VA VA Sep 1896 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1774; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 82. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Death	9 Jan 1909	Wolf Pen, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA [1]
	Record for Wm. L. Roberts (6) facts 20250323GHLn- edited Wm. L. Roberts in the West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 Name: Wm. L. Roberts Birth: abt 1878 Sandusky Death: 9 Jan 1909 West Virginia Age: 31 years 6 months 29 days Occ: Laborer Race: White Status: Married Gender: Male FHL Film: 850568 age 31y 6m 29d (30). shot & put in an oil tank on Wolf Pen, per his son, William "Red" Roberts (Jr?)
Burial	Aft 9 Jan 1909	Bowser Cemetery, Tyler County, West Virginia, USA [4]
Death	18 Jan 1909 [4]
	Age: 32y 5m 1d ?? calc: 31 Years, 7 Months, 8 Days
	Record for William L. Roberts 20250323GHLn- edited William L. Roberts Birth: Jun. 10, 1877 Death: Jan. 18, 1909 Aged 32 years 5 months 1 day calc 31 Years, 7 Months, 8 Days Burial: Bowser Cemetery Tyler County, West Virginia, USA Created by: Judy Mayfield Record added: Jul 30, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40051948
Race	White [1]
Occupation	Laborer [1]
Person ID	I48857	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Roberts, Leonard, b. 24 Mar 1839, Marion County, West Virginia, USA d. 13 Dec 1924, Paden City, Tyler, West Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Metz, Mary Elena, b. 11 May 1851, Tyler County, West Virginia, USA d. 3 Jul 1922, New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	10 Oct 1867	Kidwell/Glendenning, Tyler, West Virginia, USA
	Kidwell, Tyler Co, WV by Rev. Haught.
Married	10 Oct 1869	Tyler County, West Virginia, USA [7]
Issue, jt	1900
	M31 13/9 31 yr married, 13/9 children
Family ID	F34231	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hopp, Effie

Children

1. Roberts, William [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F34738 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 10 Jun 1877 - Sandusky, Ohio, USA
	Birth - Jun 1878 - West Virginia, USA
	Death - 9 Jan 1909 - Wolf Pen, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Added by: Tessa Peters William L. Roberts Birth: Jun. 10, 1877 Death: Jan. 9, 1909 Aged 32 years 5 months 1 day Burial: Bowser Cemetery Tyler County, West Virginia, USA Created by: Judy Mayfield Record added: Jul 30, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40051948
		census 1900 USA 20250329GHLn- edited 20250224GHLn- re-named from: census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A_usa(15).jpg to: census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A LRoberts.jpg 20180421 HAv- re-pasted from Source Notes; re-named, re-categorized. 1900 United States Federal Census about Leonard Roberts date 16th June 1900 W.F. Clark Name: Leonard Roberts Home :…
		census 1880 USA WV Tyler Record for Lenard Roberts (21) facts 20250323GHLn- edited 1880 United States Federal Census about Lenard Roberts date 19th June 1880 Arthur B. Smith Name: Lenard Roberts Home Ellsworth, Tyler, WV Age: 41 birth: abt 1839 Virginia Relation: Self (Head) Spouse: Mary E. Roberts Father's birth: Virginia Mother's birth: Virginia Occ:…

Sources

[S1377] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Wm. L. Roberts (6) facts
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Record for Wm. L. Roberts (6) facts
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Wm. L. Roberts in the West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Wm. L. Roberts
Birth: abt 1878 Sandusky
Death: 9 Jan 1909 West Virginia
Age: 31 years 6 months 29 days
Occ: Laborer
Race: White
Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film: 850568
[S1421] Public Member Trees, 201501 **** pathallhudson, Database online.
Record for Mary Elma Metz
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=6002777514&indiv=try

[S1411] census 1900 USA WV, Year: 1900; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1774; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 82. Mercer et al.
Record for Leonard Roberts (35) facts
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20250329GHLn- edited
20250224GHLn- re-named from:
census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A_usa(15).jpg to:
census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A LRoberts.jpg
20180421 HAv- re-pasted from Source Notes; re-named, re-categorized.
1900 United States Federal Census about Leonard Roberts
date 16th June 1900
W.F. Clark
Name: Leonard Roberts
Home : Ellsworth, Tyler, WV
[Middlebourne, Tyler, WV]
Age: 61
Birth: Mar 1839
Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation: Head
Father's Birth: Virginia
Mother's Birth: Virginia
Spouse: Mary E Roberts
Marriage: 1869
Status: Married
Years : 31
Household
Sarah Geek? 74 OH Ir Ir Apr 1826 wd
William M. Mercer 19 s WV VA OH Dec 1880 S
Hulda Mercer 16 d WV VA OH Mar 1884 S

