Rowan Co. marriage book 5, p. 239 lists the marriage on 4 Jun 1905 of James M. Roberts, 24, farmer, residence Triplett, born Rowan Co., to Effie Stacy, 13, residence Triplett, born Rowan Co., parents born Fleming Co., at Gearhart by Bg James Riley, witnesses Geo Riley, John Fraley.
Before I got the details on this marriage, I had thought the groom was James M. Roberts the son of William Clark Roberts and Sarah Sorrel, but that James Roberts was born in 1871 and would have been 34 in 1905. James the son of Troy was born in 1881 and would have been 24. There is one problem, that James the son of Troy was listed in the 1900 census as James A., not James M. But one of the records may have misread his middle initial, or he might have two middle names. There was no other James Roberts born in Rowan County before 1900.
(The next record in the book is for Marion Roberts and Stella Carter on the same day.) |