R. ?. Mercer 48 VA VA VA Mar 1852 Wd
Emma Mercer 18 WV VA VA Mar 1882
Lulu Mercer 16 WV WV WV May 1884
James W Mercer 11 WV VA VA Jun 1888

Jerry L. Mercer 36 VA VA VA Jun 1863 M16
Mary E " 37 VA VA VA May 1863 M16 4/3
Gracie D " 16 WV VA VA Sep 1884
Theodore E " 14 WV VA VA May 1886
Vernny L " 10 WV VA VA Aug 1889

Leonard Roberts 61 VA VA VA Mar 1839 M31 farmer
Mary E Roberts 48 VA VA VA May 1852 M31 13/9
William Roberts 21 WV VA VA Jun 1878 day laborer
Ebenezer Roberts 17 WV VA VA Oct 1882 laborer oil well
Eva S Roberts 12 WV VA VA Sep 1887
Mazie Roberts 9 WV VA VA Aug 1880 (1890)
Jessie E Roberts 6 WV VA VA Jul 1893
Mckinley Roberts 3 WV VA VA Sep 1896

Jacob Youst 45 Aug 1854 M21
Adalia? " 43 May 1857 M21 10/9
fam

L. John Leonard 35 Apr 1865 M6
Jessie Leonard 28 Jun 1871 M6 0/0

George ? McFaddon 23 Jul 1876 S
Herbert " brother 26 Aug 1873 S

Lively W Fluharty 47 Jul 1852 M20
C.C. " 48 Mar 1852 M20 2/2
Chester O " 18 Jun 1882
Herbert H " 12 Jul 1887

Florence Workman 30 Sep 1861 S
boarders

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1774; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 82.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

census 1900 USA
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20250224GHLn- re-named from:
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census 1900 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 82_14A LRoberts.jpg
20180421 HAv- re-pasted from Source Notes; re-named, re-categorized.
1900 United States Federal Census about Leonard Roberts
date 16th June 1900
W.F. Clark
Name: Leonard Roberts
Home :…

[S854] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for William L. Roberts
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Record for William L. Roberts
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William L. Roberts
Birth: Jun. 10, 1877
Death: Jan. 18, 1909
Aged 32 years 5 months 1 day
Burial: Bowser Cemetery
Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
Created by: Judy Mayfield
Record added: Jul 30, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40051948
[S339] Juanita (Chapman) Matthews, appended by Mary Ellen Olson, Wetzel Roots.
According to his son, William "Bill" "Red" Roberts, William Sr. was shot and put in an oil tank on Wolf Pen, Tyler Co, WV. Red was then raised by his grandparents, "Len" and Mary Elma "Aunt Polly" Roberts. "Red"'s grandfather, Hopp, was killed by a threshing machine on the New Martinsville Ridge, Wetzel Co, WV

[S1376] census 1880 USA WV Tyler, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: 1414; Family History Film: 1255414; Page: 65B; Enumeration District: 182; Image: .
Record for Lenard Roberts (21) facts
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Record for Lenard Roberts (21) facts
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1880 United States Federal Census about Lenard Roberts
date 19th June 1880
Arthur B. Smith
Name: Lenard Roberts
Home Ellsworth, Tyler, WV
Age: 41
birth: abt 1839 Virginia
Relation: Self (Head)
Spouse: Mary E. Roberts
Father's birth: Virginia
Mother's birth: Virginia
Occ: Farmer
Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household
Lenard Roberts 41 farmer
Mary E. Roberts 29
Matilda Roberts 7
Henrietta Roberts 5
William Roberts 2
Mary M. Roberts 1

William H. Jacobs 28
Barbara E. " 21

Hulda Helmsley 34
children

...

Edwin Meeker 46
Kate " 44 Wife
Mary S. Meeker 17 Daughter
Grace Meeker 14 Daughter
George E. Meeker 11 Son
Cicilia Meeker 8 Daughter
Lizzie M. Meeker 4 Daughter

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; Roll: 1414; Family History Film: 1255414; Page: 65B; Enumeration District: 182;

Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

20240112GHLn- renamed from
census 1880 USA WV Tyler(2).jpg to
census 1880 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth 182_65B.jpg

census 1880 USA WV Tyler
Record for Lenard Roberts (21) facts
20250323GHLn- edited
1880 United States Federal Census about Lenard Roberts
date 19th June 1880
Arthur B. Smith
Name: Lenard Roberts
Home Ellsworth, Tyler, WV
Age: 41
birth: abt 1839 Virginia
Relation: Self (Head)
Spouse: Mary E. Roberts
Father's birth: Virginia
Mother's birth: Virginia
Occ:…

[S1421] Public Member Trees, 201501 **** pathallhudson, Metz Roberts Database online.
Record for Mary Elma Metz
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=6002777514&indiv=try

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